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Wanted: an inclusive vision of urban recovery from COVID-19: Make Change Happen podcast episode 12
Article, 21 June 2021
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Sustainable Sector Transformation: How to drive sustainability performance in smallholder-dominated agricultural sectors?
… lower prices. Unfortunately this growth has led to overuse of natural resources and the release of greenhouse gases and other pollutants. In …
Publication, 01 April 2015
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Sacred groves versus gold mines: biocultural community protocols in Ghana (PLA 65)
… traditional leaders were empowered to take action to protect their resources. Building on this work, the community developed a biocultural … to seek legal protection for its traditional knowledge and natural resources against the threat of gold mining. The article draws out … and using BCPs to assert and defend community rights over natural resources. It demonstrates the importance of an in-depth, long-term …
Publication, 01 June 2012
Women looking at a flooded road.
Bridging the gap: how women-led federations are strengthening communities in Patna's informal settlements
… driving informality Lack of data: the data gap stems from limited resources , capacities and government interest. At the macro level in …
Insight, 23 December 2020
G7 needs to provide debt relief, SDRs and aid for COVID-19 recovery and climate goals in low-income countries
… a debt service suspension initiative to free up countries’ financial resources to combat and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, it doesn’t …
News, 10 June 2021
Biodiversity convention's 'access and benefit sharing' protocol must protect traditional knowledge
… customary laws are central to community-based conservation of genetic resources. "In 1992, governments adopted the Convention on Biological Diversity, which required access to genetic resources to be accompanied by equitable sharing of benefits derived … countries are arguing that traditional knowledge relating to genetic resources should be addressed by WIPO – the World Intellectual Property …
News, 19 October 2010
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Listen, think and act: Radio broadcasting to promote farmers’ participation in Mali’s land policy
… unaware of the laws and policies that govern access to the land and resources they rely on to secure their livelihoods. This means they can lose out as access to resources is secured by large-scale agribusinesses or investors. In …
Publication, 01 August 2012
A collection of resources and images relating to the artisanal and small-scale mining sector compiled by IIED (Photos/images: Brian Sokol/Panos Pictures and IIED)
A day of sharing ASM knowledge
… of the day via Storify  – you can read updates below. A list of resources can be found underneath. Summary of the #shareASM updates Resources Watch a  playlist of interviews  with stakeholders who … of IIED's work on artisanal and small-scale mining Access useful resources , and share your own, on the ASM sector Find out more on …
Article, 25 June 2015
Extractive industry workers are pictured on a beach; a new report recommends that transparency initiatives need to be more inclusive and relevant to local needs for communities most affected by oil, gas or mining projects (Photo: iStockphoto.com/Getty Images)
Transparency: Giving local communities a window on the extractive industries
… new World Bank report , due to the continent's development of natural resources and infrastructure. This is a huge development opportunity but …
Insight, 28 May 2014
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The state of exception and the law of the global economy: a conceptual and empirico-legal inquiry
Publication, 01 January 2018