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The critical role of science in guiding UN climate negotiations
Publication, 01 November 2019
Community members at Mgahinga National Park, Uganda discuss the Social Assessment for Protected and Conserved Areas methodology (Photo: Rob Small)
Enhancing the equity and effectiveness of protected area conservation
… they are to successfully support both biodiversity conservation and human wellbeing, and within the current Convention on Biological … distribution. Our aims were to increase biodiversity conservation and human wellbeing around the project sites in Kenya and Uganda and, … PA-related employment 3) PA-supported development projects 4) reduced human-wildlife conflict, and 5) improved security. Key negative impacts …
Project, 12 November 2018
A woman carrying a basket through a plantation.
IIED launches SAGE version 2.0 – a tool for improving governance and equity in nature conservation
… governed and should respect the rights to land and resources and human rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IP and LCs). …
Insight, 28 June 2023
A number of informal tents forming a village.
Introduction to urban crises and forced displacement
… in towns and cities builds on the long-standing work of the Human Settlements research group on urban poverty , governance, risk and …
Article, 23 October 2020
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Acting on the planetary emergency
Insight, 29 November 2019
A seated panel of four people listen to a speech given by a remote colleague on a television screen positioned to their left.
Europe needs transformational adaptation: lessons from the frontline
… .  Extreme weather and climate-related events are taking a heavy human, economic and environmental toll in Europe, with most impacts and …
Insight, 16 August 2023
‘Act on nature’, demand hundreds of organisations, in unprecedented call to world leaders
… coordinated calls for urgent action on nature to protect human and planetary health. Nature is currently declining at rates unseen in human history , with up to one million species threatened by extinction. … highlight how the destruction and degradation of nature is placing human health and livelihoods at risk. Nature loss directly increases our …
News, 18 September 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 fisheries. But the benefits are not shared …
Publication, 01 March 2019
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Biodiversity loss — more than an environmental emergency
… through discussing biodiversity loss' impact on agriculture, human health and climate resilience. As well as providing …
Publication, 01 July 2019
Four men siting on a wall looking at a landscape
Mental health, wellbeing and sense of hope among vulnerable Afghans plummeted in wake of Taliban takeover
… for secondary education.  Lucy Earle, acting director of research on human settlements at IIED, said: “It’s easy to think that if people who …
News, 28 November 2022