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A woman farming in Tanzania. Efforts are being made to ensure women are less negatively affected by decisions on large-scale agricultural investments than men (Photo: Dirk Musschoot/vredeseilanden, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Enhancing women's role in land management decisions
… how women's involvement in decision-making processes relating to land can be enhanced at the local level, focusing on commercial … introduce a gender perspective including for bylaws relating to land use planning and environmental conservation. While other countries all … solicitor and legal tools consultant at IIED focusing on law and sustainable development. Resources Slides from the webinar, including a …
Insight, 24 March 2016
Men and women sitting in chairs.
What happens when the landgrabbers leave? An account from Kilwa, Tanzania
… In East Africa, the commercialisation of land accelerated as part of the global land rush , dating back to the … Land acquisition in Tanzania requires local consultations, land-use planning (in practice, though not mandatory), land valuation, … on strengthening local control, and on supporting and incentivising sustainable land management practices, such as the community forestry …
Insight, 14 December 2020
REDD+ in Mozambique: new opportunity for land grabbers?
… Photo credit: Mike Goldwater Land is cheap and is perceived to be abundant in Africa. A scramble for … there was a missing link between efforts to change unsustainable land use practices, such as slash and burn agriculture and charcoal … such as carbon stocks, watershed maintenance, biodiversity, etc. When sustainable forest management efforts to mitigate climate change evolved …
Insight, 15 September 2011
Tackling the trade law dimension of ‘land grabbing’
… in lucrative export markets have been an important driver of large land deals for plantation agriculture in Africa and Asia. Many land … Meanwhile, civil society organisations are pioneering new ways to use trade instruments as a tool for accountability in the global land … signed by the EU with many countries also contain human rights and sustainable development clauses . Human rights clauses have been …
Insight, 14 November 2013
Crops and cattle
Climate change and conflict - reframing the debate
… politically and economically fragile . Achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development commitment to leave no one behind requires a … and dryland production systems as backwards and unproductive land use systems. Instead, IIED calls for a new more equitable and …
Project, 17 April 2023
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Financing for Sustainable Development:
… of how practically we might achieve greater alignment between the use of development and climate finance, and sets out steps towards an integrated sustainable development financing framework. It thus links closely to … disaster risk reduction and environmental themes such as sustainable land management. The paper focuses largely on international public …
Publication, 01 February 2015
A village in Burkina Faso. Land investment in Africa is growing driven by rises in global food prices, companies who see market opportunities in biofuels, and overseas countries anxious to secure their food supplies through direct investment. Photo: Tex
‘Land grabbing’ in Africa: Biofuels are not off the hook
… Ecofys claims that European demand for biofuels is not to blame for “land grabbing” in poorer countries. The report — commissioned by an … scale of land acquisition will exacerbates a squeeze on resource use. Because of different demographics, an acquisition of 1,000 hectares … communities have filed a formal complaint with the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), alleging violations of RSPO standards and …
Insight, 16 October 2013
People from Kandadji village, which is due to be flooded, meet to discuss resettlement plans (Photo: Jamie Skinner)
Niger hosts forum on securing land rights in irrigated areas
… the current challenges arising from socio-economic issues around land rights over existing and future irrigation schemes in Niger, and … involved.  These schemes form a significant element of the national sustainable development strategy and in particular for the realisation … resources, ensuring effective and equitable management of their use, and developing nature-based solutions to meet the challenges of the …
News, 07 May 2014
A community discusses water and energy challenges in Alango, Kenya (Photo: Ibrahim Jarso, Resource Advocacy Program)
Participatory investment planning for environment, water and energy in the dryland of northern Kenya
… the participation of local communities (SDG 6B) Ensuring sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water … supporting county governments to mainstream climate change into their planning systems , we supported the Isiolo County's Ministry of Water, … water committees, irrigation committees, ward adaptation planning committees and others.  This work aimed to inform the county's …
Project, 25 August 2016
The Sundarbans mangrove forest (dark green on the image) is a fragile ecosystem threatened by rising levels of salinity (Photo: European Space Agency)
Making ecosystems resilient through Bangladesh's Delta Plan
… features in the draft Delta Plan – the main plan to guide geospatial planning in Bangladesh over the 21st century. But with large numbers of … longer-term challenge of managing water, ecology, the environment and land resources, and the risks from natural disasters and climate change. … specific interventions needed to make it robust. Healthy ecosystems, sustainable adaptation options, resilient communities – targets …
Insight, 12 June 2017