A world without refugee camps? IIED launches research on urban refugees
Most refugees and displaced people live in towns and cities – not camps. New research from IIED will build understanding of how urban areas could be the best place to meet the needs and aspirations of these groups.
Read the blog from Lucy Earle, principal researcher in IIED's human settlements research group
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Blog by Dilys Roe
Despite COVID-19, using wild species may still be the best way to save them
As the content of the post-2020 biodiversity framework is being developed, Dilys Roe discusses the role of sustainable use in reducing biodiversity loss and saving wild species, and some of the potential implications of COVID-19.
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"COVID-19 has highlighted the catastrophic impacts of illegal and unregulated wildlife trade and consumption. But it should not be used as a false argument to denounce wildlife use more broadly, and undermine this pillar of the CBD."
– Dilys Roe
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Guest blog by Sigrid Wertheim-Heck
The impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on the diets of Hanoi’s urban poor
The urban poor in Vietnam depend heavily on informal food systems. How will COVID-19 lockdown measures impact their food security and what will be the knock-on effects for daily life?
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Blog by David Satterthwaite
The world’s fastest growing cities
Which factors determine whether a city makes it onto the list of the world’s fastest growing cities? In the latest in a series focusing on the transition to a predominantly urban world, David Satterthwaite takes a closer look.
Read the blog which is part of the "transition to a predominantly urban world" series of blogs and interviews
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Project
Indigenous food systems, biocultural heritage and agricultural resilience
IIED is working with partners in the UK, China, India and Kenya to establish a new partnership and network for interdisciplinary research on indigenous food systems.
The aim is to link humanities academics, agriculture researchers and indigenous peoples to design new interdisciplinary research on indigenous food systems past and present, from farm to plate, and enhance evidence on the role of indigenous crops in agricultural resilience.
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Briefing
‘Blue economy’: why we should talk about investment law
Public debates about advancing a ‘blue economy’ have signalled new momentum for foreign investment in the sector. Technological developments have provided new openings for activities such as deep seabed mining. Greater reliance on foreign investment increases the relevance of international investment law, potentially creating tensions with other rules that govern marine environments and activities.
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Research report, 76 pages
Prosperity in place: meaningful work for mobile youth that enhances forest landscapes
This report explores how forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs) can best nurture youth and address youth migration. Rural exodus brings productivity challenges, but also opportunities such as remittances of cash, information and contacts. Most FFPOs surveyed already have active youth programmes that attempt to build opportunity for youth ‘remainers’. This report also recommends approaches that embrace youth ‘leavers’ and ‘returners’ to strengthen attachment to place, and improve youth contributions across all three groups.
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