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

Locally controlled forestry

Community forestry

Local organisations

Elder woman kneels on the ground behind weeds.

Blog

Indigenous Peoples and forest communities are central to tackling the climate crisis – but they need finance

Gustavo Sánchez
05 November 2021

A woman farmer bends over in a field of crops in front of forest in the background.

Overview

Flourishing forests and prosperous people – together

04 January 2022

Close-up of a shovel, on which dirt is balanced, during a tree-planting ceremony, with a plaque in the background

Blog

Trees need locally-grown politics

James Mayers
04 June 2021

Project

Dryland Sustainable Landscapes Impact Programme

September 2022 - ongoing

Six women in a line bend over soil and crops amid a dusty atmosphere

Case study

Delivering impact: supporting women's voices in Ghana

03 May 2022

A wooden fence leads on to a field behind which are trees

Article

From risk to resilience: incubating adaptive climate-proof businesses

15 February 2022

Overview

Flourishing forests and prosperous people – together

04 January 2022

A group of men and women stand around an array of plants on the ground

Article

Archive of completed forest-climate action projects

20 December 2021

Blog

Indigenous Peoples and forest communities are central to tackling the climate crisis – but they need finance

Gustavo Sánchez
05 November 2021

A woman wearing a face mask and a visor stands behind a table of vegetables selling her produce.

Project

COVID-19 and forest communities

December 2020 – ongoing

Outside view of large wooden building among trees and under a blue sky.

Project

Cities into sinks: storing carbon in wooden architecture to mitigate climate change

January 2021 - ongoing

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