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 building capacity to understand and implement equitable conservation and enhance community voice in conservation policymaking More in this collection

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 engagement in preventin pangolin poaching in Nepal (Photo: Ambika Prasad Khatiwada)
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A group of people outside huddle around diagrams and charts laid out on the floor
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Locally-controlled forestry

How IIED strengthens locally controlled forestry organisations to deliver sustainable production by local groups, profitable business incubation by regional associations, and good forest governance through empowered advocacy by national federations More in this collection

Boys polish chairs for sale in the furniture market, Nampula, Mozambique.
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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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People sitting in a pasture
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View of the town of Pisaq in Peru, near the Potato Park Biocultural Heritage Territory
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