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The field team designing a REDD strategy talk to farmer Nimale Maribu Saidi as part of their field research in Meceburi Forest Reserve, Mozambique .Photo by Mike Goldwater
Inclusive environmental investments
… emissions from forested lands and invest in low-carbon paths to sustainable development. REDD+ goes beyond deforestation and forest … exist to enable this to happen . Based on this analysis, what are the key issues arising from this engagement? We are also looking at the … Sustainable markets …
Project, 07 September 2013
Many flags
IIED and partner events at COP25
Event, 02 December 2019
Villagers walking back to their village, Mozambique (Image: Mike Goldwater)
IIED Annual Report 2016/17: a focus on impact
… positive change at both the local and international scale, and across key research areas.  The report sets out how IIED and its partners seek … impact in each of our four focus areas. As part of our work to  shape sustainable markets , we undertook research with our partners on finance for energy …
Page, 27 October 2017
A diagram showing how the seven core principles of ISO 26000 link to each other
ISO 26000 international guidance standard on social responsibility
… six partner NGOs to to look at social responsibility standards from a sustainable development perspective.  The project partners were IIED, … IIED and partners published three briefing papers that highlighted key issues for consideration in the development of international social … Sustainable markets …
Project, 25 June 2008
Book urges new development agenda for small-scale farming
… published today (29 November) — shows how mainstream efforts to make markets work for poor farmers can fail to operate in tune with the ways such farmers themselves try to make their markets work. "Contrary to the prevailing narrative, and what NGOs, … structures, culture and traditions. The book draws attention to a key issue: the fact that fewer young people will want to farm tomorrow. …
News, 29 November 2012
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Earth Summit 2012: Crucial opportunity that needs broader buy-in
… organised an event on this scale that will consider the environment, sustainable development and economic policy instruments all together. … this as a positive inevitable outcome, given the complexity of the issues. They could have papered over the cracks but have chosen to … need answering if a transition to a green economy is going to be a key issue at Rio2012. Key issues that will need tackling include: …
Insight, 20 December 2011
Youth looking at a landscape
Perspective of LDC youth: what COP26 outcomes will enhance global action on adaptation and resilience?
Insight, 18 February 2021
Drought affects Xinjiang Province, a consequence of climate change (Photo: Simon Lim)
Well-financed climate change action must be central to the post-2015 goals
Insight, 04 September 2014
Dr Dilys Roe (IIED) and Dr Rosie Cooney (IUCN SULI) with South African Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Bomo Edna Molewa (Photo: Kim Ludbrook/EPA Photos)
Innovative approaches to tackling wildlife crime on the frontlines
… Entitled 'Beyond enforcement: communities, governance, incentives and sustainable use in combating wildlife crime', the symposium looks at … communities living side by side with the world's wildlife, to protect key species targeted by the illegal trade while securing their own … Biological Diversity . Dr Rosie Cooney, chair of the  IUCN CEESP/SSC Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group , said: "We are excited …
News, 27 February 2015
This family in the Mecati Forest, Mozambique, cut down trees and cleared the land on this hillside to grow a crop of cowpeas. They will use this land for two more years, use the cut timber for firewood, and them move on (Photo: Mike Goldwater)
2014: the International Year of Family Farming
… of family farms depends on a range of factors, including markets for farm inputs and outputs, land-use legislation, population … we understand the strategic role of family farmers in achieving sustainable development. We are partners in the Forest and Farm Facility … land and land based resources. Smallholder and family farms play a key role in urban as well as rural markets, and our work on Regoverning …
Article, 22 April 2014