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.

Biodiversity conservation and livelihoods

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

A mountain gorilla in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park (Photo: Francesco Veronesi, Creative Commons via Flickr)
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Mangroves (Blue Carbon) in the Lamu area, on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya (Photo: Peter Prokosch)
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Men sit in a wooden boat in Sumatra.
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Locally-controlled forestry

How IIED is supporting locally-controlled forestry for improved livelihoods, justice and sustainability

A woman carries firewood in the Congo Basin rainforest (Photo: Ollivier Girard/CIFOR, Creative Commons via Flickr)
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Women harvest their rice crop in Meceburi forest reserve, near Nampula, Mozambique (Photo: Mike Goldwater)
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Logging trucks in Ghana: legislation requires that to charge stumpage fees on harvested timber at levels that keep the timber industry under control (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
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Resilience in agricultural and food systems

How IIED is building greater local control and resilience into agricultural and food systems

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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