Natural resource management

We work to build partnerships, capacity and wise decision making for fair and sustainable use of natural resources, with a focus on local control

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Biodiversity and conservation

Biocultural heritage

Indigenous Peoples

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Energy-defence-AI convergence spurs demand for critical minerals

Josefina Lehnen and Lorenzo Cotula
12 August 2026

Indigenous woman watering aloe vera plantation. She is wearing traditional clothing in pink and green shades.

Transforming conservation: towards community-led nature governance

A mine in Chuquicamata, Chile

Lessons from history highlight need for climate justice for the Atacama Salt Flat

Mauricio Figueroa
28 May 2024

Barrels of oil ready to be transported.

Indonesia: balancing the opportunities and risks of fuel subsidies reform

14 October 2026

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Celebrating 20 years of promoting decoloniality: relaunching the biocultural heritage website

04 July 2025

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Critical minerals and the green energy transition: Make Change Happen podcast episode 26

23 May 2024

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Learn more about focused areas of IIED's natural resource management work

Conservation, communities and equity

A programme of work showing how IIED is building capacity to understand and implement equitable conservation and enhance community voice in conservation policymaking

Locally-controlled forestry

How IIED supports just transitions towards locally-controlled forestry that safeguard biocultural heritage, enhance entrepreneurship and improve prosperity within diverse and resilient landscapes

Resilience and diversity in food systems

A programme of work on how IIED is building greater local control, resilience and diversity into agricultural and food systems

Law, economies and justice

A collaborative programme of work on renegotiating the law to promote fairer, more sustainable economies

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Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation in Myanmar

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Low-tech, bottom-up, place-based approaches to addressing environmental degradation

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How research influences government action for nature

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Potential priority issues for REDAA in sub-Saharan Africa

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Smallholder EUDR perceptions

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Insights from equitable governance assessments in conservation areas around the world

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Redefining sustainable use of wild species in a post-pandemic world: a five-dimensional assessment tool

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Forest and Farm Facility Annual Report 2024

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Understanding gender-based violence in critical mineral mining

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Five-dimensional sustainability assessment

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Minibuses on the streets of a busy city in Egypt. Bus drivers were among key groups affected by the subsidy reform because diesel prices.

Egypt: reforming fossil fuel subsidies to support social and economic priorities

Article, 14 October 2026

Barrels of oil ready to be transported.

Indonesia: balancing the opportunities and risks of fuel subsidies reform

Article, 14 October 2026

A long-range photo of a landscape showing tiered levels that denote mining in front of mountains.

Energy-defence-AI convergence spurs demand for critical minerals

Insight, 12 August 2026

A group of men of different nationalities, all in formal dress, clap and smile as they pose for a photo.

Critical minerals: reflections on the G20 Leaders’ Summit

Insight, 02 December 2025

Indigenous woman watering aloe vera plantation. She is wearing traditional clothing in pink and green shades.

Transforming conservation: towards community-led nature governance

Article

Biocultural heritage website screenshot

Celebrating 20 years of promoting decoloniality: relaunching the biocultural heritage website

News, 04 July 2025

Sign in a field pointing to a cobalt mine in the DRC

Critical minerals, international policy and a just energy transition

Event on 29 January 2025

Miners showing minerals.

Critical minerals and the just energy transition: opportunities and challenges

Active Project

A mine in Chuquicamata, Chile

Lessons from history highlight need for climate justice for the Atacama Salt Flat

Insight, 28 May 2024

A lot of head and shoulders photos of people along with the words "Podcast episode 26'

Critical minerals and the green energy transition: Make Change Happen podcast episode 26

Article, 23 May 2024