Biodiversity

Our biodiversity work focuses on the links between biodiversity, conservation and local people's livelihoods

Conservation, communities and equity

How IIED is building capacity to understand and implement equitable conservation and enhance community voice in conservation policymaking More in this collection

Local villagers receive wildlife training in the Mbarang'andu Wildlife Management Area in Tanzania, which incorporates seven villages. (Photo: WWF/USAID Biodiversity & Forestry, Creative Commons via Flickr)
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Community engagement in preventin pangolin poaching in Nepal (Photo: Ambika Prasad Khatiwada)
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A group of people outside huddle around diagrams and charts laid out on the floor
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Biodiversity and development

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 More in this collection

UNESCO considers Tanzania's Ngorongoro Conservation Area to be of global importance for biodiversity conservation, but it faces significant development pressure from tourism (Photo: Justin, Creative Commons via Flickr)
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Nature landscape of a spring with ducks, and mountains in the background
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Two women holding jars of quinoa
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Ecosystem-based adaptation

People using biodiversity and ecosystem services to adapt to climate change and promote sustainable development More in this collection

Map shows where the EbA Evidence and Policy project is being undertaken
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Maize varieties on display at the ‘Voice of Maize’ event in Mexico 2016 (Photo: CCAP)
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The Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve in the Andean highlands, Peru (Photo: Karen Podvin)
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