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Projects, publications, news, events, insights and articles about work to build more effective, equitable approaches to development and conservation that prioritise locally-driven initiatives and respect the rights and knowledge of Indigenous Peoples and local communities.

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Indigenous woman watering aloe vera plantation. She is wearing traditional clothing in pink and green shades.

Transforming conservation: towards community-led nature governance

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Illustration of four community members crouching down and pointing at a drawn plan for urban planning.

Can community-investor conflict be prevented? Piloting four proactive strategies in Cameroon and Uganda

Insight, 26 August 2025

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Transforming nature finance for people, nature and climate: IIED’s nature finance strategy, 2025–2030

Publication, 22 August 2025

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Beyond just buying: investing in equitable value chain partnerships with smallholders

Publication, 21 August 2025

Aerial view of two side of farming land, split down the middle by a river. the left side is the community land that has been planted with oil palm and the right side is the Padang Sugihan Wildlife Reserve - Sebokor, whose large trees are no longer visible.

New deforestation regulations must consider smallholder farmers

Insight, 09 July 2025

Two women from Rinconada, Jujuy wearing colorful clothing a hats, posing and looking at the camera.

A just energy transition? Impacts on Indigenous lands in Argentina

Insight, 26 June 2025

Woman standing in water, fishing using a big netted basket.

Reflections on UNOC3 and strengthening coastal stewardship

Insight, 23 June 2025

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Scaling out Biocultural Heritage Territories and Agrobiodiversity Zones in the copper belt of southern Peru: planning and co-design workshop

Publication, 02 June 2025

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Biocultural Heritage Territories walking workshop: sixth global learning exchange, International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples

Publication, 23 May 2025

A worker installs a water pipe observed by two women.

Key nature fund failing to get money to frontline communities

Press release, 19 May 2025

Person squatting town in a field, looking at the soil.

More GEF nature finance must reach Indigenous Peoples and local communities

Insight, 19 May 2025

A group of Indigenous farmers, wearing brightly coloured clothes, smile as they lean on a wooden rail and gather around a large rock, in front of a scenic landscape of mountains under a blue sky.

Weaving resilience: biocultural territories and agrobiodiversity zones in the Southern Andes

Active Project

Farmer walking through land planted with cocoa.

New biodiversity reports ‘a wake-up call’ for action

Press release, 18 December 2024

Members of the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity celebrate the adoption of the decision on the new Subsidiary Body for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities at the closing plenary of COP16.

Historic platform for Indigenous Peoples, but finance failure at COP16

News, 06 November 2024

A person from the Indigenous community Callería embroiders art in the traditional way.

New guidance on human rights and equity in conservation launched at COP16

News, 29 October 2024

The Finance and Biodiversity pavilion at COP16 in Cali, Colombia.

Finance for nature and climate: shared learning on common challenges

Insight, 28 October 2024

Woman walking though a field in Zimbabwe and checking the crops.

Emerging principles for supporting locally-led biodiversity action

Insight, 21 October 2024

Person from Indigenous community in Peru managing a forest.

Advancing rights and equity in area-based conservation

Event on 31 January 2024

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Road map for advancing rights and equity in conservation

Publication, 11 October 2024

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Establishing a biocultural heritage territory to protect Kenya’s Kaya forests: third annual project workshop

Publication, 18 October 2024

A group of colourfully dressed people stand behind a huge amount of amassed crops and in front of some impressive mountains under a blue sky.

Indigenous Peoples are the real solutions to the nature and climate crises

Insight, 10 October 2024

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How ambitious are nature assessment tools for the private sector? A preliminary review for business, investors and tool developers

Publication, 25 October 2024

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The Huaran Declaration: Indigenous Peoples are the real solutions to the climate and biodiversity crises

Publication, 17 June 2024

A calf in a hut, a haystack, and terraced ground.

AgroBiodiversity Conservation: the ABC of climate resilience

Insight, 08 May 2024

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