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Fishing the ocean

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Action for an ocean for all

A typical milk bar in Kenya (Photo: Dave Elsworth/ILRI)

Project

MoreMilk – reviewing policy options for the informal dairy trade

Seedlings. Impact investing directs investment capital to enterprises delivering positive environmental and social impacts, and could play an important role in financing sustainable development (Photo: Geoff Maddock, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Blog

Business as usual – or business with purpose?

A stall-holder measures her produce in a marketplace (Photo: Hivos Bolivia)

Project

Sustainable diets for all

50% of the planet falls outside national boundaries. Ungoverned, these seas are exposed to widespread abuses such as overfishing or the dumping of chemical waste and plastic (Image: IIED/Soapbox)

News

IIED animation: how a new global treaty could turn the tide to save the high seas

Workshop participants undertake a participatory resource mapping exercise for community enterprises (Photo: Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources - ANSAB)

News

Forest and Farm Facility launches Phase II

Inclusive blue economy

Supporting resilient marine and coastal ecosystems and the millions of people who depend on them to thrive by aligning incentives with investments More in this collection

A deep-sea fishing trawler

Project

Helping the LDCs negotiate the high seas

Fishing boats

Project

Delivering sustainable fisheries through fiscal incentives

Fishermen hauling in a net

Project

Accounting for small-scale fisheries and the ocean

Towards inclusive and responsible mining

Facilitating dialogue and collaboration for a fair and accountable mining sector More in this collection

Water and gravity are used to separate and, ultimately, leave the diamonds (Photo: James McQuilken/@J_McQuilken)

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Sustainable development and artisanal mining: time to broaden the ‘blood diamonds’ conversation?

IIED's third #shareASM digital day will take place on 15 March across the globe (Image: IIED)

News

IIED to host 3rd online artisanal and small-scale mining day

Artisanal and small-scale mining stakeholders in Tanzania explore solutions to key challenges (Photo: Steve Aanu/IIED)

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Using dialogue to extract sustainable solutions for artisanal and small-scale mining

Publications

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Informal food markets in Zambia: perspectives from vendors, consumers and policymakers in Lusaka and Kitwe

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Informal food vendors and their role in the food and nutrition security of low-income workers in Bandung City, Indonesia

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Towards sustainable markets

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Remote but productive: Practical lessons from productive uses of energy in Tanzania

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Moving More Money: Can aggregation catalyse off-grid financing?

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Sustainable Diets for All: Harnessing citizens’ voices for a diverse, healthy, fair and green food system

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A woman sitting on a raised platform

Urban food insecurity and malnutrition are about more than just food

Blog, Oct 2019

A shoal of fish

IIED launches new 'Insights' series linking business and sustainability

News, Oct 2019

Women sell bananas at stalls at a market

Healthy Diets Week Twitter chat

News, Oct 2019

fresh green beans

Rebalancing power in the Kenya-UK green bean value chain

Blog, Sep 2019

A woman picks fresh greens

Beyond maize: exploring agricultural diversification in Zambia

Blog, Aug 2019

A container ship looms imposingly against a brilliant skyline

Monitoring and evaluation guidance for SDG14

Project, Jul 2019

A buffet of Ugandan food

Science with citizens, or science for citizens?

Blog, Jul 2019

A heap of steel balls in a lorry

Why procurement should be the "next frontier" in transparency for mining

Blog, Jul 2019

A mountain gorilla

Bwindi: bees, baskets and brilliant guided walks

Blog, Jun 2019

A women puts food into an outdoor oven

Keeping Bolivia’s culture alive through food

Blog, Jun 2019

Timber, pipes and other construction materials are piled up in front of a lorry

Discussion: Mining local procurement – a necessary lever to overcome the resource curse

Event, May 2019

Seedlings. Impact investing directs investment capital to enterprises delivering positive environmental and social impacts, and could play an important role in financing sustainable development (Photo: Geoff Maddock, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Business as usual – or business with purpose?

Blog, Apr 2019