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Sustainable tourism
… and the environment at the forefront of future tourism development. Sustainable tourism in Srepok Wilderness Area, Cambodia High-value, low … globally significant biodiversity, including critical habitat and key species within the Eastern Plains Landscape in north-east Cambodia. … Sustainable markets … Sustainable tourism …
Article, 21 June 2011
Cover for G04034.pdf
Forest and farm producer organizations improve income and access to markets
… forest and farm producers is that they tend to be marginalized from markets and decision- making powers. They live in remote areas, are … of benefits from natural resources and trade. Reducing poverty is a key focus of the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF), which is helping … forest and farm producers in this way is key to achieving many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). …
Publication, 01 March 2016
Cover for 13612IIED.pdf
Options for sustainable business incubation that serve Cameroon’s community forests
Publication, 01 September 2019
Satellite image of the zinc, lead and silver mine in Cerro de Pasco, Peru.
Report scopes sustainability of China-Latin America relations
… – from timber and minerals to soybeans, its desire to access new markets and its strategy of south-south cooperation and ‘soft power’ … trade increasingly apply international standards that aim to ensure sustainable, accountable operations." In addition, there are new … long-term relationships and China’s reputation in the region. The key test will be putting these good intentions into practice." Download …
News, 09 May 2013
Althelia Ecosphere's Simon Dent speaking at Fish Night 2 (Photo: Inta Photography)
Fish Night 2 looks at finance for sustainable fisheries
… There is urgent need to reverse this trend and transition to a more sustainable fisheries management. A key challenge is mobilising adequate and sustainable financial resources … by Essam Yassin Mohammed, senior researcher in the IIED's Sustainable Markets research group .   IIED researchers have been working in …
Event, 04 March 2015
Stakeholders, including IIED's Fitsum Weldegiorgis (right), brainstorm to provide actionable solutions to challenges facing women in ASM during a workshop in Ghana (Photo: Friends of the Nation)
IIED at the 2017 Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development annual meeting
… 19 October. The session aimed to engage participants on some of the key challenges faced by women in ASM. It focused on identifying … women's progress as mining and linked entrepreneurs, and to lead sustainable livelihoods. IIED senior researcher Fitsum Weldegiorgis … minerals and metals play an important role in the national sustainable development agenda.  Get more information about the IGF's …
Event, 16 October 2017
Two women sitting down and speaking to each other.
Sustaining coffee producers’ agency in the context of COVID-19
… in Kenya that aims to tackle barriers to an inclusive, fair and sustainable coffee sector. Its main focus is promoting access and agency … and youth into the coffee supply chain by directly linking them to markets. Vava Coffee seeks to create strong relationships with the … IIED’s YouTube channel Brian Oduor pointed out that coffee prices are key to encourage farmers to grow this crop. Vava Coffee has gathered …
Insight, 04 August 2020
Four workshop participants are sitting at a table, discussing and writing things down on post-it notes.
Adequate housing for all: bridging the gap in Sierra Leone
… private sector actors and built environment professionals, are key to build reform coalitions and bring about sustained change in …
News, 04 April 2025
A multi-tiered agroforestry landscape.
How smallholder farmers are scaling up local ecosystem-based climate adaptation solutions
… for medicine and additional income. On the middle slopes, diverse and sustainable food production systems in climate-hardy rice paddies and … FFPOs in northern Viet Nam highlighted knowledge exchange, access to markets and access to finance as the biggest challenges to scaling up … a project with VNFU to scale up EbA approaches by tackling the key barriers identified in the survey. To improve access to markets, we …
Insight, 11 April 2024
Wind power turbines and electricity pylons alongside one another in China
Delivering energy access for all: Make Change Happen podcast episode 2
… podcast  offers an opportunity to listen to researchers discuss key global development challenges and explain how they are working to … the potential to improve the ways in which services are delivered. Sustainable Development Goal 7  aims to ensure access to affordable, … solutions and be responsive to changing technologies, contexts, and markets. There is still a long way to go to achieve energy access for …
Article, 14 November 2019