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Better communication is key to wise use of Nature's riches
… to support human wellbeing, we need better communication about why biodiversity is important, what its decline means and what can be done … to the CBD set themselves the target of significantly reducing biodiversity loss by 2010. But the target has been missed and the state … Pavan Sukhdev has spent the past two years running The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity study . It concludes that the goods and …
Insight, 19 October 2010
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Ethical land-based community carbon
… sequestration and the protection of water quality and habits for biodiversity — provides an advantage when it comes to selling carbon … also key. This case study is one of several relating to the Toolkit: Ecosystems, poverty alleviation and conditional transfers. To access the …
Publication, 01 March 2018
A market takes place in the village of Tiogo next to the Tiogo Forest in Burkina Faso. With much of the food and hand crafts on sale from the forest, the community is dependent on the conservation of the forest to maintain their livelihoods (Photo: CIF Action, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Towards a fairer future for conservation
… conservation and sustainable development – is much more sobering: The ecosystems that underpin our economies, well-being and survival are … to national and global-level concerns about watershed protection, biodiversity and climate change. There are some win-win situations but … Biodiversity …
Insight, 05 September 2016
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IIED research and evidence in academia
… of increasing challenges of global inequality, climate change and biodiversity loss. Publishing research in such journals, and subjecting … solutions are key to meeting global goals for climate and biodiversity, and it urges researchers to work more closely with policymakers to identify targets that benefit both people and ecosystems. Featuring IIED’s Dilys Roe . Between Hope and Critique: …
Article, 23 September 2020
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Making finance flow for locally-led action in the Decade of Action
… poverty are complex problems threatening our societies, economies and ecosystems. Addressing these interconnected crises over the Decade of … Biodiversity …
Event, 25 May 2022
Four women farmers bend over to work their land
Climate justice and the IPCC special report on land
… and put under bio-energy mono-cropping systems that will damage ecosystems as well as societies. Similar concerns apply to some … Achieving a fair land-based transition Managing forests and other ecosystems is crucial to making it possible for local communities to … of this work in Kenya ); Outlining the operational links between biodiversity conservation, tackling poverty and managing landscapes to …
Insight, 13 August 2019
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37 3 Climate Change - Biodiversity and Livelihood Impacts
… Document begins: 37 3 Climate Change ­ Biodiversity and Livelihood Impacts Hannah Reid, IIED1 Climate change … UK Secretary of State for International Development, March 2004. 38 Biodiversity is inextricably linked to climate ­ changes in climate affect biodiversity and changes to natural ecosystems affect climate.3 This chapter considers the linkages between …
Publication, 01 January 1970
Two women sit surrounded by water facing the ocean
Reflections on a year of change and challenges ahead
Article, 05 May 2021
50% of the planet falls outside national boundaries. Ungoverned, these seas are exposed to widespread abuses such as overfishing or the dumping of chemical waste and plastic (Image: IIED/Soapbox)
IIED animation: how a new global treaty could turn the tide to save the high seas
… marine protected areas can prevent dangerous overfishing, safeguard biodiversity and help maintain ecosystem stability.  Under a project …
News, 21 February 2019
People sitting under a straw tent next to rice fields
CBA17: back in person, ready to harness energy to drive forward the locally led adaptation agenda
… work with nature to protect, sustainably manage, or restore natural ecosystems while building resilience to climate change impacts − can … Biodiversity …
Insight, 15 March 2023