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Women crush and separate rocks containing gold ore for extraction at Nsangano Gold Mine, Mawemeru village, Geita, Tanzania (Photo: Brian Sokol/Panos Pictures)
Picturing the ASM space
Insight, 05 June 2015
CANARI’s Radar tool helps small and micro enterprises assess their impacts. Here Kemba Jaramogi from Fondes Amandes Community Reforestation Project in Trinidad and Tobago presents their Radar. (Photo: CANARI)
Time to turn the PAGE?
… for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) : ‘Advancing inclusive and sustainable economies’ event in Cape Town looked like it could be … of the GEC, a network of more than 50 organisations working towards sustainable economic models.  Among the most innovative approaches I … have the ‘silver bullet’ solution for green economies but they’re a key to making them happen and PAGE, with its multi-stakeholder approach, …
Insight, 17 January 2019
Workshop participants in Mozambique discuss results from group work on how to make farming more sustainable (Photo: Lynn Boyd, ADRA Mozambique)
Five ways to make farming more sustainable
… deal of uncertainty about their impact on smallholders' access to markets, land and employment. Low external input, sustainable agricultural practices such as agroecology and organic … University Eduardo Mondlane in Maputo gathered representatives from key agricultural institutions to discuss the constraints to scaling-up …
Insight, 20 May 2015
A girl studies under the light of a rechargeable solar lamp.
New research series kicks off with look at energy delivery models
… developing countries into more formal (sometimes developed country) markets to sell their goods can be difficult. The same is true of making … (and at times commercial) benefits. The first of this series,  Sustainable Energy for All? Linking poor communities to modern energy … development project or a government programme, but innovations in the key elements of the model will help ensure positive sustainable …
Insight, 12 December 2012
Road to recovery: mapping a sustainable economy
… the longer term.  The paper is titled ' Road to recovery: mapping a sustainable economy ', and is written by Steve Bass and Tighe Geoghegan. … public is increasingly open to transformative action towards a more sustainable and equitable world. This unprecedented moment must neither … conviction, the current crisis could be an opportunity to make some key shifts." …
News, 07 December 2009
Woman, wearing a hat and a basket on her back, picks vegetables
The unsung heroes for nature and climate
… job opportunities and produce 80% of its food . Not only are they key for the country’s food security, they also act as stewards for the … Foodthink , a non-profit organisation that spreads knowledge about sustainable food systems in China, has conducted numerous field visits, … show that diversification and ecological farming are among their key adaptation strategies. Extreme weather events and unpredictable …
Insight, 07 December 2022
The journey to fetch fresh water for a resident of the Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India (Photo: Meena Kadri, Creative Commons via Flickr)
World Water Week 2016: key resources
… relating to water across the globe. This year's theme is 'Water for Sustainable Growth', with water seen as central to all the challenges at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). IIED's water work focuses on … further, Ina Porres, senior researcher in IIED's Shaping Sustainable Markets research group , discussed in her blog for World Water Day  how …
Article, 24 August 2016
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Engaging communities to tackle illegal wildlife trade - lessons from Southeast Asia, South America and sub-Saharan Africa
… legal frameworks; strengthening law enforcement and supporting sustainable livelihoods and economic development. However, analysis … studies featured on the platform, this report presents evidence and key lessons from a diverse set of initiatives to show that there are …
Publication, 26 October 2022
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Understanding market-based livelihoods in a globalising world: combining approaches and methods
… analysis 2.1 Definitions and frameworks 2.2 Methods and tools 2.3 Key strengths and weaknesses 3. Value chain analysis (VCA) and variants 3.1 Definitions and approaches 3.2 Methods and tools 3.3 Key strengths and weaknesses 4. Combined approaches 4.1 Why combine … Sustainable markets …
Publication, 01 November 2005
Rehema Peter Mushi mines red garnets and sapphires in Tanzania. She recently won a grant to purchase equipment (Photo: Magali Rochat/IIED)
IIED to host 3rd online artisanal and small-scale mining day
… online space to share ideas for building a safer, more inclusive, sustainable and productive ASM sector.  Using the #shareASM hashtag will … communication, collaboration and trust between stakeholders is a key way to address the problems faced by ASM workers and to secure … IIED's ASM programme: Read this blog on using dialogue to extract sustainable solutions for artisanal and small-scale mining Watch …
News, 02 March 2018