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Logging trucks in Ghana: legislation requires that to charge stumpage fees on harvested timber at levels that keep the timber industry under control (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Communities stumped as government fails to make loggers pay
Insight, 19 March 2015
Man talking while two others take notes
IIED research and evidence in academia
… reflecting the priorities of affected communities. The Ocean Equity Index , Nature 650, 123-128 (January 2026) The Ocean Equity Index is a … Treichel . Critical minerals: international economic law in a global resource rush , Trade Law and Development (November 2024) This article … conservation. Featuring IIED's Dilys Roe . (Dis)integration in global resource governance: extractivism, human rights, and investment treaties …
Article, 23 September 2020
An oil flare in Port Harcourt Nigeria.
Transparency: can it work for sustainable development?
… Natural resource companies cost Africa £25 billion each year through tax … economies grew by more than 6 per cent in 2012 thanks to natural resource exports. Kofi Annan, head of the Africa Progress Panel , is … joint 139th in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index and Nigeria remains 153rd in the Human Development Index . While …
Insight, 23 May 2013
Crop field with man watering the soil.
Reconciling food production and forest conservation: priorities for the UN Food Systems Summit
… track three – to boost nature-positive food production by optimising resource use in food system value chains. Underpinning this track is the … in risk mitigation and management strategies such as weather-based index insurance to build resilience against climate shocks. 3. Invest in …
Insight, 20 September 2021
The Bandiagara plateau in Central Mali has been hit by repeated droughts. Climate change is making the weather unpredictable, resulting in poor harvests and increased malnutrition (Photo: Irina Mosel/ODI, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: Mali is extremely vulnerable and unable to combat climate change impacts
Article, 24 November 2015
Women living in Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve are trained to sustainably harvest xate palms, providing them with income and preserving the reserve's biodiversity (Photo: Dani Newcomb/USAID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The role, influence and impact of women in biodiversity conservation
… because they play critical roles as primary land managers and resource users, and they face disproportionate impacts both from … women in forest and fishery management groups can result in better resource governance and conservation outcomes (PDF) . In Rwanda, land … Furthermore, according to the OECD’s Social Institutions & Gender Index, as of 2014 (PDF) , laws or customary practices of 102 countries …
Insight, 09 October 2018
Cover for G00912.pdf
Finance, Mining and Sustainability: Exploring Sound Investment Decision Processes Governmental Views on Achieving Sustainability
Publication, 01 January 2002
Climate activists march to the entrance of Georgetown University before President Obama's speech on climate change. Photo: 350.org via Flickr
IIED views on Obama's climate change plan
News, 25 June 2013
Cover for G00040.pdf
Adaptation to Climate Change and Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Publication, 01 January 1970
Image of a solar panel, with light glinting off it.
Green growth and equity must go hand in hand
… lessons from the OECD’s recent experience of green growth through resource-efficient technology, incentives and investment. The United … can increase conventionally-measured GDP through investment in resource efficiency and greenhouse gas abatement. Their focus on growth … countries in Africa having slipped down the Human Development Index . There are also indications that non-inclusive green growth …
Insight, 13 June 2013