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Rainforest logged to make way for palm oil plantations in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Deforestation for agribusiness is destroying habitats and the ecosystems upon which local communities depend (Photo: David Gilbert/RAN, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Law and political economy of the global resource squeeze: can action rise to the challenge?
… activists and grassroots groups have raised concerns about the ‘development pathway’ being pursued, and how the costs and benefits from … enables those who control state institutions to advance their own development vision and capture benefits from resource exploitation – … savvy as well as technically sound if it is to achieve its goals. At IIED, we are starting to talk more explicitly of socio-legal …
Article, 04 March 2019
An interactive data visual that illustrates the scale and speed of urban transformation that research by IIED has sought to document and describe
IIED's best of 2014: multimedia
… over-fishing and climate change. The animation produced by our Sustainable Markets Group  was also designed to promote an online … biocultural heritage territories and the role they play in development, conservation and adaptation was the focus of a visually … China and India to explain how such communities promote simultaneous goals of endogenous development and biodiversity conservation, based on …
Insight, 12 January 2015
Negotiators on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership discuss the treaty in Brussels in May 2015 (Photo: European Parliament, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Investment treaties and citizens' power: lessons from experience
… nuancing language to shift the balance between multiple policy goals. Yet others have explored entirely novel approaches , increasing … Cotula ([email protected]) is principal researcher (law and sustainable development) in IIED's Natural Resources Group and team leader, legal …
Insight, 07 September 2015
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Event highlights: CBA15 – 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change
… the same time, we're also trying to respond to a gap in international development and bring funding closer to the community level – while also … Lodry Dongmo, African Network of Young Leaders for Peace and Sustainable Development, Cameroon In the Marketplace: climate-proofing … middle people: we need to connect with rural level to bring really sustainable solutions.”  Language is also a barrier. For climate …
Article, 14 June 2021