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Mangroves (Blue Carbon) in the Lamu area, on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya (Photo: Peter Prokosch)

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IIED at the IUCN World Conservation Congress

Biocultural products of the Potato Park in Peru, an example of the goods and services that can be produced by indigenous peoples to provide income and enhance incentives to sustain biocultural heritage (Photo: ANDES)

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Consultation: designing a new biocultural heritage indication

Biodiversity Jenga. Photo: Martin Sharman

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Introduction to biodiversity conservation and livelihoods

Biodiversity illustration

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A brief history of biodiversity at IIED

Community engagement in preventin pangolin poaching in Nepal (Photo: Ambika Prasad Khatiwada)

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Wildlife crime and local communities

San peoples from the Kalahari have lived in harmony with nature, but their contribution to the conservation and sustainable uses of biodiversity lacks appropriate recognition, particularly in Botswana and South Africa (Photo: Harry Jonas)

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Human rights standards for conservation: rights, responsibilities and redress

Biodiversity conservation and livelihoods

Exploring the links between biodiversity, conservation and local livelihoods

A mountain gorilla in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park (Photo: Francesco Veronesi, Creative Commons via Flickr)

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Local economic development through gorilla tourism

Mangroves (Blue Carbon) in the Lamu area, on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya (Photo: Peter Prokosch)

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Ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation

Men sit in a wooden boat in Sumatra.

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Using incentive mechanisms to conserve biodiversity

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Murchison Falls National Park Community-Based Wildlife Crime Prevention Action Plan

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Queen Elizabeth National Park Community-Based Wildlife Crime Prevention Action Plan

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Ecosystem-based adaptation: Question-based guidance for assessing effectiveness

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Influencing policy change in Uganda: An impact evaluation of the Uganda Poverty and Conservation Learning Group's work

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Climate-smart people-centred conservation: a synthesis report

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What is biocultural heritage? (postcard)

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Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is home to roughly 340 mountain gorillas, half of all gorillas left in the world. Tracking gorillas is the park's main tourist attraction (Photo: Ronald Woan, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Spinach soup, gorillas and cow dung baskets – what's the connection?

Blog, May 2017

Workshop participants displayed and exchanged seeds from different parts of the world (Image: Yiching Song/Centre for Chinese Agricultural Policy)

New film shows Chinese mountain communities protecting biocultural heritage

News, Mar 2017

Signs welcome visitors to the Sunderban Tiger Reserve in India. Wandering tigers still kill humans in the region, but this reserve generates employment and ecosystem benefits and other income for local people (Rick Hobson, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Tackling the illegal wildlife trade through community-based approaches: building evidence on what works

Blog, Jan 2017

The Potato Park’s Craft micro-enterprise group. Biocultural heritage indicators that are a guarantee of origin and authenticity have increased incomes and improved social cohesion at the Potato Park (Photo: Asociacion ANDES (Peru))

Designing a biocultural heritage labelling system: survey results

Blog, Jan 2017

A scientist studies mangroves in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Mangrove ecosystems support fisheries, prevent coastal erosion and store large amounts of carbon (Photo: Kate Evans/CIFOR)

Call for feedback: inventory of tools to support ecosystem-based adaptation

Article, Dec 2016

IIED at the biodiversity COP in Cancun

Article, Nov 2016

IIED's Krystyna Swiderska discusses the latest research on how indigenous people adapt to climate change at a side event at the 2016 UN climate conference in Marrakech (Photo: Teresa Corcoran/IIED)

Indigenous people use own knowledge to boost food yields despite climate change, research finds

News, Nov 2016

Fish on the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, which stretches more than more than 1,000 km, from Mexico to Honduras, and is home to hundreds of species (Photo: monicajc, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Sharing lessons for mainstreaming biodiversity at Cancun COP

News, Nov 2016

New tools can measure the benefits of ecosystems such as coastal mangrove forests, such as this one in Mexico. Mangroves provide protection from coastal flooding and erosion, as well as nutrition for marine life (Photo: Peyri Herrera, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Action to protect nature and tackle poverty gathers momentum

Blog, Nov 2016

The fruit market is dominated by a small number of varieties that can withstand long distance shipping and meet supermarket demands for uniformity (Photo: Dirk Loop, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Why food diversity must be on the menu

Blog, Oct 2016

Pangolins are particularly at threat from the illegal wildlife trade (Photo: sk8mama, Creative Commons via Flickr)

IUCN seeks proposals for involving indigenous communities in combating the illegal wildlife trade

News, Sep 2016

A market takes place in the village of Tiogo next to the Tiogo Forest in Burkina Faso. With much of the food and hand crafts on sale from the forest, the community is dependent on the conservation of the forest to maintain their livelihoods (Photo: CIF Action, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

Towards a fairer future for conservation

Blog, Sep 2016