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Site discussions to integrate biodiversity into mine planning and operations (Photo: SANBI)
Mining for common ground: putting biodiversity on South African mining companies' agendas
… in drafting the guidelines was developing a common understanding of key terms across all interest groups:  The ecologist’s definition of a … of Water and Environmental Affairs and the Minister of Mineral Resources alongside the Chamber of Mines and SANBI — a collaboration … a new attitude among policymakers towards the country's shared natural assets.  Wilma Lutsch, director of biodiversity conservation at …
Article, 21 March 2016
Annual report 2007/08
… local investment, with an eye to replicating success round the world. Natural resources Getting to the root of fair forest management:  forests are … pushing the poor off their land. With local partners, IIED offered key training in the legal tools needed to reclaim a measure of control. …
Page, 23 December 2008
An early sunrise at COP14 in Poznan (Photo: Friends of the Earth, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
COP14 UN Climate Change Conference
… Countries, is heavily reliant on agriculture and has limited economic resources to finance adaptation.   Fairer flying: an air travel levy for … Adaptation – preparing for and coping with climate impacts – is now a key issue in climate negotiations. This is real progress from a decade … day-to-day reality. Faced with local shifts in weather patterns and natural resources, they are forced to find ways of coping that are …
Event, 20 December 2008
COP22 side events
IIED and partner events at COP22
Event, 05 November 2016
The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party in the Great Hall of the People, uniformed in identical suits, red ties, and side-parts.
China’s leadership transition
… leads the world in energy consumption and has high levels of air and water pollution. Its new leaders face a population increasingly … also feature highly in the current Five Year Plan, including reducing water, carbon and energy intensity, reducing pollution, increasing … that in the long run China needs “a clear framework supported by key rights” – a rethinking of the top-down environmental management …
Insight, 27 November 2012
COP20 begins in Lima, where negotiators have gathered to discuss action to tackle global climate change (Photo: Kate Wilson/IIED)
IIED at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP20)
… support the climate diplomacy of vulnerable countries by identifying key opportunities to put climate change higher on the foreign policy … region is impacted by climate-induced disasters and, with shared natural resource boundaries, the eight countries need to coordinate … on climate-smart agricultural technologies, adoption pathways and resources required. Speakers will discuss these issues in the context of …
Event, 01 December 2014
Annual report 2009/10
… better prepared cities unscathed. IIED investigated how so-called ‘natural’ disasters could be prevented through community action. Doing … cost, resulting in friendlier and healthier settlements. Natural resources Fair sharing of genetic gems:  agreement was close on the … their work. Going mainstream:  strategic environmental assessment – key to mainstreaming environment and development into policy – made …
Page, 21 October 2010
First detailed study of large land acquisitions in Africa warns of impacts on poor rural people
… poor people will be evicted or lose access to land, water, and other resources, according to the first detailed study of the trend. The study … support private deals. Concerns about food and energy security are key drivers, but other factors such as business opportunities, demand … and public oversight." Alexander Mueller, Head of the Environment and Natural Resources Department at FAO stresses the need to see foreign …
News, 25 May 2009
REDD+ in Mozambique: new opportunity for land grabbers?
… increasingly acquiring large tracts of land and searching for other natural resources, in particular water and minerals. A land grab is on in my own … ready for REDD+. Getting REDD+ governance institutions right, is the key priority for REDD+ and for ensuring sustainable development in the …
Insight, 15 September 2011
Cecil the lion, who was controversially hunted and killed last week, is pictured in 2014. But a ban on trophy hunting may not save lions and have unintended consequences (Photo: Vince O'Sullivan, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
IIED's best of 2015: blogs
… Dodman, director of IIED's Human Settlements Group, reported on the key issues Where city authorities are able to generate rigorous and … farmers, loggers and miners work for and with Chinese businesses in natural resources extraction and production, mainly in the informal sector.  …
Article, 22 December 2015