The IIED and the IUCN SULi Learning and Action Platform on Communities and Illegal Wildlife Trade (LeAP) project is holding a webinar on 30 March, Community based rangers: an effective approach to tackling illegal wildlife trade?LeAP, which includes the People not…See More

There’s a multi-billion-dollar yearly trade in medicines, foodstuffs and industrial products derived from plants, animals, fungi and bacteria. But many such products have been commercialised without any of the profits returning to the countries and communities whose biodiversity and traditional knowledge made the innovation possible. And in some cases, biological…See More

Now is the time to make change happen. This year IIED and partners will deliver excellent research:* To show how conserving biodiversity protects livelihoods as well as nature* To make the case for a fair high seas treaty that benefits everyone while protecting marine life, and * To get money where it matters so poorer communities can access funds and adapt to climate change — because these communities know what works.Uncertainty will continue. But, together, we can shape the future, and create…See More

We urgently need to address the triple crisis of debt distress, biodiversity loss and climate change. This project will scope how this could be done through debt swaps for nature and climate outcomes in four countries in coastal West Africa.IIED will work with governments and civil society in Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania and Senegal and with public and private…See More

The People and Conservation Learning Group (PCLG) is excited to announce that with support from the Arcus Foundation, they are piloting a new small grants initiative.Applications are now…See More