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Screenshot of a the Biocultural Heritage site's homepage.
Our other sites and networks
… and learning across sectors. Website  | Project page Pastoralism in Development – free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) 2023 - ongoing This … An interactive online policy platform on nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation Website Green Economy Coalition 2011 - ongoing … for promoting dialogue and fostering learning on the links between biodiversity conservation and poverty reduction. Project page …
Page, 30 September 2022
Man talking while two others take notes
IIED research and evidence in academia
… IIED’s research has been featured in noted journals such as World Development, The Lancet and One Earth, on subjects ranging from … in the context of increasing challenges of global inequality, climate change and biodiversity loss. Publishing research in such journals, and subjecting …
Article, 23 September 2020
People sitting on outdoor chairs gather around and contribute views as one person writes up their points on paper pinned to the wall
CBD COP14: a breakthrough on understanding and assessing equity in conservation
… This second week at the UN biodiversity conference (Convention on Biological Diversity COP14) has … of Aichi Target 11  before we reach the target’s end date in December 2020. Shifting perspectives This breakthrough in understanding how … What this change will look like is hotly debated but – as with climate change – it is clear that meaningful, long-term change calls for …
Insight, 27 November 2018
A stone gabion constructed to control erosion across a gully in the Namaqualand region. (Photo: Halcyone Muller / Conservation South Africa)
EbA Evidence and Policy: South Africa
… Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) involves people using biodiversity and ecosystem services to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change and promote sustainable development. IIED, the International Union for the Conservation of … Biodiversity … Climate change …
Project, 31 May 2018
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IIED's best of 2019: publications
… the last 12 months, with links to related blogs and project pages. 1 Biodiversity loss is a development issue. A rapid review of the evidence Issue paper From genes … goods and services (and are already bearing the brunt of climate change). So why does the development community often ignore …
Article, 23 December 2019
Two women throwing fishing nets at a lake
Critical themes at IIED
… universal energy access? In order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 – universal energy access – by 2030, the … can play. Panellists included Andrew Scott, head of programme, climate and energy, Overseas Development Institute; Emma Colenbrander, … is growing, with important implications for global climate and biodiversity. IIED and chinadialogue hosted a critical theme to discuss …
Article, 05 March 2021
An illustration showing connections between IIED's focus on 'partnerships for change', 'research excellence' and 'continual learning'
IIED is on the move
… based in Scotland. Rooting IIED firmly in the Scottish ambition on climate and nature and well placed for the next climate COP, Edinburgh … in the global South. IIED-Europe will be registered by the end of 2020, and we anticipate a gradual growth throughout the next year … as it is for the globe’s pressing challenges around climate and biodiversity. We reviewed the impact of the pandemic on the five global …
Insight, 20 November 2020
Australia's Border Ranges National Park: more than three-quarters of the park is managed as wilderness and access is by foot only. The World Parks Congress will look at how to protect and manage areas such as these (Photo: Michael Dawes)
IIED at the World Parks Congress 2014
… discussed and created original approaches for conservation and development, helping to address the gap in the conservation and … will demonstrate nature-based solutions to global challenges such as climate change, health and supporting human life. The work of IIED … and development in the context of PAs, including: How the biodiversity and ecosystem services of PAs, and efforts to conserve …
Event, 12 November 2014