Biodiversity

Exploring the links between biodiversity, conservation and local livelihoods

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Biodiversity and conservation

UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

CBA17 returns in person: scheduled for Bangkok in May

01 February 2023

News

Cabo Verde and Portugal agree groundbreaking debt restructure

24 January 2023

News

COP15 negotiations agree new global biodiversity framework

19 December 2022

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Blog

Nature and people must thrive together in future economic strategies

Charlotte Watts
15 December 2022

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Indigenous Peoples, local communities underrepresented in governance of nature funding

13 December 2022

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News

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

13 December 2022

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Blog

The unsung heroes for nature and climate

Xiaoting Hou Jones and Yiching Song
07 December 2022

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

07 December 2022

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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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Publications

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SAGE and its early contributions to improvements in governance of area-based conservation

Why gender matters for biodiversity conservation

Traditional mountain landscapes: crucial for meeting biodiversity and climate targets

Biocredits to finance nature and people: emerging lessons

Creating Corridors for Chimpanzee Conservation

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

One women holds a tree while another digs into the soil with a shovel, surrounded by green trees and foliage

New thought-provoking blog series scrutinises dominant approaches to resolving the nature and climate crises

News, 20 October 2021

Improving community attitudes towards conservation

Blog, 17 October 2021

A fisherman standing in shallow water bends over to tend his nets, alongside a basket

Innovative financing for African economies to tackle debt, climate change and biodiversity loss

News, 12 October 2021

Development and Climate Days 2021

Event on 09 November 2021

Locally-led action key to delivering the new global biodiversity framework

Blog, 06 October 2021

IIED at COP26

Event on 01 November 2021

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A glimmer of hope ahead of COP26 – financing for adaptation

Blog, 06 October 2021

Locally-led nature-based solutions can deliver global leaders’ pledge

Blog, 27 September 2021

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Addressing the ‘triple crisis’ COVID-19, climate change and nature loss: a catalyst for business to increase its sustainability?

Blog, 08 September 2021

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Does the global biodiversity framework offer a plan B for protected areas?

Blog, 03 September 2021