Natural resource management

We work to build partnerships, capacity and wise decision making for fair and sustainable use of natural resources, with a focus on local control.

Conservation, communities and equity

How IIED is investigating and promoting the role of biodiversity as a fundamental building block of sustainable development More in this collection

A volunteer health and conservation trainer gives a group talk to her community (Photo: Conservation Through Public Health)
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Local villagers receive wildlife training in the Mbarang'andu Wildlife Management Area in Tanzania, which incorporates seven villages. (Photo: WWF/USAID Biodiversity & Forestry, Creative Commons via Flickr)
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Community members at Mgahinga National Park, Uganda discuss the Social Assessment for Protected and Conserved Areas methodology (Photo: Rob Small)
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Locally-controlled forestry

How IIED is supporting locally-controlled forestry for improved livelihoods, justice and sustainability More in this collection

The Forest and Farm Facility is now working with Ecuador forest farm producers such as this bamboo production business
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Resilience in agricultural and food systems

How IIED is building greater local control and resilience into agricultural and food systems More in this collection

A conservation agriculture demonstration at the Golden Valley Agricultural Research Trust, Zambia. Conservation agriculture can increase productivity and improve soil structure (Photo: Barbara Adolph/IIED)
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A farmer in Bangladesh who produces vermi-compost to fertilise her crops (Photo: Seth Cook/IIED)
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A herbalist shares information on medicinal and food plants growing in Kaya Kinondo Sacred Coastal Forest in Kenya (Photo: Doris Mutta)
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