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A line of Christmas trees. Photo: Brett Flanders (Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Sustainable development requires an infusion of love
… by 50 per cent the area actually available to produce renewable resources and absorb carbon dioxide. So we live in interesting times. …
Insight, 20 December 2013
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Financing local responses to poverty, climate and nature
Publication, 01 June 2019
A woman picks out grass from a garden with baby sleeping on her back.
Generating ambition for locally led adaptation
Project, 30 August 2024
Woman bending over and grabbing plants
Cinco formas de apoyar el liderazgo climático femenino para la acción local
… Las contribuciones vinieron de Omaira Bolaños, de Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), Chitembo Kawimbe Chunga, del Ministerio de …
Article, 11 November 2022
Two forest farmers from Ghana, including the head of a local community forest group, alongside some cocoa beans (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Integrating forests into the post-2015 development framework
Project, 21 May 2014
A road through deforested land
Investor-state dispute settlement: IIED and partners contribute to reform working group
News, 22 July 2019
A view over a forest
Truly transformative change is key to combating the biodiversity crisis
Insight, 30 June 2020
Young people in Okola, Cameroon, cluster around a Global Positioning System that they are using to create a community map with geographical features.
Future world: addressing the contradictions of planet, people, power and profits
… 15-20 years. The impact of growth in demand on the planet, people and resources. We look at the trends in economic growth and the factors … of consumption and increasing demands on food, water and energy resources. What impact will all this have on marine and land … poverty and the harmful impact of humans on the environment and resources, will require an enormous shift in attitudes, commitment and …
Insight, 07 June 2013
Wetlands are one of the most under-valued ecosystems. Japan's wetlands provide a habitat for many species of fauna and flora (Photo: Tanaka Juuyoh, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Want to convince politicians why they should protect the environment? Talk like an economist
… case as to why governments or individuals should invest in these resources. My very first economic experiment was to estimate the … (e.g. degraded forests). This means net gains or losses in natural resources would be reflected in reported gross domestic product …
Insight, 15 April 2015
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Rights and Wrongs of Rights to Land and Forest Resources in Sub-Saharan Africa: Bridging the gap between customary and formal rules
… Rights and Wrongs of Rights to Land and Forest Resources in Sub-Saharan Africa: Bridging the gap between customary and …
Publication, 01 January 1997