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A farmer's house and sugar cane field in Cambodia, where there is concern about large-scale investment in sugar plantations driving local people off the land (Photo: Brian Hoffman, via Creative Commons)
Human rights should be at the heart of investment policy making
… the urban poor's right to water. Labour relations and costs may be a key consideration for people making investment decisions, yet … this happen. Lorenzo Cotula is a principal researcher in IIED's Natural Resources Group  and leads the institute’s work on legal tools. This …
Insight, 20 October 2014
Agama Lizard, Uganda. Seven of Africa's biogeographic regions converge in Uganda, making it a country with a high level of biodiversity (Photo: Michael Sale, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Getting to know you: stronger relationships contribute to better biodiversity mainstreaming
… to attend an NBSAP meeting," says Angella. "I was interested in natural resource economics, which someone must have known, so I was … in a biodiversity rich area (the Albertine Graben). Oil and gas are key emerging issues in Uganda's NBSAP. "While we might have got funding … that resonates with both development and biodiversity priorities.  Resources National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) , Uganda …
Article, 21 March 2016
A farmer in a buckwheat field close to harvest time in Gansu Province, China. The country's agriculture is currently facing major environmental challenges (Photo: Han Jianping)
Sustainable agriculture in China: then and now
… domestically and internationally therefore concern us all. With these issues in mind, IIED and China Agricultural University (CAU) co-hosted a … soil pollution and loss of agricultural biodiversity are widespread. Water scarcity affects many parts of the country, as shown by plummeting … successful cases of traditional Chinese agricultural practices. The key to 4,000 years of land fertility was the practice of "an agriculture …
Insight, 26 March 2015
Dr Dilys Roe (IIED) and Dr Rosie Cooney (IUCN SULI) with South African Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Bomo Edna Molewa (Photo: Kim Ludbrook/EPA Photos)
Innovative approaches to tackling wildlife crime on the frontlines
… communities living side by side with the world's wildlife, to protect key species targeted by the illegal trade while securing their own futures. The South African Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, will address the … play an important role in the management and sustainable use of wild resources. In light of the current poaching crisis and the associated …
News, 27 February 2015
Business models for sustainable development
Article, 10 May 2010
Men sitting on railway tracks with roosters. Sucat Railway Community, Manila, Philippines.
Achieving the Millennium Development Goals
… implies a strengthening of local capacity to assess changes using key indicators designed and monitored at local levels. IIED has … country policies and programmes and reverse the loss of environmental resources. By 2015, reduce by half the proportion of people without … in the lives of the poorest people as well as effective management of natural resources. And to identify priorities for the proposed MDG-based …
Project, 30 April 2008
The Potato Park, Peru, which hosted a previous meeting of the International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (Image: IIED)
Mountain communities rebuild diverse, climate-resilient crops
News, 06 October 2015
The COP23 venue in Bonn nears completion (Photo: Achala Abeysinghe/IIED)
IIED and partner events at COP23
… to come together shortly before the UNFCCC sessions to identify key issues for their countries and groups that will be discussed. Key … Speakers: Judi Wakhungu, cabinet secretary, Ministry of Environment, Natural resources and Regional Development authorities, Kenya (keynote); Prince …
Event, 06 November 2017
Street scene, Karachi, Pakistan. Photo by Fareena Chanda
Can we change the goals of development without changing the implementers?
… affordable, sustainable and reliable energy services, productive resources and financial services. Also the provision of legal identity … There is lots of discussion of finance but not of finance for these key actors. There are recommendations on the need to develop the … consent of indigenous and local communities in decision-making and natural resources management,” but far more than this will be needed to …
Insight, 09 July 2014
Pastoralists pull water from a well near Denan in the Somali Region of Ethiopia for their camels. (Photo: Andrew Heavens, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Pastoralism and policy training: addressing misconceptions and informing dialogue
Project, 17 December 2012