Biodiversity

Exploring the links between biodiversity, conservation and local livelihoods

Also related to

Biodiversity and conservation

UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

Cabo Verde and Portugal agree groundbreaking debt restructure

24 January 2023

News

COP15 negotiations agree new global biodiversity framework

19 December 2022

Woman carrying a basket with plants on her head

Blog

Nature and people must thrive together in future economic strategies

Charlotte Watts
15 December 2022

Room full of people sitting down and looking at their laptops

Blog

Indigenous Peoples, local communities underrepresented in governance of nature funding

13 December 2022

People crouching on a field with their hands on the ground

News

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

13 December 2022

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

Blog

The unsung heroes for nature and climate

Xiaoting Hou Jones and Yiching Song
07 December 2022

Man walks in a field, with mountains behind

News

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

07 December 2022

Woman stands on a boat in front of a bridge, and holds a stick

Project

Catalysing research, innovation and action for people and nature to thrive

April 2022 - March 2028 

Related collections

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

Collection

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

Collection

Ecosystem-based adaptation

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

Collection

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

Series

Publications

View more Biodiversity publications

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

Houses behind a stretch of water, with the houses reflected in the water

Community-led housing: a pathway for more caring and just urban futures

Event on 30 March 2021

Lessons from Paris: global biodiversity framework must engage business, grow finance

Blog, 11 May 2021

Practical guide helps negotiators put equity at the heart of the new global biodiversity framework

Blog, 04 May 2021

Nature landscape of a spring with ducks, and mountains in the background

Supporting a nature positive, equitable global biodiversity framework

Active Project

Indigenous knowledge, people and nature – all crucial to Kunming: Make Change Happen podcast episode 11

Article, 26 April 2021

Here's why Indigenous economics is the key to saving nature

Blog, 12 April 2021

Four men pose with their backpacks on the floor

Can community rangers help tackle illegal wildlife trade?

Blog, 12 April 2021

Working with nature to manage water resources in a changing climate

Blog, 22 March 2021

Local scout looking over a savanna landscape

Community-based rangers – an effective approach to tackling illegal wildlife trade?

Event on 30 March 2020

Charting a “path to recovery and wellbeing” on 2021’s International Day of Forests

Blog, 19 March 2021