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Bangladeshi fishers with debts must repay loans even when fishing is banned, resulting in illegal fishing activities (Photo: John Pavelka, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Idris bhai, your voice has been heard!
… of a government-sponsored incentive-based scheme to improve sustainable management of hilsa shad, the most important single-species … ) is senior researcher in environmental economics in IIED's Sustainable Markets Group . … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 24 March 2015
People wearing traditional clothing sit in a circle in a field.
Why traditional knowledge and Indigenous Peoples’ rights must be integrated across the new global biodiversity targets
… whether Indigenous worldviews and cultural values promote or hinder sustainable and equitable development. The findings show that the Global … provide flexible normative principles for biodiversity conservation, sustainable development and confronting new environmental and societal … of Indigenous knowledge across policies for environment, development, agriculture, food and education. National policies rarely integrate …
Insight, 16 August 2021
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Unlocking Trade Opportunities
… in developing countries who had benefited from moves towards sustainable consumption in their export markets. Examples are drawn from the agriculture, forestry, manufacturing and tourism sectors from Africa, … Sustainable markets …
Publication, 01 January 1997
Workers digging zaï pits that help to preserve water on farms (Photo: IUCN)
EbA Evidence and Policy: Burkina Faso
Project, 02 January 2019
UN food treaty on plant genetic resources must protect farmers’ rights
… the treaty’s implementation. The Treaty (created by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization – UN FAO – in 2003) is meant to protect … have a say in national decision-making on the conservation and sustainable use of Plant Genetic Resources The conference will also hear … to land and genetic resources and policies that promote industrial agriculture and monocultures. IIED has submitted a paper to the …
News, 14 March 2011
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Reclaiming autonomous food systems: the role of local organizations in farming, environment and people's access to food
… are central within this alternative policy framework for food and agriculture: - secure access and control over land, water, forests, … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 01 January 2006
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Stress, shock and the sustainability of optimal resource utilization in a stochastic environment
Publication, 01 January 1990
A girl studies under the light of a rechargeable solar lamp.
New research series kicks off with look at energy delivery models
… series, Linking Worlds . The paper series looks across sectors – agriculture, mining, energy and textiles – at the characteristics and … (and at times commercial) benefits. The first of this series,  Sustainable Energy for All? Linking poor communities to modern energy … looks at innovations in business models for delivering affordable and sustainable modern energy services to the poor. Energy delivery models …
Insight, 12 December 2012
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The diversified climate-resilient business model of the Tubeleke Club
Publication, 08 December 2020
Low income countries urgently need finance, technology to address losses and damage due to climate change
… that threaten their ability to adapt to climate change and to live sustainable and prosperous lives.” IIED also worked with authors from 12 …
News, 22 October 2021