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The 2010 SEED Awards are now open. The SEED Initiative, founded by UNEP, UNDP and IUCN, and supported by the European Union, Germany, India, the Netherlands, Spain, South Africa, the UK and the USA, identifies and supports promising small scale social and environmental entrepreneurs around the globe – entrepreneurs that while working towards a greener economy also tackle poverty, marginalisation and social exclusion.

A new global agreement intended to protect the biodiversity of developing nations from unfair exploitation could do more harm than good, according to Krystyna Swiderska, a senior researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development, who outlines her views in an opinion article published today on the BBC website.

IIED is proud to make available an international edition of the documentary The Climate Game and the World’s Poor, which shows what happened when 193 governments tried – and failed – to agree a global deal to tackle climate change.

Brazil's Amazonas state has important lessons for the rest of the nation and other developing countries as they search for green and sustainable economies, says a new report published by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).

New research shows how agricultural investments in developing nations can be structured as alternatives to large-scale land acquisitions. It documents a range of more inclusive business models that can bring benefits to small-scale farmers and protect their land rights, while also ensuring returns to companies.

The Climate Change Media Partnership is pleased to announce its fourth annual fellowship programme.

Today top climate-change negotiators from China, India, the EU, Brazil, Bangladesh and the Solomon Islands made a rare joint appearance before media at a side event during the ongoing UN talks in Bonn.

Journalists worldwide now have a vital new resource to help their reporting on the world’s biodiversity, what its decline means for humanity, and how it can be tackled.

Rich nations’ pledges mean nothing without baselines, say academics

The World Bank and other big investors will this week enter into talks with alliances that represent more than a billion forest-dependent people to give their reactions to the groups' proposals for the first time.