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A man points to a wild chimpanzee up a tree
Markets and payments for environmental services
Project, 03 October 2008
Lumbering illegality: how to make timber sustainable and pro-poor
… But unless we tackle unsustainable logging to satisfy domestic timber markets, their actions will little benefit forests, or the millions of poor people that live within them. Making timber sustainable requires the use of both trade and climate strategies in … be ‘legalised’? Participants at the Tropenbos meeting agreed some key priorities, of which I will highlight three: (i) invest in the …
Insight, 26 January 2011
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
Miners pushing a cart out of a mine near the Bolivian town of Potosi. For centuries this area had the richest silver mines in South America. Today many of the mines are worked by local cooperatives, but conditions are still harsh (Photo Nyall & Maryanne, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Listen and learn: lessons from the small-scale mining sector
… had a bigger voice at the table in defining the language of sustainable development for the sector. It is only in this way that the … to be pushed further and where not enough progress had been made. Key among these were the areas of community relations and the artisanal … ( [email protected] ) is senior researcher in the Sustainable Markets Group . …
Insight, 05 February 2015
Seeds collected from a farm in Chiapas, Mexico, for replanting and use in traditional medicine. (Photo: Ina Porras)
Conditional transfers for poverty reduction and ecosystem management
… solutions for tackling poverty and improving ecosystems.   The 17 Sustainable Development Goals agreed in 2015 will require governments to … One reason could be that many PES schemes lack a focus on equity issues and poverty reduction – or add it almost as an afterthought. This … and Costa Rica through thorough literature review and interviews with key CST and PES researchers, identifying stakeholders and case studies ' …
Project, 26 April 2016
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Informing dialogue on artisanal and small-scale mining in Tanzania. A thematic review of challenges and solutions
… an opportunity for employment and income generation. But a range of issues continue to prevent ASM from becoming a profitable and … for positive reform. Dialogue will need to address a number of key questions including: how can policymaking and implementation be made … What specific and realistic actions can be designed, what key responsible stakeholders identified, and what effective partnerships …
Publication, 01 October 2017
Group of people around a table eating a meal
Three pillars for food system change: inclusivity, joint vision and long-term commitment
… diverse views in a meaningful and productive way. The Hivos-IIED Sustainable Diets for All (SD4All) programme has championed multi-actor … and low-income consumers – especially women – must be involved. These key actors, whose voices are rarely heard in policymaking, are crucial … local realities. We must listen to how people translate big system issues into what matters to them. Government officials and private …
Insight, 16 July 2020
Covers of top publications of 2020.
IIED's best of 2020: publications
… life’ introduction to evaluating progress on the 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is based on emerging country … to support national progress on sustainable development Identifies key SDG evaluation characteristics and approaches, and Looks at how SDG … nature, governments and powerful finance institutions can help repair markets and address the triple crises of debt, climate change and the …
Article, 23 December 2020
How mobiles stayed massive — talking down the recession
… reason for talking big. And developments down South are one of the key factors in that buoyancy. In fact, 2010 has been hailed by Nic … no small part by continuing growth of wireless services in emerging markets, which Insight said will offset the spending slowdown in the … attention. The multiplier effect of support networks established with sustainable development in mind allows for broader information sharing …
Insight, 26 January 2010
A villager gathers medicinal bark in Mozambique
Investing in sustainable productivity could secure REDD+ schemes long term
Insight, 13 December 2012