Biodiversity

Exploring the links between biodiversity, conservation and local livelihoods

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Biodiversity and conservation

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COP15: putting gender at the heart of biodiversity governance

Philile Mbatha
24 November 2022

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

23 November 2022

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Where to find IIED and partners at COP27: event listing

Event on 06 November 2022

Man, wearing red and black and holding a stick, walks with cattle

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Valuing a traditional lifestyle: how Maasai herders are being paid to protect nature and combat climate change

Jo Anderson
19 October 2022

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Countries most vulnerable to climate change able to borrow less than 15% of money needed to adapt before hitting debt distress

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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

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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

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Ecosystem-based adaptation

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

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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

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Why gender matters for biodiversity conservation

Traditional mountain landscapes: crucial for meeting biodiversity and climate targets

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

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

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

Wild meat: developing alternatives through good project design

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

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

Community conservation wardens training report 2021 - 23rd August to 8th September 2021

Mainstreaming nature in development: A brief guide to political economy analysis for non-specialists, UNEP-WCMC, UK

COP15: putting gender at the heart of biodiversity governance

Blog, 24 November 2022

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

Press release, 23 November 2022

IIED at CBD COP15

Article

Protecting wildlife with local solutions: putting learning into practice

Blog, 10 November 2022

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

Valuing a traditional lifestyle: how Maasai herders are being paid to protect nature and combat climate change

Blog, 19 October 2022

Countries most vulnerable to climate change able to borrow less than 15% of money needed to adapt before hitting debt distress

Press release, 17 October 2022

Young man wears a headlamp and carries a flashlight in the dark

Private insurance policies launched to protect elephants in Kenya and Sri Lanka

Press release, 06 October 2022

Head and shoulders photos of five people alongside the words 'podcast 19' and "Make Change Happen".

A spur to action – getting money to the local level for nature and climate: Make Change Happen podcast episode 19

Article, 21 September 2022