Biodiversity

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

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

Conservation, communities and equity

How IIED is investigating and promoting the role of biodiversity as a fundamental building block of sustainable development More in this collection

A volunteer health and conservation trainer gives a group talk to her community (Photo: Conservation Through Public Health)
Project
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 members at Mgahinga National Park, Uganda discuss the Social Assessment for Protected and Conserved Areas methodology (Photo: Rob Small)
Project

Mainstreaming biodiversity and development

Supported African countries to use their revised national biodiversity and strategy action plans as a vehicle for integrating biodiversity into development policy and planning More in this collection

Stories of change
Five stories of change
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
Statements and workshop reports
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