Biodiversity

Exploring the links between biodiversity, conservation and local livelihoods

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Biodiversity and conservation

UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

Protected areas

Biocultural heritage

Indigenous Peoples

Woman, wearing a hat and a basket on her back, picks vegetables

The unsung heroes for nature and climate

Xiaoting Hou Jones and Yiching Song
07 December 2022

Man walks in a field, with mountains behind

Farmers in China spending $280 billion adapting to climate change and nature loss

07 December 2022

Woman stands on a boat in front of a bridge, and holds a stick

Catalysing research, innovation and action for people and nature to thrive

April 2022 - March 2028 

Person walks in a forest

Biocredits could break logjam over finance to conserve and restore nature

05 December 2022

Woman holding rice plants

COP15: putting gender at the heart of biodiversity governance

Philile Mbatha
24 November 2022

Woman, in a field, throws potatos into a sack

COP15 should protect mountain landscapes, and the Indigenous Peoples and local communities governing them

23 November 2022

Various women holding sickles and working the land

IIED at CBD COP15

Two men in a dinghy out on water; one holding an oar.

Protecting wildlife with local solutions: putting learning into practice

Olivia Wilson-Holt
10 November 2022

Related collections

Learn more about focused areas of IIED's biodiversity 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

Biodiversity and development

A programme of work showing how IIED is working to ensure biodiversity conservation, climate change and economic development are tackled together by the institutions that drive policy, rules, plans, investment and action

Ecosystem-based adaptation

A programme of work focused on people using biodiversity and ecosystem services to adapt to climate change and promote sustainable development

Women champions of biodiversity

A series of blogs and interviews illustrating the role, influence and impact of women working to safeguard the world’s biodiversity

Publications

View more Biodiversity publications

21266iied.pdf

Why gender matters for biodiversity conservation

21241iied.pdf

Traditional mountain landscapes: crucial for meeting biodiversity and climate targets

21216IIED.pdf

Biocredits to finance nature and people: emerging lessons

21146G.pdf

Creating Corridors for Chimpanzee Conservation

21061x.pdf

Women, girls and biodiversity loss: an evidence and policy review

21021g.pdf

Engaging communities to tackle illegal wildlife trade - lessons from Southeast Asia, South America and sub-Saharan Africa

21001IIED.pdf

Averting the crises: how a new approach to debt could raise US$400 billion for climate and nature

20726iied.pdf

Wild meat: developing alternatives through good project design

20641g.pdf

Policy brief: The importance of ecosystem-based adaptation and mitigation actions in the Nationally Determined Contributions

20636g.pdf

Taking adaptation to the ground: a story of accessing climate finance through a Small Grants Facility to support ecosystem-based adaptation

Woman, wearing a hat and a basket on her back, picks vegetables

The unsung heroes for nature and climate

Blog, 07 December 2022

Man walks in a field, with mountains behind

Farmers in China spending $280 billion adapting to climate change and nature loss

Press release, 07 December 2022

Woman stands on a boat in front of a bridge, and holds a stick

Catalysing research, innovation and action for people and nature to thrive

Active Project

Person walks in a forest

Biocredits could break logjam over finance to conserve and restore nature

Press release, 05 December 2022

Woman holding rice plants

COP15: putting gender at the heart of biodiversity governance

Blog, 24 November 2022

Woman, in a field, throws potatos into a sack

COP15 should protect mountain landscapes, and the Indigenous Peoples and local communities governing them

Press release, 23 November 2022

Various women holding sickles and working the land

IIED at CBD COP15

Article

Two men in a dinghy out on water; one holding an oar.

Protecting wildlife with local solutions: putting learning into practice

Blog, 10 November 2022

A shepherd and a herd of sheep in a mountain

COP27: vital but at-risk IPLC landscapes urgently need more climate finance

Blog, 08 November 2022

Where to find IIED and partners at COP27: event listing

Event on 06 November 2022