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aerial view of an oil palm plantation
Land rights and investment treaties
… growing global consumption is placing the world's natural resources under unprecedented pressure. Petroleum and minerals are extracted in …
Project, 07 May 2020
Fenced working site in a field. There are workers and cars parked and a mineral exploratoion drilling rig
Mineral exploration goes unchecked as demand escalates
… phase, the operational footprint is small. However, the area under licence to explore is often huge. For example, in Mongolia an … Elizabeth national parks Guinea’s eastern areas are almost entirely under gold mining and exploration and its western areas almost entirely …
Insight, 16 February 2022
Women stand in a line with empty bags. A man wears a white vest with a red cross on the back.
Connecting humanitarians and climate change
… disasters is projected to double to 200 million by 2050 under the pessimistic climate scenario of an IFRC study , with a related …
Project, 16 February 2022
A flooded village with damaged houses.
Practical lessons on implementing business unusual 
… communities.  We need to create equal platforms for decision making:  under the guidance of the LDC Group and its chair, we set up the LIFE-AR …
Insight, 15 June 2022
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How local rules can promote inclusive land governance in Tanzania
… making decisions on land issues. This publication has been produced under IIED’s Legal tools for citizen empowerment project. …
Publication, 01 August 2019
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Strengthening women's voices in the context of agricultural investments: Lessons from Kenya
… This report constitutes one of four countrywide assessments produced under the International Institute for Environment and Development’s … access to and management of land. This project has been produced under IIED’s Legal tools for citizen empowerment project. …
Publication, 01 July 2016
Ethiopian women sort coffee beans at a long table. IIED's Critical Theme will explore gender equality issues (Photo: Wikipedia Commons)
Putting gender centre stage
Page, 28 July 2022
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Barbara Ward Lecture 2021: Rebeca Grynspan
… again, the first woman to lead the organisation. She is also a former under secretary-general of the United Nations and associate …
Event, 06 December 2021
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IIED and partners at the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP14)
… organised the 2nd Wildlife Forum on the margins of the CBD COP14. Under the central theme 'Sustainable Use for Conservation and … wildlife management for the Nature and Culture Summit, held under the auspices of the Joint Programme of Work between the Convention … to Saturday, 24 November 2018 The Nature and Culture Summit is held under the auspices of the Joint Programme of Work between the Convention …
Event, 17 November 2018
A barren landscape of chopped-down trees under a brilliant blue sky
Does the global biodiversity framework offer a plan B for protected areas?
… because strategies to halt biodiversity loss, developed since 1992 under the UN Convention for Biological Diversity (CBD) , have largely …
Insight, 03 September 2021