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Australia's Border Ranges National Park: more than three-quarters of the park is managed as wilderness and access is by foot only. The World Parks Congress will look at how to protect and manage areas such as these (Photo: Michael Dawes)
IIED at the World Parks Congress 2014
… to come. Building on the theme 'Parks, people, planet: inspiring solutions', the congress presented, discussed and created original … The congress aimed to: Articulate the vital role of PAs in conserving nature while delivering essential ecosystem services Position protected … connect with nature; and for the 'planet', it will demonstrate nature-based solutions to global challenges such as climate change, health and …
Event, 12 November 2014
In the absence of electricity, students in Bangladesh are given charger lights so they can study at home (Photo: G.M.B. Akash/PANOS)
Ensuring an Energy Sustainable Development Goal delivers for poor people and the planet
… Area Document. Energy is essential to all SDGs: actionable, outcome-based targets are required for success As the co-Chairs' and other UN … partnerships with the private sector and civil society in delivering solutions that work for the energy poor. Private sector finance alone … of major global significance. An approach recognising the structural nature of gender inequalities is therefore essential to promote …
Insight, 25 March 2014
Young people in Okola, Cameroon, cluster around a Global Positioning System that they are using to create a community map with geographical features.
Future world: addressing the contradictions of planet, people, power and profits
… is more likely to happen when policies are informed by evidence-based research, coupled with grounded practice, targeted influence and … and politicians, and the persistence of a pro-market ideology. Climate change. All nations now recognise the need to adapt to climate … initiatives designed to combat negative trends and create positive solutions. These range from legal reforms in Mali to protect local land …
Insight, 07 June 2013
Business models for sustainable development
… Now, as forests become flashpoints for conflict and a focus for climate concerns, community forestry could be coming into its own. … modern energy services in the Niger Delta via small-scale community-based initiatives. The immediate objective is to catalyse the … much-needed income. Many development agencies opt for technology-led solutions that fail to ‘take’. Participatory approaches that keep …
Article, 10 May 2010