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Man picking up fruits from a tree
Food insecurity: an appetite for change
… to UNICEF, across the globe, at least 15% of families including under-15s do not have enough money to buy food. The consequences for … food produced is never actually eaten   – and this figure has risen under COVID-19 with falling business demands and crumbling supply …
Insight, 12 August 2020
Crucial agreement with China creates opportunity to protect Mozambique’s forests, report says
… Chinese investors.  Mozambique exports 93% of its timber to China. Under the MOU, China commits to invest in establishing timber processing … It is also important China recognises tree species already prohibited under Mozambique’s trade restrictions and by the Convention on … systems for forest product processing based on sustainable sourcing. "Under the Memorandum of Understanding, China can provide lessons on how …
News, 07 August 2018
A view of Karachi from the film Karachi Rising (Image: Arif Hasan)
Focus on urbanisation issues in Karachi
… series of key policy issues related to urbanisation in Karachi. Also under the intellectual leadership of Arif Hasan (as with our work on … paper , a book and a journal article ), informal textile production under pressure from globalisation (summarised in a working paper ) and …
Project, 17 July 2015
Cover for G03920.pdf
Global Water Initiative Sustainability Assessment (2007-2012)
… an interest in tracking the long]term viability of schemes delivered under these programmes, GWI commissioned two separate reviews to … from both the reviews and concludes that the analysis shows that under certain circumstances community management of point sources can …
Publication, 01 November 2014
Cover for G03400.pdf
Indigenous benefit-sharing in resource development – the Australian Native Title experience (PLA 65)
… and agreement-making over mining and development that is mandated under the Australian Native Title Act (NTA) of 1993. It evaluates the … table when a resource developer wanted to mine or explore on land under claim. As a consequence, indigenous communities received large … were limited by the predefined processes provided for under the Act. The lack of sufficient resources and expert advice also …
Publication, 01 June 2012
Aerial view of Kunming, Yunnan Province, China
China, ecological civilisation, and green economy vision: 2021 and beyond
… than any other country. The Chinese Communist Party, especially under President Jinping, has been alive to the fact that rapid …
Event, 01 March 2021
A woman farmer, carrying a basket, inspects tea she has picked holding it in her hand.
Rising to emerging challenges: IIED reacts to findings of independent review
… with relevant shifts in the global landscape. Work in these areas is under way.   Priorities for action  IIED’s full management response, …
News, 15 August 2022
Two people walking in a rural landscape
Practical guide helps negotiators put equity at the heart of the new global biodiversity framework
… This week, negotiators from 196 countries under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) are gathering … previous 10-year biodiversity framework were met.  Negotiators are under pressure to work together to finalise a framework that truly …
Insight, 04 May 2021
Women farmers bending over planting crops in a paddy field
Curbing the impacts of COVID-19 on Nepal’s small-scale farmers and seizing opportunities for food system reform
… COVID-19 is putting Nepal’s small-scale producers and landless farmers under strain. These groups depend on the country’s agriculture sector to … the government clarified that farming activity was in fact permitted under the lockdown. So, farmers are back in their fields. But they need … to agriculture. This influx of labourers will put available land under pressure. As demand for land increases, landowners may seek to …
Insight, 11 May 2020
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The cost of compensation: Transaction and administration costs of hilsa fish management in Bangladesh
… for about 1 per cent of Bangladesh’s gross domestic~product (GDP). Under its hilsa management plan, fishing is banned for several months a … and administration costs of delivering economic incentives under the hilsa management plan in Bangladesh, in order to better …
Publication, 01 October 2014