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Women smallholders replanting rice in the irrigated area around the Bagré dam in Burkina Faso (Photo: Barbara Adolph/IIED)
Water and land rights – hand-in-hand for sustainable development
… with colleagues from the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and partners from Mali and Senegal. 'Water for … made the link with two big events on development and climate: the sustainable development summit taking place in New York in late … As a result, many of the sessions and workshops were about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how to ensure water is …
Insight, 25 September 2015
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Wild meat: developing alternatives through good project design
… In many rural areas worldwide, wild meat plays a crucial role in people’s diet. However, its overexploitation in some areas puts food security, rural livelihoods and biodiversity conservation at risk. One way to … regional and global wild meat strategies, will contribute to a more sustainable wild meat sector. …
Publication, 17 March 2022
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Déclaration de Yaoundé : déclaration sur la foresterie communautaire dans le bassin du Congo
… 2019 to discuss the lessons from the recent years of community forest development in the Congo Basin, especially in the context of the … around community forestry in the region can place it at the heart of rural development. It’s about sustainable forest landscape management, community empowerment and …
Publication, 01 March 2019
A number of women wearing brightly coloured clothes tend crops with mountains in the background.
Do women have a meaningful role in global value chains, and why does this matter?
… to leverage investment, opportunities and better livelihoods into rural areas, and many donors, governments, businesses and development practitioners have worked hard to ‘do’ it well. It can be … value chains, as well as being a broader objective under the UN Sustainable Development Goal 5 . IIED’s recent research  – based on an …
Insight, 13 October 2022
Woman silhouetted in front of gas flare
SUNGAS: Ensuring sustainable energy access in Nigeria
… undermines its ability to reduce poverty and support socio-economic development.  The SUNGAS (Sustainable Utilisation of Nigeria’s Gas and Renewable Energy Resources) … energy facilities were able to provide sufficient power for meeting rural and urban community needs through policymaking activities. What …
Project, 20 October 2020
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Mobilising internal finance: how forest and farm producer organisations upscale financial access
… There is very limited access to finance for rural communities comprising smallholders, family farmers and Indigenous … to offer financial services to their members, ultimately enabling sustainable development. It maps a set of practical steps that FFPOs follow to …
Publication, 02 April 2024
Business models for sustainable development
… at scale. See our Overview briefing paper: Business models for sustainable development: innovation for society and environment What are business … energy facilities can provide sufficient power for meeting rural and urban community needs. See also Brian Shaad and Emma Wilson’s … Business models for sustainable development …
Article, 10 May 2010
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Agricultural Commodities, Trade and Sustainable Development
… of poverty and environmental degradation. Dealing with entrenched rural poverty and major impacts from agriculture on ecosystem viability … papers prepared for two strategic dialogues on commodities, trade and sustainable development, jointly convened by IIED and the ICTSD. … Sustainable markets … Agricultural Commodities, Trade and Sustainable Development …
Publication, 01 November 2005
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Addressing illegal artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Colombia
… Strengthen gender equality and social inclusion, and Improve rural livelihoods while contributing to peace and security in Colombia. … dialogues  A well-run and transparent multi-stakeholder process with sustainable development objectives at its core is key to build the necessary mutual … Sustainable markets …
Project, 25 April 2023
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Nominating your outstanding women in development
… of lectures given by the current generation of outstanding women in development, in honour of IIED's founder, has now been postponed until … longstanding and tireless commitment to the grassroots movement in rural Nepal, to women's rights issues, and for leading an important … director of Fundación Alternativas, a Bolivian NGO that works on sustainable approaches for food security. The team there works through …
Article, 15 June 2020