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Members of Namibia's Marinefluss Conservancy hope their remote community will benefit from joint ventures with tourist enterprises (Photo: Steve Felton, WWF via USAID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Women, wildlife and the workings of the CBD
… date, local communities have had little voice in these debates. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) for … are represented.  …but CBD holds promise The UN Convention on Biological Diversity has been more progressive. The convention’s text recognises …
Insight, 20 November 2018
Earth from space
Fifty years on, 'Only One Earth' rings true
… a special significance for IIED. Before the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) , the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) , the 1992 Earth Summit, and the big global conferences …
Insight, 08 June 2021
Cover for G02573.pdf
Biodiversity Conservation and the Millennium Development Goals
… and degradation of ecosystem services (2) gave rise in 1992 to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The CBD target "to achieve by 2010 a significant …
Publication, 01 September 2009
Protection for high seas is crucial to safeguarding vulnerable coastal communities – new research
… prioritise vulnerable people’s needs as well as the ecological and biological significance when designating an area for ocean protection. … binding instrument (ILBI) to govern the high seas under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of ABNJ. …
News, 11 March 2019
Native bird perched on a branch, Costa Rica.
Biodiversity and REDD
… fed into ongoing international climate negotiations at the UNFCCC and Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Project objectives Conduct novel research exploring the …
Project, 25 July 2011
Women farmers sorting their carrot harvest in Karnal District in the Indian state of Haryana (Photo: Nirmal Sigtia, IWMI/CCAFS, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: Women in rural India are nature’s guardians
… Himalayas in India for 20 years. Her work focuses on strengthening biological and cultural diversity, people’s rights over their resources and knowledge systems, … all policy levels. There have been some efforts, for example from the Convention on Biological Diversity, to mainstream gender into …
Article, 30 October 2018
Cover for G02789.pdf
Linking Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Alleviation: A State of Knowledge Review
… is recognition of the links between these two goals both within the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Millennium Development Goals. However, the causal …
Publication, 01 October 2010
Biodiversity illustration
A brief history of biodiversity at IIED
… with funding from the MacArthur Foundation. This support enabled a diversity of publications and research to develop on a wide range of … the process of discovering and commercialising new products based on biological resources, and wildlife tourism. The bio-prospecting work has … mechanisms to mainstreaming. It includes issues critical to the Convention on Biological diversity, such as access and benefit sharing, …
Article, 16 August 2013
Two men pushing a boat filled with mangrove seedlings
Finding solutions in nature for climate change
… framework , currently being negotiated by parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. Speakers called for close engagement with local communities …
Insight, 29 May 2020
An interview takes place by people seated at a table
IIED publishes guide to assessing governance at protected and conserved areas
… importance of good governance The 2018 Conference of Parties on the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP14) approved new voluntary guidance (PDF) on using …
News, 15 October 2019