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Crops float on water
Time to team up with nature to adapt to climate change
… crisis. And can be a vehicle to strengthen social justice and rights, if done well." pic.twitter.com/h5IU0EHWcw — IIED (@IIED) … knowledge on EbA , the importance of multi-stakeholder partnerships, indigenous people and communities’ knowledge, and the role of these … ambition and commitment into action.  Let’s be clear. Indigenous Peoples have been doing #naturebasedsolutions for a long time. …
Insight, 26 September 2019
Ethiopia's Mursi tribe graze cattle, but also hunt for meat and ivory. There are frequent conflicts with government and park authorities about land rights (Photo: David Stanley via Flickr)
Ensuring equitable management of protected areas: we're still defining the issues
… thousands of new protected areas managed, and in many cases owned, by indigenous peoples and local communities. That meeting also made commitments to … costs and benefits, and ensuring managers' commitments to human rights principles remain key concerns across all types of protected … Land acquisitions and rights …
Insight, 05 December 2014
Mangrove reforestation project
Development and life in general under threat from accelerating destruction of nature – but solutions are possible
… depend, now and in the future." Importantly, the report highlights indigenous peoples and local communities' key role in working with nature. Despite … attention is given to strengthening indigenous and local communities' rights to manage their land and resources sustainably and to resist …
News, 06 May 2019
A Raika man leading his sheep and goats to graze in the contested Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary.
How communities are protecting their biocultural resources with community protocols
… some communities have developed Community Protocols to assert their rights and negotiate with others. Governments are required by the Nagoya … Resources to the Convention on Biological Diversity , to support indigenous and local communities in developing these community protocols … rights and consent (PLA 65) IIED's biocultural heritage website Natural Justice's community protocols website …
Insight, 02 October 2012
Cover for 20361G.pdf
Safeguarding Lepcha and Limbu cultural values and worldviews for conservation and sustainable development in the Eastern Himalayas, India
… Territories (BCHTs) are mosaics of land uses, deeply linked to Indigenous knowledge systems embedded in cultural traditions, where … conservation and ecosystem protection. Although Indigenous Peoples have been living sustainably for generations, few studies have … on forest access should be removed. Traditional rules and customary rights and responsibilities of Lepcha, Limbu and other Indigenous …
Publication, 06 August 2021
A saltwater crocodile
Despite COVID-19, using wild species may still be the best way to save them
… has often been heralded as a panacea for conservation and for local peoples’ livelihoods. Its almost overnight curtailment will certainly … wild species exist in landscapes and seascapes also occupied by indigenous people and local communities, a fundamental characteristic of effective governance is to ensure they have clear and secure rights to sustainably manage and benefit from those species (and prevent …
Insight, 01 April 2020
A photo of a man addressing a conference, pictured through the heads of those listening
Leading on nature: can the new Secretary of State deliver bold action on environment and poverty?
… he outlines the links between the climate crisis, the assault on the natural world, and how both of these threaten increased poverty. IIED's … being subject to physical or economic displacement and/or human rights abuses in the course of action by others to either gain access to … how biodiversity is faring better on lands owned or managed by indigenous and local communities. DFID could develop a challenge fund …
Insight, 31 May 2019
A woman farmer tends her crops, surrounded by her crops
Locally-led action essential for achieving global biodiversity goals
… GBF. Both the Kunming Declaration and the draft GBF recognise the rights of Indigenous People and Local Communities (IPLCs) and the need to ensure … is located on the territories of the world’s half-billion Indigenous Peoples, who manage about a quarter of the world’s land. Indigenous …
Insight, 14 February 2022
This week in Myanmar, pictured, the Forest Farm Facility is funding a national exchange between forest and farm producer groups and many other producer groups (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Forest and Farm Facility: Getting resources to those who matter
… farm producers established their own groups to defend their cultural rights and environment, to help their enterprises prosper, and to reduce … development agencies. Its steering committee comprises a who's who of indigenous, community and family forest and farm representatives. Its … those who matter. Duncan Macqueen is principal researcher in IIED's natural resources group ( [email protected] ). …
Insight, 24 March 2014
REDD+: Learning from participatory forest management
… particular, about the potential of decentralising decision making in natural resource management and devolving rights over resources to local levels. Across the developing world, a … — which must be participatory and engage forest-dependent people and indigenous communities. Second, ensuring meaningful and beneficial …
Insight, 10 November 2011