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A basket full of coal taken illegally from an open-cast mine near the village of Bokapahari, India where a community of coal scavengers live and work © G. M. B. Akash / Panos Pictures
How to use law to make foreign investment work for sustainable development
… opportunities. But the deals can also pile pressure on natural resources and spark conflict with local communities who depend on them. …
News, 22 November 2013
Cover for 7511IIED.pdf
Local Institutions and Adaptive Forest Management in Ghana
… and the nature of relationships between rural people, forest resources and the representatives of these institutions. The paper draws …
Publication, 01 January 1996
The 2015 Development & Climate Days at COP21 is promising tough talk on poverty and climate
Paris talks have historic chance to include everyone in a fairer, greener future
… Jarju, The Gambia's Minister of Environment, Climate Change, Water Resources, Forestry, Parks and Wildlife; Simon Maxwell, executive chair …
News, 26 November 2015
A view from Australia as the moon blocks out the sun in 2002. Now, Australia's decision to pledge $166 million USD to the Green Climate Fund means light is again on the horizon (Photo: NASA/ESA)
Will climate pledge lead to Australia 'keeping coal in the hole'?
… Australia and Saudi Arabia) all have a great deal of fossil fuel resources and very strong fossil fuel lobbies, who have even argued that …
News, 10 December 2014
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Katalysis: helping Andean farmers adapt to climate change (PLA 60)
… Katalysis aims at helping rural people to creatively manage their own resources in response to the growing threat of climate change. Katalysis …
Publication, 01 December 2009
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Pastoral Civil Society Quarterly Newsletter of RECONCILE/IIED Programme on Reinforcement of Pastoral Civil Society in East Africa Issue no 7 July - September 2004
… reports on relevant events and news, upcoming events and useful resources. Our Pastoral Civil Society profile for the quarter is on The …
Publication, 01 September 2004
2010 SEED Initiative award winners announced
… and communities while promoting the sustainable management of natural resources and ecosystems, and reducing poverty, marginalisation and …
News, 09 November 2010
The Urban ARK website
New Urban ARK website launched
… ARK) website has been launched to provide information and community resources for a three-year programme, funded by the  UK Department for …
News, 12 November 2015
Cover for 10533IIED.pdf
A pro-poor urban agenda for Africa: Clarifying ecological and development issues for poor and vulnerable populations
… be delivered, to recognizing them as active agents with knowledge, resources and rights to influence what is done and how external …
Publication, 01 March 2006
The Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group (Image: IIED)
Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group
… and a political economist who, during his time as Minister of Water Resources in Nepal, initiated reforms in the electricity and irrigation … minister in May 2014, he was the director of the Department of Water Resources. He was also the focal point of the United Nations Framework … and rural development, decentralising land tenure and natural resources management, climate change, resource rights and livelihoods. …
Article, 03 August 2015