Biodiversity

Exploring the links between biodiversity, conservation and local livelihoods

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Biodiversity and conservation

UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

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22586iied.pdf

Loss and damage of nature and biodiversity: a tale of consumption, colonialism and communities

17 October 2024

Women racing while carrying baskets full of sweet potatoes on their backs.

Faith in ecology: how one group of Indigenous people in the Philippines are advancing agrobiodiversity

Duncan J Macqueen
05 December 2024

22571g.pdf

Road map for advancing rights and equity in conservation

11 October 2024

Members of the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity celebrate the adoption of the decision on the new Subsidiary Body for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities at the closing plenary of COP16.

Historic platform for Indigenous Peoples, but finance failure at COP16

06 November 2024

An elephant raises its trunk as it walks through a field, with trees in the background.

The Honeyguide human-elephant conflict toolkit

Farmer walking through land planted with cocoa.

New biodiversity reports ‘a wake-up call’ for action

18 December 2024

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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

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

Ecosystem-based adaptation

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

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

Publications

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22586iied.pdf

Loss and damage of nature and biodiversity: a tale of consumption, colonialism and communities

22571g.pdf

Road map for advancing rights and equity in conservation

22556IIED.pdf

How ambitious are nature assessment tools for the private sector? A preliminary review

22446g.pdf

The Huaran Declaration

22421iied.pdf

Who pays the price for the loss and damage of nature?

22221iied.pdf

Applying the concept of ‘loss and damage’ to biodiversity loss

22201iied.pdf

Biocredit catalogue: a collection of biocredit developers and schemes

21626iied.pdf

Agrobiodiversity — the way to save earth’s skin

21596iied.pdf

Equitable governance underpins effective conservation

21586iied.pdf

Insurance to promote human-wildlife coexistence

439 entries

Men with traditional Maasai clothing walk in the savannah

Lessons from East Africa: getting climate and conservation funding to Indigenous Peoples and local communities

Insight, 09 February 2023

A small town sits beside a river with mountains in the background

Protecting and restoring critical water related ecosystems in mountains: the role of Indigenous Peoples and biocultural territories in mountain ecosystems

Event on 24 March 2023

Woman talks and points at a poster behind her while people stand in front of her

CBA17 returns in person: scheduled for Bangkok in May

News, 01 February 2023

Forest with abundant vegetation

Cabo Verde and Portugal agree groundbreaking debt restructure

Press release, 24 January 2023

Man walking in a field

COP15 negotiations agree new global biodiversity framework

Press release, 19 December 2022

Woman carrying a basket with plants on her head

Nature and people must thrive together in future economic strategies

Insight, 15 December 2022

People crouching on a field with their hands on the ground

Indigenous Peoples and local communities excluded from decision making on money to help them tackle nature loss

Press release, 13 December 2022

Room full of people sitting down and looking at their laptops

Indigenous Peoples, local communities underrepresented in governance of nature funding

Insight, 13 December 2022

Man walks in a field, with mountains behind

Farmers in China spending $280 billion adapting to climate change and nature loss

Press release, 07 December 2022

Woman, wearing a hat and a basket on her back, picks vegetables

The unsung heroes for nature and climate

Insight, 07 December 2022