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Women smallholders replanting rice in the irrigated area around the Bagré dam in Burkina Faso (Photo: Barbara Adolph/IIED)
Water and land rights – hand-in-hand for sustainable development
… paying attention to the rights of local communities over natural resources. Our message included solutions, based on experience from, for … on the impacts of large scale investments in agriculture on water resources, ecosystems and livelihoods in Sub Saharan Africa – followed …
Insight, 25 September 2015
The data for Chinchiná river basin water accounts will be collected in 2015. Making Colombian decision makers interested in using the data requires focused, relevant communication that responds to their priorities (Photo: Rosalind Goodrich/IIED)
Reminder to self: information supply needs to be driven by demand
… levels and the economic consequences of losing particular natural resources. As we met with a wide group of representatives from …
Insight, 23 February 2015
A man transports logs by bicycle. Services provided by informal economies, such as small-scale logging, are often not integrated into plans for green growth (Photo: Jolien Schure/CIFOR, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Informal economy and green growth conference pinpoints need for new policy agenda
… India, are beginning to organise to protect their rights.  Conference resources IIED published a detailed round-up of the conference using … approach to policy , by Sally Roever, WIEGO Urban Policies. Other resources Post-event report:  Informality and inclusive green growth , …
News, 31 March 2016
About 1.5 million Syrians are currently in Lebanon. The influx has added complexity to an already fragile system of water provision (Photo: Loan Diep)
Water in MENA: ripple effects in times of conflict
Insight, 12 December 2017
Cover for 7373IIED.pdf
Structural Chaos: Community and state management of common property in Mali
… Mali presents an astonishingly rich and diverse ecosystem, providing resources to a wide range of different users, whether fishermen, … of birds and other wildlife. Customary systems for management of resources have been increasingly under pressure as a combined result of …
Publication, 01 January 1997
Cover for 6125IIED.pdf
Process, Property and Patrons: Land reform in upland Thai catchments
… Where common pool resources are important elements of local livelihoods, getting the … where a range of organisations and individuals have claims to these resources, property entitlements need to be developed through a process …
Publication, 01 January 1997
Cover for 14526IIED.pdf
Understanding the Biological Diversity Act 2002
… the conservation, sustainable use of and access to biological resources. Towards this end, the Act enables the setting up of new …
Publication, 01 September 2006
Cover for 8028IIED.pdf
Timber trade, trade policies and environmental degradation
Publication, 01 January 1992
Two women holding jars of quinoa
Nature 4 Development: improving evidence and dialogue on biodiversity and development
… Northern consumption is driving unsustainable use of natural resources through international corporate supply chains, resulting in …
Project, 06 May 2020
Members of the Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation learn techniques for building houses on land that is affected by climate-related hazards, including waterlogging. Picture: David Dodman.
12 Christmas crackers from IIED
… is helping pastoralists in Kenya and Tanzania to manage natural resources, how former bonded labours in Nepal have campaigned to uphold …
Article, 27 December 2013