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Logging truck in Cameroon. Credit: World Resources Institute (Creative Commons)
What’s missing from private-sector REDD+?
… are both important drivers of deforestation and potential agents of sustainable alternatives — there is a risk that deforestation may cease … under way), the long-term effects for both emissions reductions and sustainable business goals could surpass the short-term losses. Carbon rights confusion The …
Insight, 29 January 2014
A women's group in Kenya scores social impacts of protected areas using a participatory rural appraisal method (Photo: Phil Franks/IIED)
Equity, inclusion, conservation and the SDGs
… With the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) the sustainable development agenda focuses on equity, equality, and …
Insight, 29 March 2016
Populations of bees, butterflies and other pollinators are declining, posing potential risks to important world food crops (Photo: Brian McGill)
The economics of mass extinction
… is essential if we are to build a better, more equitable and more sustainable society for the future. Our research and that of IPBES is in … climate change; climate action is only one of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.   But our economies, blind to the risks of ecosystem collapse, …
Insight, 29 May 2018
2010 SEED Initiative award winners announced
… Initiative The SEED Initiative is a global partnership for action on sustainable development and the green economy. Founded by UNEP, UNDP and IUCN at the 2002 Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, SEED supports innovative …
News, 09 November 2010
Women pulling fishing nets through shallow water
Steering gender to the centre of the blue economy
… Momentum is building for exploring how the blue economy – sustainable use of marine resources that supports economic growth and … from 183 countries to explore how to embrace the full potential of a sustainable blue economy . As the buzz around the social and economic … in research and policy agendas – for example the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 5 – is helping to push the issue into blue economy …
Insight, 06 June 2019
A beekeeper in Guatemala finds an alternative source of income. Photo: Todd Post/Bread for the World Institute
Judging the effectiveness of alternative livelihoods projects
… activities for decades as a means of linking conservation and development. Yet very little is known about what has worked, what has … practice guidelines for alternative livelihood projects to ensure sustainable benefits to species, ecosystems and people.” The goal of …
Project, 16 August 2013
The implications of land-use dynamics for poor households and the environment are explored in the short film 'Karachi Rising' (Photo: IIED)
Spreading the word about Karachi's contested land
… the world. The report and film can add to the international debate on development assistance and sustainable development goals for cities. The new data from Karachi has been added to the …
Article, 14 September 2014
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Mobile pastoralists and education: strategic options
… focused on the pending deadline of achieving the second Millennium Development Goal for education by 2015. As progress is made in …
Publication, 01 October 2009
Three men stand on a bridge over an open culvert
Q&A: Monitoring climate change adaptation
… on these activities at the global level. The Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide valuable frameworks for assessing adaptation in the …
Article, 06 December 2019
Community-led mapping in the informal settlement of Mathare in Nairobi, Kenya, helps to record and reflect local people's needs and priorities (Photo: Sohel Ahmed)
Q&A: Why do we need a philosophy for better evidence?
… evidence is all about, supporting locally-led transformational development. So what is 'better' evidence? SD: Better evidence is … go wrong. The big push on education in the Millennium Development Goals, for instance, led to more children in school, but evaluations … our strategies accordingly.  Responding to climate change, achieving sustainable development – all the complex problems we face – need …
Article, 14 March 2017