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Defining the agenda for Rio +20: my analysis
… that governments have sovereign rights over their natural resources but recognises that we live in an ever-more connected world. … The rights and institutions governing control over a nation’s key resources often fail to secure access to them for the poor. Corporate … with political influence are seeking to appropriate valuable natural resources – land, forests, water – domestically and globally. As …
Insight, 12 January 2012
Power Tools
… The management of natural resources is routine for many people, but the majority do not have the … Resource Box contains the Power Tools: Handbook to a set of tools and resources to counter marginalisation in natural resource management and …
Publication, 01 April 2005
Cover for 7281IIED.pdf
Pastoralists and Planners: Local knowledge and resource management in Gidan Magajia Grazing Reserve, Northern Nigeria
Publication, 01 January 1992
Women community leaders maintaining the local nursery in Colombia
IIED at CBD COP16
Event, 25 February 2025
Community members from Tanzania gathered to discuss.
Building collective power for equitable governance in conservation
Insight, 10 September 2025
Key role for biodiversity in the battle against poverty and climate change
… in Nagoya, Japan. "The ongoing decline of the world’s biological resources — such as rainforests, coral reefs and agricultural … of poor policies and legal frameworks that govern how biological resources are used and by whom. "Systems that communities have developed over generations to sustainably manage their natural resources have often been swept aside by policies that favour short-term …
News, 15 October 2010
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
… – with a select number of countries including Ghana. Ghana's Timber Resources Management Regulation (LI 1649 to be precise) defines these … James Mayers ( [email protected] ) is head of IIED's Natural Resources Group . …
Insight, 19 March 2015
The Nature-based Solutions Policy Platform provides information about climate change adaptation planning around the globe
Nature-based solutions policy platform
News, 14 June 2018
Adaptation Futures 2018 in Cape Town will be the first time this international climate change adaptation conference is held on the African continent.
IIED at Adaptation Futures
Event, 18 June 2018
Louder this time, ‘Turn REDD on its head!’
Insight, 30 November 2011