Forests

With a focus on forests and prosperity, we work to improve livelihoods and justice for those living in and around forests, and ensure forests and biodiversity are managed sustainably in ways that help climate change adaptation and mitigation

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Forestry

Forest governance

Forest and Farm Facility (FFF)

Community forestry

Locally controlled forestry

A man carries a sack of cocoa beans on his shoulders.

News

Producer organisations offer huge potential for delivering nature and climate finance

04 April 2024

A group of female farmers bend over to tend their crops.

Supporting women's voices in Ghana

Impact story 8 minute read

Forest and Farm Facility Annual Report 2023

25 April 2024

Insight

How smallholder farmers are scaling up local ecosystem-based climate adaptation solutions

Kata Wagner
11 April 2024

Project

Upscaling innovative ‘planting-baskets’ to restore landscape diversity and enhance climate-resilient livelihoods

Began April 2023

Insight

Sisters are doing it for themselves in biodiverse Belize

Duncan J Macqueen
18 March 2024

Locally-controlled forestry

How IIED supports just transitions towards locally-controlled forestry that safeguard biocultural heritage, enhance entrepreneurship and improve prosperity within diverse and resilient landscapes

Collection

Localising forest-climate action

A programme of work engaging with locally-controlled forestry organisations to upscale effective climate change adaptation, resilience and mitigation through the restoration of forest landscape biodiversity

Collection

Publications

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International conference on agrobiodiversity

Forest and Farm Facility Annual Report 2023

Business unusual: how business and investment pioneers are transforming forest and food supply chains

How improved governance has benefited a nationwide association of agroecological producers in Bolivia

How good governance has transformed an agroforestry cooperative in Vietnam into a thriving business

Improving internal governance within an agricultural cooperative in Togo: strategies and results

Enhancing internal governance within a national federation of community forestry users in Nepal

Advancing internal governance within an association of sustainable cocoa producers in Ghana

How strong internal governance is supporting a community forestry network in Tanzania

Mobilising internal finance

Farmer looking at coffee cherries in Belize

The benefits of backing family agroforestry businesses – food for thought

Insight, 01 October 2024

Aduna: opening new opportunities for smallholder producers in Africa

Article, 31 May 2024

Two men and two women stand outsite the credit union building.

A top-level producers’ union (KANBAOCU) and its fast-growing Jwa Ngwaane Community Cooperative Credit Union

Article, 31 May 2024

A woman stands behind a market stall of fresh vegetables, smiling proudly.

Investing in biodiverse agriculture in Ecuador’s highlands: UNORCAC and the Santa Anita cooperative

Article, 31 May 2024

Synchronicity Earth: redesigning grant-making for locally-led conservation actions

Article, 31 May 2024

Tony’s Chocolonely: a holistic approach to sustainable chocolate

Article, 31 May 2024

Root Capital: partnering with small and growing agribusinesses to address social and environmental challenges

Article, 31 May 2024

A calf in a hut, a haystack, and terraced ground.

AgroBiodiversity Conservation: the ABC of climate resilience

Insight, 08 May 2024

How smallholder farmers are scaling up local ecosystem-based climate adaptation solutions

Insight, 11 April 2024

Producer organisations offer huge potential for delivering nature and climate finance

News, 04 April 2024