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A native bird in Costa Rica found in a payments for environmental services project run by IIED and FONAFIFO (Photo Ina Porras)
Who will pay for ecosystem services?
… cannot be threatened at the expense of cheap deals for poor farmers under the banner of ecosystem services for the society. Ina Porras is a …
Insight, 28 January 2014
Nepal: space to debate, opportunities to act
… ‘policy window’ opens up. There is just such a space in Nepal now, under a rare or even unique set of circumstances. Years of conflict and …
Insight, 24 March 2011
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RRA Notes 17: General Issue
… studies from Nigeria, India and Guinea Bissau.  This work is licensed under the  Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 3.0 …
Article, 01 March 1993
The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, headquarters building in Vienna (Photo: Michela Mazzoli, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Investor-state arbitration: an opportunity for real reform?
… the median $20 million. Amounts may exceed what would be available under national law or in regional human rights systems . Such …
Insight, 07 December 2018
PLA 23: Participatory Approaches to HIV/AIDS Programmes
… This issue also includes ten general articles. This work is licensed under the  Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 3.0 …
Article, 31 May 1995
Drying beans
Community protocols can bring real benefits to communities and combat biodiversity loss
… and Benefit-Sharing (ABS), which countries are required to support under the Nagoya Protocol . It sets out the rules for access to the …
Insight, 15 March 2012
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PLA 50: Critical reflections, future directions
… Pages sections, as well as general articles. This work is licensed under the  Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 3.0 …
Article, 30 September 2004
Fairtrade and formalisation for small-scale miners
… trade with large-scale mining companies who are required to operate under the law and can’t comfortably engage with miners in the informal …
Insight, 18 February 2011
Sudanese Women selling charcaol. Rita Willaert/ Flickr (Creative Commons)
REDD+: 3 things to consider so men and women share the benefits
… statutory rights on paper, local customs often favour men over women. Under such dual rights systems, customary norms tend to limit women's …
Insight, 18 December 2013
An image of villagers in a remote village in northern Bangladesh proudly displaying their first solar panel, purchased with a micro loan. Bangladesh aspires to be one of the world's largest solar providers (Photo: ILO in Asia and the Pacific, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Q&A: A shift in mindset for the LDCs
… change or conserving the oceans – these goals are relevant for all. Under the MDGs richer countries were only required to provide funding. …
Article, 03 June 2016