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Sharing knowledge on climate change adaptation in Brazil
… information on adaptation. The country has the world’s fifth largest land mass, with environments ranging from the Amazonian rainforest to … for the developers was designing an interactive map that could use climatic data provided by partners, such as Brazil's National Water …
Project, 14 May 2018
Citizens reframing conservation policies and practice for food and livelihood security, environmental sustainability and justice
… with corporations Protected areas as locally defined, negotiated land use and community conservation. Problematizing Neoliberal Biodiversity … Policy and planning …
Article, 15 July 2009
Natural capital accounting can help monitor progress against Sustainable Development Goals indicators (Photo: Rosalind Goodrich/IIED)
Making the link between the SDGs and natural capital accounting
… days was the link between natural capital accounts and realising the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We heard from Bram Edens, senior … the revised water masterplan in Botswana, forest policy in the UK, land use planning in Rwanda, for example. And in the private sector, the …
Insight, 03 January 2018
Protesters with a banner
IIED's best of 2019: blogs
… investments are reached, Chinese businesses – the key driver of land use change in Africa – could also bring major innovations for sustainable development. 4 Women in the UN climate negotiations: are we …
Article, 27 December 2019
The platform launch brought together high-level African and Chinese officials, policymakers, researchers and forestry experts (Photo: Simon Lim)
Platform set for China-Africa forest governance action
… grip of the forest sector. - Renato Timana, National Directorate of Land and Forest, Mozambique  Future guideline expansion FGLP will meet …
Article, 09 December 2013
Paposh Nagar, Karachi. 'Living room' on the street - © Fareena Chanda 2010
A tale of two cities: Density regulations vs reality
… inner city have more than 4,000 persons living on each hectare of land. This is in violation of byelaws which permit a maximum of 1,625 … To put this in perspective, one family is living on enough land to house 800 people if it was occupied as densely as it is in the … Asia, Mumbai’s informal settlements outstrip the permitted urban planning densities. Dharavi, a large slum, for instance, has densities …
Insight, 30 June 2014
A cereal shop, a corner shop and a computer, printing and photocopy shop.
Energy, finance and community business – show us the money
… Electricity drives economic development. But uptake of ‘productive use of energy’ (PUE) – energy that can help community-level businesses … groups are popular and help women access money in places where land ownership for collateral is mostly held by men. The loan amounts … businesses want and need?  Support for micro businesses that use PUE – or that could with a little help – remains limited. Relief …
Insight, 18 August 2020
A forest near Ngon village, Ebolowa district, in Cameroon, which will host an event to bring together Chinese, African and international stakeholders to discuss trade and investment impacting Africa's forests (Photo: Photo by Ollivier Girard for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Creative Commons, via Flickr)
China-Africa forest governance strengthened with Cameroon event
… World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) , the Network for Environment and Sustainable Development (NESDA-CA) and the International Institute for … last few years. China's imports of African timber and investments in land use in forest areas are both increasing, and China is now the top …
News, 19 June 2015
MMSD – draft materials
… Chapter 6: Viability of the minerals industry Chapter 7: The control, use and management of land Chapter 8: Minerals and economic development Chapter 9: Local … and Human Rights Society of St Columban RV Berkel (Western Australian Sustainable Industry Group ) Virotec TW Waelde World Bank Mining … Sustainable markets …
Article, 04 March 2009
People wearing face masks and medical suits
IIED's best of 2020: blogs
… best way to save them April: Dilys Roe  reflected on the concept of  sustainable use of wild species and its role in reducing biodiversity … Roe called for a reduction in the unsafe, illegal and unsustainable use of wildlife, she also highlighted the need to ensure that …
Article, 22 December 2020