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CSC Stories: Developing Conflict-Sensitive Management Strategies in Public-Private Conservation Concession in the Amazon

A short profile of efforts to reduce social conflicts around the Los Amigos Conservation Concession in the Peruvian Amazon by incorporating the conflict-sensitive conservation approach into conservation planning and strategies.

Report November 8, 2014

CSC Stories: Supporting Community Conservation in Kahuzi Biega National Park

A short profile of work by IISD and the Wildlife Conservation Society to reduce people-park conflicts by strengthening community involvement in conservation strategies in Kahuzi Biega National Park in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Report November 8, 2014

Sonya Havens

Person November 5, 2014

8th Annual Forum of Developing Country Investment Negotiators

The 8th Annual Forum took place in 2014 in Montreux, Switzerland, with the theme: Investment Treaties and Economic Development: Growing conflicts and options for coherence

Conference November 5, 2014

Why corporates must design projects to involve local populace

A look at our Guide to Negotiating Investment Contracts for Farmland and Water.

IISD in the news November 3, 2014

Arctic Initiative: Empowering bottom-up transformations to sustainability (brochure)

Guide November 3, 2014

New model contract will help protect developing countries from harmful ‘land grabs’

Governments in the developing world now have a powerful new resource to help them negotiate contracts to reduce harmful effects of large-scale land investments. The guide, the first of its kind, proposes model contract clauses that can fill gaps in domestic law and contribute to promoting more sustainable foreign agricultural investment.

Press release November 2, 2014

Inside CETA: Unpacking the EU-Canada free trade deal

Aaron Cosbey poses the question How are sustainable development objectives treated in the latest major preferential trade agreements?

IISD in the news November 2, 2014

Kerosene subsidy: The hidden mega scam

"The Centre for Public Policy Alternatives and the International Institute for Sustainable Development’s Global Subsidies Initiative in their 2012 report noted that the subsidy for kerosene in Nigeria had fluctuated over the years. The report indicated that the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency’s reported figures showed that in 2006, 2.4bn litres of kerosene were imported with a subsidy of N89bn."

IISD in the news November 1, 2014

Institutional Context Analysis for the National Adaptation Planning Process

Recent experiences from many developing countries show that climate adaptation planning is a complex process that requires improved coordination among in-country actors and development partners engaged in all sectors of the economy.

Project November 1, 2014