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Securing land rights for indigenous peoples, such as these members of the Xingu tribe, pictured in Brazil, is critical to alleviating poverty (Photo: Rights and Resources Initiative)
Securing indigenous and community land rights in the future we want
… Nations member states will meet to discuss an ambitious new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and targets for countries around … draft of the SDGs includes targets on ownership and control of land and natural resources, a critical foundation for reducing poverty … activities, they can generate substantial income. For example, the use of land and natural resources make up roughly 50 to 90 per cent …
Insight, 24 March 2015
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Renforcement des droits d’exploitation liés aux ressources locales
… resource regeneration. One of these approaches (PLUPI - Participatory Land Use Planning & Implementation) deals with some of the technical and methodological concerns, by following a holistic approach to sustainable land husbandry to complement the Government's agricultural …
Publication, 01 January 2001
Women using the Changu Changu Moto Fuel-Efficient Clean Cookstove, Malawi, Africa (Photo: Ripple Africa)
Technologies for sustainable development: mind the gender gap
… power to unlock social, environmental and economic developments; the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) recognise that advances in … of plantation forests, improved silvicultural practices  and sustainable charcoal production are supporting a more sustainable forest … sector; the energy sector has embraced renewables with widespread use of energy efficient bulbs, solar lighting and heating, and energy …
Insight, 30 April 2018
IIED's 2017 strategy update
Our strategy: 2014-2019
… period from 2019. Our strategic priorities The signing of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 and the 2016 Paris … in each of these areas: Increased investment in locally controlled land and natural resource use As the pressure on natural resources and ecosystems increases, we …
Page, 29 July 2022
IIED produced an animation to raise awareness of the SDGs and the potential of the new development agenda (Image: IIED/Hands Up)
Global goals for sustainable development
… The final text of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Transforming our world , was … its targets are to be achieved   Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.   … manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss. The MDGs notoriously failed …
Insight, 02 September 2015
Garment workers in Bangladesh - increasing automation threatens low-cost manufacturing jobs in developing countries (Photo: NYU Stern BHR, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Automation, the changing world of work, and sustainable development
… wisely in their rich ecosystems. For those that can, basing their sustainable development strategies on the inherent value of these … and future benefit should be a fundamental part of their economic planning.   The example of Costa Rica, which embarked on an ambitious … structured incentives to those who manage agricultural and forest land, is worth considering. I was recently on a panel dealing with the …
Insight, 17 August 2017
Women farmers bending over planting crops in a paddy field
Curbing the impacts of COVID-19 on Nepal’s small-scale farmers and seizing opportunities for food system reform
… to market will need further government support. 3. Ease pressures on land There is no doubt that COVID-19 will result in mass unemployment in … vulnerable, landless farmers, is by putting all available land to use, including fallow land. Some local governments have already begun … to make traditional agriculture and family farming practices more sustainable and resilient in the face of future crises. Many are engaged …
Insight, 11 May 2020
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Planning and costing of agricultural adaptation in the integrated hill farming systems of Nepal
… initiated. This requires community involvement through participatory planning in order to make use of local experiences and knowledge. 2. The existing technologies at … of Nepal mainly incorporate improved practices for integrated soil, land, hedgerow and water management – for instance, through water … Planning and costing of agricultural adaptation in the integrated hill …
Publication, 01 September 2011
View of a forest
Monitoring and evaluation systems for integrated community forest management
… Alliance has successfully worked with forest communities to establish sustainable enterprises. These have improved livelihood benefits and … stronger social organisations, more secure governance of tenure and land use planning, more sustainable forest management, and more profitable …
Project, 01 October 2021
Millions of Kenyans depend on the Ewaso Ngiro river and its tributaries, but over-abstraction and changing weather patterns are reducing river flows (Photo: Denis Onyodi/Kenya Red Cross Society, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Building research capacity for sustainable water and food security in drylands of sub-Saharan Africa (BRECcIA)
Project, 27 July 2018