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IGF Case Study: The Importance of Consultation and Engagement in Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
Highlighting good legal frameworks that cover a mine's life cycle and presenting illustrative cases from Canada and Peru.
Mapping India's Energy Policy 2022 (Update)
This study gathers and analyzes data on Indian government support for fossil fuels and clean energy for fiscal years 2014–2022.
The Value of Water Retention Beneficial Management Practices to Farmers and Landowners in the Seine Rat Roseau Watershed District
This report assesses the economic returns to communities and landowners from implementing on-farm water retention projects in the Seine, Rat, and Roseau watersheds in Manitoba, Canada.
Seal River Watershed: The case for conservation
This report lays out the benefits and considerations for establishing the Seal River Watershed Indigenous Protected Area in Manitoba, Canada.
The Value of Incorporating Nature in Urban Infrastructure Planning
This report explains how nature-based infrastructure helps create healthy, sustainable cities and argues that nature needs to be at the core of urban infrastructure planning.
Handcrafting the World's Freshwater Laboratory: IISD Experimental Lakes Area Annual Report 2021-2022
It's time to pay tribute to the handcrafted, do-it-yourself attitude that has made IISD Experimental Lakes Area the world’s freshwater laboratory.
IGF Case Study: Inclusive Closure and Post-Mining Transition at the Golden Pride Mine, Tanzania
This IGF case study of an open-pit gold mine in Tanzania provides good examples of how closure and post-mining transition can be done effectively and inclusively.
Global Market Report: Cocoa prices and sustainability
This report presents the production and consumption trends of the cocoa sector and how voluntary sustainability standards can improve the commodity's market resilience.
Fair and Equitable Treatment: Why it matters and what can be done
This policy brief presents the different types of FET clauses, the problems associated with its application, and the policy options available to policy-makers to preserve states' right to regulate and avoid ISDS claims.
Sustainable Asset Valuation of Land Restoration in Sodo District, Southern Ethiopia
This report presents a SAVi assessment that quantifies the social, economic, and environmental outcomes of assisted natural regeneration in Ethiopia.