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A baby orangutan clings to its mother as she hangs from a branch
Making the market work for nature while helping to tackle poverty
… action is possible. Too often governments and the private sector view biodiversity as not having a value unless it is sold for profit or … ‘ Making the market work for nature: how biocredits can protect biodiversity and reduce poverty ’, IIED proposes a new system – the … of today’s biodiversity has gone – animals, plants, insects, whole ecosystems. Effective action is urgently needed and biocredits are one …
Insight, 03 March 2020
Adaptation Futures 2018 in Cape Town will be the first time this international climate change adaptation conference is held on the African continent.
IIED at Adaptation Futures
… (EbA) at a number of side events. EbA involves people using biodiversity and ecosystem services to adapt to the climate change … Biodiversity …
Event, 18 June 2018
Nature being sidelined in efforts to fund adaptation to climate change
… outcomes in LDCs made any reference to also protecting or restoring ecosystems, biodiversity or nature. This is despite LDCs prioritising activities … that jointly tackles the crises of global warming and loss of biodiversity.” Countries are due to come together next week for a new …
News, 09 March 2022
Cover for 17500IIED.pdf
So far, yet so close: ecological connectivity between ABNJ and territorial waters
… (ILBI) on the conservation and sustainable management of marine biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ). These waters do not exist in isolation: marine ecosystems are interconnected by ocean currents and the movement of … Biodiversity …
Publication, 01 February 2019
A sunbird
Information value chains – from data to research communication
… data partners.  The project partners have the common aim of getting biodiversity information into the heart of government decision-making … the sector, the message that the project wants to get across is that biodiversity in all its forms is the foundation for sustainable … to better decisions. Conserving a country’s precious biodiversity and ecosystems will enable governments to plan for a sustainable future, …
Insight, 15 November 2019
A photo of a man addressing a conference, pictured through the heads of those listening
Leading on nature: can the new Secretary of State deliver bold action on environment and poverty?
… spending levels on the twin challenges of the climate crisis and biodiversity loss. Rory Stewart said : “I’d like to double the amount … to people at the forefront of the impacts of the climate crisis. Biodiversity – rediscovering leadership DFID has in the past led the way … to build their resilience and be effective stewards of the local ecosystems on which their wellbeing depends. …
Insight, 31 May 2019
Drying beans
Community protocols can bring real benefits to communities and combat biodiversity loss
… compared to the huge profits derived by companies. At the same time, biodiversity and traditional knowledge are being lost at an … agreements that are equitable, and for conserving their local biodiversity and traditional knowledge. They set out a community’s … Existing ABS models treat traditional knowledge as separate from the biodiversity resources, land and culture which sustain it (referred to …
Insight, 15 March 2012
Biomass energy: optimising its contribution to poverty reduction and ecosystem services
… broader social contributions, impact on ecosystem services (carbon, biodiversity and resilience, watersheds, landscape beauty) and …
Project, 21 January 2011
Cover for G04045.pdf
Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation: strengthening the evidence and informing policy. Research overview and overarching questions
… Biodiversity …
Publication, 01 May 2016
Cover for 17641IIED.pdf
High seas governance that benefits all: understanding area-based management tools
… Sea (UNCLOS) are negotiating a legally binding instrument to conserve biodiversity in waters beyond national jurisdictions. The instrument … these areas support livelihooods across scales, as well as protect biodiversity. This briefing establishes the rationale for an ‘ecosystem … criteria and standards developed in international conventions on biodiversity should be clearly incorporated into the new instrument; and …
Publication, 01 March 2019