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Agricultural investments and land acquisitions in Mali: Context, trends and case studies
… preparedness of national frameworks to ensure that investment pursues sustainable development goals. They also provide insights on the potential and challenges of …
Publication, 01 January 2013
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
… developing countries will be equally critical to achieving our Paris goals. LDCs will also be aiming to use COP24 to scale up climate action … of opportunities to transition towards low-carbon, climate-resilient development and build sufficient adaptation if they can secure adequate, predictable and sustainable climate finance – and have a high degree of visibility on …
Insight, 19 November 2018
A conservation agriculture demonstration at the Golden Valley Agricultural Research Trust, Zambia. Conservation agriculture can increase productivity and improve soil structure (Photo: Barbara Adolph/IIED)
Social and environmental trade-offs in African agriculture
… services and promoting social equality, lies at the heart of sustainable development.  IIED's research in sub-Saharan Africa  has shown that conflicts between goals on food security, ecosystem conservation and inequality …
Project, 10 August 2017
Woman puts greens on a plate
UN Food Systems Summit: it’s time to listen to civil society’s concerns
… The world is falling well short of meeting Sustainable Development Goal 2 (to end hunger) by 2030, and many fear the upcoming … direction. Problematic processes, skewed substance In ' Frontiers in sustainable food systems ', my co-authors and I explained many of the …
Insight, 22 June 2021
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Sanitation and drainage in cities
… and a paper on how the University of Ibadan sought to address sustainable development goals. The feedback section includes papers on: the impact of …
Publication, 01 April 2015
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IIED Annual Report 2015/16: Powering global change through partnership
… Last year’s Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement endorsed an agenda for collective global …
Publication, 01 October 2016
Landscape of fields and forest
Q&A: Negotiating a new biodiversity deal that works for Indigenous Peoples
… Daniel Kobei (DK) is founder and executive director of  Ogiek Peoples’ Development Program (OPDP) , a Kenyan-based NGO working to secure human …  and a representative of IIFB under the Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management .  Here, Kobei shares how biodiversity … global arena. My final message is for the  Sustainable Development Goals  to be mainstreamed − to ‘leave no one behind’ − to …
Article, 09 August 2021
Cutting down trees, especially for livestock grazing, can lead to soil erosion, as seen on this hillside outside Addis Ababa (Photo: Aaron Minnick/World Resources Institute, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Shaping the future of forest and farm landscapes in Africa
… expansion.  Forests provide vital ecosystem services that underpin sustainable food supply – from providing habitats for species that … aim to reduce and reverse deforestation and have set ambitious goals for increasing forest cover.   Not only are these policies at odds … to expand forest cover could constrain certain agricultural development options as resource competition intensifies. On the other …
Insight, 21 August 2017
Jockin Arputham, right, signs documents with Stellenbosch Mayor Sidego in South Africa
IIED remembers Jockin Arputham
… for Social Entrepreneurship. More recently, he highlighted what the Sustainable Development Goals could mean for slum dwellers ahead of World Habitat Day in 2015, …
News, 15 October 2018
IIED director Camilla Toulmin enjoys the 12th D&C Days event at COP20 in Lima, Peru (Photo; Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre)
Zero-zero, dolphins and conversations for change
Insight, 11 December 2014