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A women puts food into an outdoor oven
Keeping Bolivia’s culture alive through food
… need to recognise the critical role that food can play in achieving sustainable development. Given the economic, social and environmental … way we produce and consume food will be fundamental to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The UN’s Sustainable Gastronomy Day … which have begun to disappear. Women in Bolivia have always played a key role in growing, selling, buying, preparing and distributing food. …
Insight, 18 June 2019
New directions for integrating environment and development in East Africa
… East Africa is at a watershed moment in sustainable development policy, as enormous pressure mounts on the … commodities, agricultural investments, tourism, carbon offset markets) to national agendas for food security, restoration of degraded … for Integrating Environment and Development in East Africa: Key findings from consultations with stakeholders in Ethiopia, Kenya, …
News, 16 March 2009
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ASM dialogue programme: IIED scoping mission in Tanzania
… and solution-oriented would help to understand and explore key ASM issues and bring about consensus-based reform in policy and … Sustainable markets …
Publication, 01 January 2017
Fishing in Kenya's Lake Naivasha provides income for local people, but fish stocks have declined sharply due to over-fishing and the diversion of water for agriculture (Photo: Cheryl Q, Creative Commons via Flicker)
Green lessons for the blue economy
… year, but a decade .  The media and celebrities have also helped push key issues into the spotlight from the usual – documentaries from David … one into the country! I was going to Nairobi to participate in the Sustainable Blue Economy conference  – part of a run of efforts by the … blue economy. A tremendous amount of capital is needed to shift to a sustainable blue economy but there is chronic lack of financing. The …
Insight, 11 December 2018
A group of miners who are working the Kawa Ijen volcano in Java, Indonesia. The miners carry sulfur down the volcano and to the processing centre where the sulfur is weighed and the miner is paid (Photo: Adam Cohn, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Time to tell a new story about artisanal and small-scale mining: time for a new "indaba"
… on community and artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) issues, key voices continue to be missing from the main discussion, including … in IIED's previous work on forests. For example, following the 'Sustainable Paper Cycle' global study , The Forests Dialogue (TFD) was … Steve Bass ( [email protected] ) is head of IIED's  Sustainable Markets Group . …
Insight, 11 February 2015
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ASM Dialogue Briefing and Agenda
… which leads to better understanding, roles and relations between the key sector stakeholders. In-country dialogues will look at challenges … cross country lesson learning and to influence and share findings in key international fora. This is key to ensure international policy making is informed by local …
Publication, 01 January 2016
Fishing the ocean
Action for an ocean for all
… end of February 2019, when participants offered their views on the key issues, some of which are captured here. … Sustainable markets …
Long read, 25 March 2019
Four people holding microphones sit in front of a seated audience.
A call to action for people and nature
… partner, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist group (SULi) , attended the … the need for African governments to recognise that wildlife can be a key strategic asset for investment, but only if local people have a say … such as non-timber forest products, hunting and fishing, carbon markets and wildlife-related film production.  Central to the goal of …
Insight, 25 August 2022
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Contract farming and informality: drivers and governance responses in Zambia and Zimbabwe
… Cotton production in Zambia and Zimbabwe plays a key role in the countries’ agricultural sector and in the lives of … Sustainable markets …
Publication, 01 March 2018
World leaders who sought the advice of IIED founder, who would have been 100 on 23 May 2014, included two US presidents, and several UK prime ministers and heads of state from Africa and Asia
100 years of Barbara Ward: IIED founder and champion of sustainable development
… helped to define and establish today's widely accepted concept of sustainable development, and in March, she was honoured posthumously … climate change, natural resources, human settlements and sustainable markets. "Barbara Ward's inspirational thinking and ideas remain at the … planet so all our grandchildren can prosper.” The institute played a key role in the Stockholm Conference of 1972, the Brundtland Commission …
Article, 23 May 2014