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Baka women collecting non-timber forest products in Nomedjoh, Cameroon (Photo: Indra Van Gisbergen)
Biodiversity: a women’s business?
… and oils). In many rural communities, women and indigenous peoples use these products to build businesses selling household remedies, food … enterprises while managing their community forests in a way that is sustainable.  In Cameroon, the CoNGOs project is supporting 10 women-led … and maintain farm-forest cover of at least 10% of every agricultural land holding. Land tenure arrangements can make this tricky for women as …
Insight, 29 November 2018
Around a billion urban dwellers live in informal settlements such as these. Without far more effective policies, their population could rise to 2 billion by 2030 (Photo: Mark Edwards)
Ten essentials for the New Urban Agenda in one page
… will seek global political commitment to making urban centres more sustainable, inclusive and resilient. But the latest draft of the New … and constructed in line with realistic, risk compliant building and land use regulations . But these must be grounded on what is possible and … Policy and planning …
Insight, 19 July 2016
Women cross a river
Time to move unseen foresters into the limelight
… are decided. A new report from WWF, researched by IIED, shows that sustainable forest management (SFM) benefits when communities living in … sustainability. But the loss of biodiverse natural forests and land tenure issues related to IPLCs continues.   The Sustainable … governance: the rights and responsibilities of land and resource use and rewards for adopting SFM. Finally come supply chain approaches …
Insight, 14 July 2020
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
… loss was caused by agriculture expansion.  Increasing competition for land: food vs. forests   This forest loss is likely to continue, largely … expansion.  Forests provide vital ecosystem services that underpin sustainable food supply – from providing habitats for species that …    The myth of vacant and underused land  A closer look into land use policies in Ethiopia, Ghana and Tanzania reveals that competition …
Insight, 21 August 2017
Recovering wildlife populations in Namibia are largely attributed to policies that give local people rights to benefit from wildlife on their land (Photo: Ronald Woan, Creative Commons via Flickr)
There’s justice in the battle for biodiversity 
… of all biodiversity. Around 12 million hectares are lost each year to land degradation, costing more than 10% of annual global GDP in lost … the times We need effective solutions: biodiversity underpins all the Sustainable Development Goals . To find them, all actors must keep up … create the crucial momentum for local development and wise resource use. The response to poverty and marginalisation must be inclusive …
Insight, 28 June 2018
Sprouts of chilli plants
Turning up the heat – how chilli growing is conserving Uganda’s wildlife
… in March 2020. With their start-up grant they cleared an area of land to transfer the seedlings, once matured. Their first seeds grew … Uganda. Evelyne and Beatrice decided to stop growing chillies and use their land to grow maize, earning them over $120 from the first … sun. In February 2021 Paula harvested a second lot of chillies and is planning on opening up more land to plant more chilli seeds next season. …
Insight, 15 June 2021
A member of the Sekonyer community gets ready for a day on the Sekonyer river in Borneo, close to the site of recent conflict between a palm oil company and RSPO member and the local community (Photo: Rainforest Action Network via Creative Commons)
Paving a path towards redressing grievances and holding investors accountable
… for their livelihoods. Many have been badly affected by the 'land rush' that has led investors, private companies and foreign … to effectively resolve disputes in relation to their rights; and The use of effective grievance mechanisms should be supported so that local … multi-stakeholder platforms, such as the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) , provide grievance mechanisms. The …
Insight, 07 January 2015
Hundreds of homes are crammed together up the side of a hill
Q&A: Achieving housing rights for all: issues and recommendations
Article, 22 October 2020
A busy side street in the settlement of Dharavi
Invisiblising cities: the obsession with national statistics and international comparisons
… about most enterprises, most workers, most housing and, often, most land transactions and land use changes? How do you run an effective healthcare system with no local … applies for water and sanitation data used to monitor progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Monitoring progress on the SDGs …
Insight, 25 February 2020
Landscape with lowe bushes, flowers and a hrose with hills in the background
Ecosystem-based adaptation: three ways evidence can influence policymakers
Insight, 14 March 2023