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)
Article
Community engagement in preventin pangolin poaching in Nepal (Photo: Ambika Prasad Khatiwada)
Article
A group of people outside huddle around diagrams and charts laid out on the floor
Article

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)
Article
Nature landscape of a spring with ducks, and mountains in the background
Project
Two women holding jars of quinoa
Project

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 More in this collection

Convention on Biological Diversity COP logo
News
Indigenous women in Bangladesh's Lawachara National Park collecting wood for building (Photo: Fabian Lambeck, Creative Commons via Wikipedia)
Blog
Women distributing seeds in Andhra Pradesh, India (Photo: Deccan Development Society)
Interview