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Future Cities
… Horizonte (Brazil), innovations in European cities moving towards sustainable development goals, popular organizations in Buenos Aires (Argentina) and urban …
Publication, 01 January 1996
Drying beans
Community protocols can bring real benefits to communities and combat biodiversity loss
… community rules for the equitable sharing of benefits and for sustainable management of natural resources.   High up in the Peruvian … can bring communities together and strengthen collective identity, goals and organisational capacity and develop a strong sense of …
Insight, 15 March 2012
The Enhancing Equity workshop in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park brought together government officials, local residents and conservationists (Photo: Alessandra Guiliani/IIED)
Enhancing equity and fairness
… of the park. They also said it was critical for conservation to be sustainable, especially when communities are supported to identify … conservation agencies thought that equity helps to make conservation sustainable and build local support for the park, rather than the … compensate me" -- Community leader All groups agreed that sustainable development/conservation were the most important, with, for instance, …
Insight, 23 February 2015
Maize cultivation along the Kafue river in Kitwe, Zambia. Water levels in the river have decreased because of deforestation in the river’s catchment area (Photo: Barbara Adolph/IIED)
Food, ecosystems, equality – can we have it all?
… in Bonn will bring together experts and stakeholders to discuss how sustainable land use can be mainstreamed for the benefits of people and … Future agricultural development needs to carefully consider how ambitious food security goals of African government can be met – while minimising the negative …
Insight, 19 December 2017
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Investment treaties and sustainable development: an overview (Burmese language)
… wording of these treaties imply important trade-offs between policy goals. The ramifications can be expensive (the record payout to … overview briefing is the first of four promoting debate on IITs and sustainable development and has been produced under IIED’s Legal tools for citizen … Investment treaties and sustainable development: an overview (Burmese language) …
Publication, 01 May 2014
The Kob population in Uganda is being depleted by poaching, pictured in Queen Elizabeth National Park (Photo: Roger Day Photography)
Building capacity for pro-poor responses to wildlife crime in Uganda
… loss of critical resources for poor people and for national economic development. In February 2014, the Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference, … action in three areas: law enforcement; demand reduction; and sustainable alternative livelihoods. Crucially, responses to wildlife … reduction neglects the role of effective incentives in achieving sustainable use for conservation and local development. The ultimate …
Project, 22 July 2014
Nazhat Shameem Khan, Fiji's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and chief COP23 negotiator, addresses the LDC Group and chair Gebru Jember Endalew. IIED principal researcher Achala Abeysinghe, who provides legal support to the LDC Group chair, is pictured right (Photo: Collin Beck)
LDCs approach Fiji COP with high expectations
… and Technological Advice (SBSTA)  on the Article 6 mitigation and sustainable development trading mechanism, cooperative approaches, and non-market … and devise a strategy on how to take forward our climate change and sustainable development priorities. Since then we've further developed …
Insight, 01 November 2017
Five ways to bring benefits from large dams to local communities
… ways to share the benefits of future dams more equitably and create development opportunities for communities. The study, published today by … populations. “When countries build large dams, the goal of national development has often overridden the potential for local or regional … regulations in agreement with local stakeholders to enable fair and sustainable use of resources • Support local people’s access to the …
News, 23 November 2011
Farmers sit in a field sharing potatoes in the Potato Park, Peru.
Making the Nagoya Protocol work at the community level
… As the recent UN Conference on Sustainable Development ( Rio+20 ) showed, intergovernmental negotiations on the … for governments to establish a system for achieving one of its three goals: the fair and equitable sharing of benefits that arise from …
Insight, 04 July 2012
A black swan (Photo: Pete Jordan, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Civil society organisations in the global South and disruptive change: implications for funders
… now; it can also stifle their ability to address bigger shifts in the development landscape that are themselves disruptive in positive ways. This also weakens CSOs' capacity to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) mandate to ensure that 'no-one is left behind'. Flexible …
Insight, 23 December 2016