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Markets and payments for environmental services
… the insecure land and resource tenure of many poor people remains a key obstacle to them participating in and benefiting from PES schemes. … robust research, clear property rights, equitable benefit sharing and sustainable finance. Read this briefing or this blog to find out more. … own livelihoods. IIED aims to show how an equitable and financially sustainable payment scheme can compensate local landholders for …
Project, 03 October 2008
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Strengthening capacity for advocacy in food systems of the poor
… free choices.  In this paper we highlight lessons and insights from Sustainable Diets for All (SD4All), an advocacy programme that focuses … on advocacy capacity strengthening and agency, this report makes four key recommendations for donors, international NGOs, civil society … Sustainable markets …
Publication, 08 December 2020
A woman sells palm oil in a market in west Africa.
Four actions to reduce the ‘forest footprint’ of commodities
Insight, 18 March 2013
Extractive industry workers are pictured on a beach; a new report recommends that transparency initiatives need to be more inclusive and relevant to local needs for communities most affected by oil, gas or mining projects (Photo: iStockphoto.com/Getty Images)
Transparency: Giving local communities a window on the extractive industries
… of 2013, the question remains about how to make transparency work for sustainable development, particularly for the local communities living … led by the West to improve governance in less developed countries. A key EITI achievement is that it has helped to empower and build the … a principal researcher in IIED's  Sustainable Markets Group and leader of the energy team. …
Insight, 28 May 2014
Just how inclusive is ‘inclusive business’?
… About the series: Making markets work for small-scale farmers? The growing effort to make markets … As in previous provocations , participants seemed to agree that the key lies in supporting organisation. “If you don’t have organisation, … farmers] can stand on their own two feet will be the most sustainable solution to this whole debate.” No miracle cure Some …
Article, 27 June 2011
Ships lay stranded in a dry reservoir in China.
China: can the ‘factory of the world’ clean up its act?
… an impact in other parts of the world. Brazil is facing increasing sustainable development challenges due to its growing trade with China, … that a cucumber that is ChinaGAP certified can also be sold into markets that require GLOBAL GAP certification. Indeed, the Chinese … farmers.   As Ma Jun has shown, transparency and information will be key to applying pressure on businesses to adopt more environmentally …
Insight, 27 June 2012
A mountain gorilla
Bwindi: bees, baskets and brilliant guided walks
… vital questions Our project was trying to find the answers to three key questions: Would tourism skills training result in increased sales … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 27 June 2019
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Sustainable energy for all? Linking poor communities to modern energy services
… This paper explores energy delivery models that provide sustainable and clean energy services to the poor. Four key building blocks are: the implementation process, including finance, … or scale up successful models that link the poor to modern energy markets. Linking Worlds series … Sustainable energy for all? Linking poor communities to modern energy …
Publication, 01 December 2012
A new agenda for consumption
… the west? The current global food crisis tends to get blamed on a few key factors – and one that crops up again and again is the rise in standards of living and diet in Asia. While these markets may indeed be growing fast, they are nonetheless still dwarfed … for many food products). International networks in the field of 'sustainable consumption' tend to be (a) largely European-based and …
Project, 02 October 2008
Green beans stacked into in a cardboard box
Rebalancing power in the Kenya-UK green bean value chain
… green beans to Flamingo Horticulture; Hazel Culley, senior food sustainable product and raw material manager at M&S; and Tom Wills, … for success: building trust Panellists agreed on the value of two key strategies to ensure a level playing field: first, the preparatory … Horticulture, M&S and Traidcraft Exchange outline the project’s key activities in more detail.  The webinar was part of IIED’s …
Insight, 09 September 2019