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MMSD – workshops, meetings and presentations
… workshop participants Agenda workshop on artisanal and small-scale mining: how can the sector better contribute to sustainable development? Project list of participants  Consultation with … on Managing Mineral Wealth - The Revenue Dimension: New Issues and Practices Workshop on Managing Mineral Wealth - Management and …
Article, 04 March 2009
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Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development North America Towards Change The Work and Results of MMSD North America Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development North America
… Document begins: Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development North America Towards … programs to prevent the same from happening in the future. Improving Practices Immediate Priorities 3. Pilot test the "Seven Questions to … Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development North America Towards Change The Work and …
Publication, 01 January 1970
Sapphire pits to be rehabilitated in Anikilabo, shown during the site visit of the major of a local mining community, Ampasy Nahampoana (Photo: Andry Rabemanantsoa/GIZ PAGE Madagascar)
Dialogue and action in equal measure
… The artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector is one of paradox: full of possibility yet laden … unique and already endangered biodiversity) – poor health and safety practices, vulnerability of mine workers, and an unregulated market that … solutions will help ASM become more productive, equitable and sustainable.  But dialogue and exchange between the different ASM …
Insight, 13 March 2017
From decentralised finance to legal tools, this map showing real examples of innovative governance from around the world highlights seven tried-and-tested methods of empowering local institutions (Image: IIED)
Mapping innovative governance for sustainable development
… power and resources to the local level is the surest route to sustainable development and natural resource management. The map above … REDD (PDF)  to managing protected areas , and from opposing open pit mining  to locally controlled forestry , local groups across the world … local land rights and ensure that investment contributes to inclusive sustainable development . For example, IIED's Legal Tools for Citizen …
Article, 24 November 2015
A man transports logs by bicycle. Services provided by informal economies, such as small-scale logging, are often not integrated into plans for green growth (Photo: Jolien Schure/CIFOR, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Informal economy and green growth conference pinpoints need for new policy agenda
… activity to international strategies for promoting green growth and sustainable development.  Green growth aims to deliver economic … Benson, IIED Recognition as a first step: informality in artisanal mining , by Gavin Hilson, University of Surrey Domestic tropical timber … to integrate the informal economy with inclusive green growth and sustainable development. The event reviewed informal economies in …
News, 31 March 2016
Customers at a milk bar in Ndumbuini in Kabete, Nairobi. Research in Kenya has found that milk sold in this way had similar bacterial levels to those sold in formal markets (Photo: ILRI/Paul Karaimu)
What do street food, charcoal, gold, mobile phones and milk have in common?
… that's a big gold producer, IIED and the Alliance for Responsible Mining have found that 63 per cent of mining operations are informal in … unsafe, bad for the environment, bad for consumer health, and bad for sustainable development. The evidence doesn't always bear this out. For … Emma Blackmore ([email protected]) is a researcher in IIED's Sustainable Markets group …
Insight, 17 December 2014
A water connection to link the Lobé river to Kribi harbour, South Region, Cameroon
LandCam: securing land and resource rights and improving governance in Cameroon
… of reforms in the natural resources sector to update land, forest, mining and environmental laws. But the process has been too sectoral, … have been seeking extensive areas for developing concessions. Mining, forestry and agribusiness concessions continue to overlap with … and that all stakeholders are well informed of both challenges to sustainable natural resource management facing rural communities and of …
Project, 08 May 2017
An African man makes a speech in front of a banner in Chinese
Our previous work on China
… discussions in China Fostering collaboration and joint action for sustainable Chinese investment and trade in Africa through building … others) in Africa's informal economy – specifically in agriculture, mining and timber trade in Eastern and Southeast Africa. Read a … weakness of Chinese policies, shaping the social and environmental practices of Chinese companies in Africa. The report ' Sustainability …
Article, 01 August 2019
A group of people look at a TV screen, in front of which a computer shows how they appear on the screen.
Indigenous Peoples call for recognition of vital role in protecting mountain water towers
… water are increasingly threatened by climate change, pollution (from mining, for example) and privatisation. Quechua elders and women spoke … global water crisis and ensure water-secure future (PDF) Advancing sustainable mountain development and protecting the “water towers” of …
News, 16 June 2023
Mining and community development framework for Kosovo
… Sustainable markets … Mining and community development framework for Kosovo …
Project, 08 May 2008