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A view of the Houses of Parliament, home of the Environmental Audit Committee which has warned that the government risks undermining new global development goals (Photo: Skeeze, via pixabay)
SDGs 'not just for overseas'
… Audit Committee (EAC)  that the government's position on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) threatened the universal scope of … As a leading member of the Independent Research Forum on a Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda (IRF2015) , IIED has been working … the agreements put in place by the UN Open Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals . Read the EAC report …
News, 15 December 2014
A father and son plough a field in Ethiopia. For Ethiopia's smallholder farmers, oxen are still the main source of agricultural power. It is one of the world's least developed countries, making it more vulnerable to climate change (Photo: Bjvisser, Creative Commons via Wikipedia)
Momentum builds for ambitious agreements at COP24
Insight, 19 November 2018
The community owners of a furniture factory pose for a photo
Locally controlled forest enterprises are the whole enchilada
… businesses that have budded off from the Communal Unit for Forestry, Agriculture and Services (UCFAS) enterprise (PDF) , established in 1988. … by some very favourable government procurement deals), nor that its sustainable production, certified by the Forest Stewardship Council … Globally, what people value is summarised in the rather unwieldy Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) . But recent research led by IIED …
Insight, 10 September 2018
In Kebkabiya, North Darfur, the NGO Practical Action has been helping communities prevent conflict between farmers and pastoralists by encouraging the construction and rehabilitation of watering points (Photo: Margaret Gardner, Practical Action)
Conflict resolution: a key part of adaptation in North Darfur
Insight, 23 April 2015
Seydou Kassojue, 47, has a garden plot where he grows lettuce close to the Sélingué dam in Mali. The Global Water Initiative has been working with smallholders in the area since 2009 to find out how the dam affects the livelihoods of local farmers and what improvements could be made (Photo: Mike Goldwater/GWI)
Can dams work for local communities alongside national good?
… often the subject of negative headlines, due to their impact on local sustainable development. The Global Water Initiative (GWI) in West … Water is seen as central to all the challenges at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the previous Millennium … Week More information on GWI Related publications Briefing: Irrigated agriculture and resilience of family farms – a clash of perspectives …
News, 18 August 2015
Kazakhstan's capital Astana will host the EXPO trade fair in 2017. Credit: Ken & Nyetta/Flicker (Creative Commons)
Kazakhstan: Green economy of the future?
… example, a State Commission or a Council under the President ( the Sustainable Development Council offers lessons) Increase Kazakh … chosen the theme Future Energy, which aims to "promote and discover sustainable, energy solutions". The target date of 2050 is just over 35 …
Insight, 30 January 2014
Forest farmer representatives from eight Southeast Asian countries exchange experiences with one of the branches of Tree Bank Foundation in Central Thailand (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
In the king's wake
… IUCN, one of the FFF alliance's three partners including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and IIED.   We … and innovations in five key areas promoting: Rights to secure tenure Sustainable forest and farm management Sustainable livelihoods through market access Significant participation …
Insight, 20 December 2016
MECEBURI FOREST RESERVE, MOZAMBIQUE, May 2010: Farmer Nimale Maribu Saidi at work in his maize field
New tool to help join-up policies to cut poverty and conserve biodiversity
… products and services, improved genetic diversity for agriculture, and green jobs in agriculture, forestry, fisheries, energy, and ecotourism. "Biodiversity … can contribute to development and poverty reduction strategies in a sustainable way." In 2010, when they last met, all 193 parties to the …
News, 05 October 2012
Coming in for lunch in the rice fields near Inle Lake, Myanmar. Online databases can provide verified data on land conflicts and help resolve disputes and improve governance (Eric Brochu, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Using online technology to empower communities facing land deals
… new tool, highlighted by Sam Szoke-Burke from the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) , is OpenLandContracts.org (OLC) . This … database provides free access to publicly available large-scale land, agriculture and forestry contracts.  The team behind OLC is highlighting … solicitor and legal tools consultant at IIED focusing on law and sustainable development. Further resource: Slides from the webinar, …
Insight, 04 August 2016
Thousands of workers assemble and test fiber optic systems in a Chinese factory (Photo: Steve Jurvetson, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Governments in developing countries need to act now to avoid technology's threat to jobs
… have rich ecosystems – such as forests and rivers – to focus their sustainable development strategies on the inherent value of these … has done this through its reforestation programme, helping to develop sustainable tourism. Support to smallholder farmers so they can benefit …
News, 07 August 2017