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The morning fish auction at Mumbai's Ferry Wharf. Thousands of boats fish along the coast, putting acute pressure on fish stocks (Photo: lecercle, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Shaking the money pot to protect nature
… require significant mobilisation of international and domestic public resources.   Already under high fiscal pressure, this is a challenging … financing gaps. The focus, it says, is not only about new and more resources but on changing the narrative and the dialogue around nature. … than the poor and reforming subsidies actually mobilises financial resources that can be used for more targeted support to low-income …
Insight, 25 July 2017
Street vendor selling vegetables
IIED’s 'food year' blog series explores policies and practice to transform our food systems
… Krystyna Swidersk a, principal researcher in IIED's Natural Resources research group Topics to be explored include food system …
News, 22 June 2021
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How bottom-up M&E insights can inform national adaptation planning and reporting
Publication, 01 November 2018
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Les Stratégies de Développement Durable: Un recueil de ressources
Publication, 01 January 2002
A fishing boat and cruise liner cross paths outside Zakynthos Harbour (Photo: Robert Wallace, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
The blue economy and maritime security in Africa: why now?
… the continent aspires to achieve. Africa's dependence on marine resources  Communities in coastal African states have lived off the … coastal and marine ecosystems provide. Those in charge of coastal resources often do not consider the value of these benefits when making decisions about how these resources should be used. Perceptions and attitudes towards marine …
Insight, 13 October 2016
An image from the fiscal tools animation, that was screened at the Blue Economy Conference in Nairobi (Image: IIED/Nice and Serious)
IIED animation: using fiscal policy tools to create a sustainable future for ocean and people
… the livelihoods of millions of women and men who rely on ocean resources. A new animation from IIED explains how governments can use … collect taxes and fees, leading to missed opportunities to generate resources that can be channelled to sectors that support poor coastal …
News, 28 November 2018
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Why communities are key to protecting Congo Basin forests
… rural living conditions, help protect and sustainably manage natural resources (including trees) and contribute to climate objectives. But …
Publication, 01 August 2019
A flooded street
Podcast: four countries working together to get climate finance to the local level
News, 22 April 2020
Brazil ambassador Carlos Sobral Duarte addresses a meeting to define the key elements of a draft treaty to govern the high seas (Photo: IISD/ENB | Franz Dejon)
Moving a step closer to protecting the high seas
… biodiversity provides crucial food and non-food (e.g. pharmaceutical) resources. But lawlessness in these waters has led to widespread abuses: … marine protected areas, regulating access to marine genetic resources for pharmaceutical and other purposes, developing benefit … in its benefits or help protect it. Because of this, access to marine resources − from fishing to extracting marine genetic resources for …
Insight, 02 August 2017
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So far, yet so close: ecological connectivity between ABNJ and territorial waters
… and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) depend heavily on marine resources, but the benefits from conservation and management measures in …
Publication, 01 February 2019