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Resolving land-related conflicts through dialogue: Lessons from the outskirts of a protected area in Cameroon
… located in extremely biodiverse conservation areas with considerable human populations. In addition to the impact on biodiversity, the …
Publication, 05 December 2020
Headshot of Tom Mitchell with IIED logo in the top right corner.
IIED appoints new executive director
News, 04 April 2022
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MEL Handbook for SDG 14 - Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
Publication, 01 March 2019
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IIED and partners call for cities to develop a proactive response to urban displacement
… joint interventions and responses. UN-Habitat is the United Nations Human Settlements Programme. It promotes transformative change in cities and human settlements through knowledge, policy advice, technical assistance … and collaborative action to leave no one and no place behind. IIED's Human Settlements research group addresses urban environmental issues at …
News, 10 June 2020
Houses on stilts along a river
Huge population growth in major river deltas puts tens of millions at increased risk from climate change floods
… Although river deltas have been popular places to settle throughout human history because of their rich soil and potential for trade, …
News, 26 September 2023
A hippo in Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda. IIED is helping the Uganda Wildlife Authority to address wildlife crime through community engagement (Photo: Mirko Eggert, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Park action plans: increasing community engagement in tackling wildlife crime
… wildlife trade (IWT), many people poach because they are angry about human-wildlife conflict or because there are no other ways of earning … reductions in wildlife crime were likely to result from: mitigating human-wildlife conflict, supporting community-based wildlife scouts, and … Enterprise to generate non-poaching related income and complement the human-wildlife conflict mitigation programme. At the midway point of the …
Project, 30 October 2017
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The spice of life: the fundamental role of diversity on the farm and on the plate
… – the threat to agricultural biodiversity. The implications for human health and the resilience of our food systems are significant. …
Publication, 01 May 2018
Recovering wildlife populations in Namibia are largely attributed to policies that give local people rights to benefit from wildlife on their land (Photo: Ronald Woan, Creative Commons via Flickr)
There’s justice in the battle for biodiversity 
… Human activity has irrefutably hammered our natural world. Recent … more than 10% of annual global GDP in lost ecosystem services. The human cost can also be counted: land degradation harms the wellbeing of … that requires recognition of the interconnectedness of biodiversity, human wellbeing and sustainable development. Biodiversity is a human …
Insight, 28 June 2018
Woman squatting in a garden, looking to the ground. She's surrounded by vegetables.
Decoloniality and the new ethics of climate and nature
Insight, 23 November 2021
A close-up of the virus that causes COVID-19
Coronavirus threat looms large for low-income cities
Insight, 26 February 2020