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Skyline view of a city with houses and short buildings in the front and skyscrapers in the background.
Q&A: Citizen participation in planning − from the neighbourhood to the city
… On 24 November, IIED hosted an  online discussion  about urban planning, particularly in informal settlements. In the absence of basic … NGOs, donors and government authorities, social mobilisation around land, housing or resource distribution is highly contested, and … everyday lives. However, the extent to which projects create lasting, sustainable change, and incorporate the voices of those commonly …
Article, 10 December 2021
A data collector speaks to a householder.
Helping Indigenous communities secure land rights in Nepal
… more than 59,897 landless and tenant families to formalise their land ownership, and helped over 13,000 couples to acquire joint land … regulations – to ensure that landless families were granted only use rights, not full ownership.   To address the problem of landlessness … more land for communal use. As part of the plan, the municipality is planning to set aside more land for communal forests; to formally …
Article, 18 December 2020
A carpenter uses a jointer powered by a mini-grid
Productive uses of energy to jumpstart livelihoods
… value chains and build market access will enable communities to use electricity more effectively and support progress to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7 – ensuring access to affordable, … livestock farmers and of farmers growing cash crops on irrigated land. IIED is working to identify viable pathways to scale PUE …
Article, 09 December 2020
Miners on a steep hillside mine tungsten
Secure land rights are now more important than ever
… such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Dangerous backsliding Managed … models for natural resource exploitation failed to bring about sustainable growth and, in many ways, helped to lead us to the current … to erode vital positive gains made towards achieving responsible land-based investments that support climate action. “Only a crisis – …
Insight, 29 January 2021
Screengrab of a map of indigenous peoples’ territories in the Peruvian Amazon (Image: IBC Peru)
Creating a global 'land rights family': from knowledge to action
… It is an exciting time to be working with civil society groups on land rights issues. In February an ambitious knowledge-exchange … in the Amazon to develop ' life plans '. These community-level sustainable development plans integrate the social, cultural, economic, … so widespread?'. There are numerous factors that hamper communities' use of legal redress, including the cost of legal assistance, …
Insight, 14 March 2018
Artisanal and small-scale mining stakeholders in Tanzania explore solutions to key challenges (Photo: Steve Aanu/IIED)
Using dialogue to extract sustainable solutions for artisanal and small-scale mining
… biggest drivers of development and economic growth. But policy and planning initiatives designed to harness the sector's potential are … negative social, economic and environmental impacts. Deforestation, land degradation and contamination from poisonous chemicals – to name … marginalised communities. Recognising the sector's role in advancing sustainable development is a major step forward. Recent initiatives …
Insight, 26 February 2018
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Safeguarding Lepcha and Limbu cultural values and worldviews for conservation and sustainable development in the Eastern Himalayas, India
… Biocultural Heritage Territories (BCHTs) are mosaics of land uses, deeply linked to Indigenous knowledge systems embedded in … knowledge and practices effectively combine food production with sustainable development, biodiversity conservation and ecosystem … of cultural heritage, and their links with biodiversity, in promoting sustainable development. This study was conducted as part of the project …
Publication, 06 August 2021
Artisanal and small-scale miners in Madagascar show the dynamic nature of the sector (Photo: Fitsum Weldegiorgis/IIED)
Talking sustainable development in the troubled world of ASM
… convening at the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (IGF) in Geneva this week will discuss, ASM … health, and safety (SDGs 3,4,6,12,13,15):  Unsafe and irresponsible use of poorly-maintained, rudimentary equipment and hazardous chemicals is common in ASM, and often leads to land degradation and air and water pollution, as well as to serious …
Insight, 25 October 2016
Men present findings on a large map at the front of a community meeting
How can we incorporate local knowledge into climate planning and policy? …Maps!
Insight, 17 January 2020
An aerial view of Entebbe airport. The airport is located on the shores of Lake Victoria, close to numerous environmentally sensitive wetland areas (Photo: Niranjanoak, Creative Commons via Wikipedia)
Environment or the economy? How Uganda uses natural capital accounts in policymaking
… Sustainable development is never straightforward: in a traffic-clogged … to extend Uganda’s capacity to produce natural capital accounts and use them to support integrated economic and land-use planning and policymaking. The workshop was notable for the …
Insight, 09 January 2019