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Professor Rashid Sumaila addresses interested marine specialists from research institutes, the private sector and international organisations at Fish Night 5 (Photo: Zaiza Khan/IIED)
Fish Night 5: How subsidies are not always beneficial equally to fish and people
Event, 17 October 2018
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Bangladesh jatka marine conservation programme
… goal of this scheme is the conservation of hilsa and associated biodiversity, but as it is funded through a national Vulnerable Group … 2014). This case study is one of several relating to the Toolkit: Ecosystems, poverty alleviation and conditional transfers. To access the …
Publication, 01 March 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 … paper From genes to micro-organisms to top predators and even whole ecosystems, we depend on biodiversity for everything from clean air and water to medicines and …
Article, 23 December 2019
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Our other sites and networks
… Africa, while at the same time reducing inequalities and conserving ecosystems. Website  |  Project page Nature-based Solutions policy … for promoting dialogue and fostering learning on the links between biodiversity conservation and poverty reduction. Project page … policy.  P roject page Sustaining local food systems: agricultural biodiversity and livelihoods 2003 – 2008 A project analysing how and …
Page, 30 September 2022
Side event at the CBD Global Workshop on NBSAPs Revision Process, 12 November 2013 in Nairobi, Kenya
… on efforts by governments to revise and update their National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans (NBSAPs).  The workshop was held … IIED and partners organised a side event on the ' Mainstreaming biodiversity and development ' project. This project aims to support African countries to use their NBSAPs to integrate biodiversity into development policy and planning.  Representatives from …
Article, 21 May 2014
COVID-19 crisis shows governments can also act to save nature and the climate
… twin emergencies of nature’s destruction and climate change. “Nature, ecosystems and the climate remain in crisis. Never in human history has … “Land use change and deforestation are primary global drivers of biodiversity destruction. They heighten the risk of further pandemics by … “The key global summits due to take place in 2020 on the climate and biodiversity crises have been delayed to 2021. But we cannot afford to …
News, 22 April 2020
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Future scenarios and projections for fisheries on the high seas under a changing climate
… Marine biodiversity and ecosystems provide important benefits to human societies through …
Publication, 01 March 2019
The Nature-based Solutions Policy Platform provides information about climate change adaptation planning around the globe
Nature-based solutions policy platform
… conference by Nathalie Seddon, IIED Associate and Professor of Biodiversity at Oxford University in a talk taking place on Thursday 21 … Biodiversity …
News, 14 June 2018
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2020: the year to get money where it matters
Insight, 20 January 2020
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IUCN World Conservation Congress 2012
… conserving nature” and the Forum will feature practical workshops on biodiversity. Session moderator : Ms. Solange MÁRQUEZ ESPINOZA … a number of workshops at the World Conservation Congress. Using Ecosystems and Traditional Knowledge to Help People Adapt to Climate … Resources and Customary Laws of Marginal Farmers in Southwest China Biodiversity and culture: exploring community protocols, rights and …
Event, 16 August 2012