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Community-based rangers – an effective approach to tackling illegal wildlife trade?
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
WEBINAR: Beating the biopirates? A journalist's guide to biodiversity access and benefit-sharing
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
2021: Time to make change happen
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
PROJECT: Debt swaps for climate and nature outcomes in West Africa
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
New small grants initiative will support activities related to great apes conservation and development
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
Development and Climate Days 2020
Usually held each year alongside the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC, D&C Days is hosted in partnership, using a dynamic format that encourages dialogue on a range of issues that link policy, knowledge and practice for climate ambition.This year's event will be part of the Understanding Risk Forum 2020 (UR2020), the…See More
IIED at London Climate Action Week, November 2020
IIED and partners are participating in London Climate Action Week, a week-long digital event from 14-20 November 2020. This is the second series of London Climate Action Week events this year, with IIED again taking part following the successful series in July 2020. This week of events falls on the dates when the UN climate summit (COP26) was originally scheduled, and is…See More
Indigenous Peoples’ food systems hold the key to feeding humanity
Modern food and farming systems are fundamentally unsustainable. They contribute around a third of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and are responsible for almost 60% of global biodiversity loss. They are degrading the natural resources – water, soils, genetic resources – needed to sustain agricultural production.A recent workshop hosted by IIED and Royal Botanic…See More
Working with nature to build back better from COVID-19: inspirations from farmers in China
Yufen Chuang and IIED senior researcher Xiaoting Hou Jones reflect on why working with nature to adapt to climate change can offer valuable lessons on how to build back better from COVID-19.The COVID-19 crisis has shown that the health and the future of people and nature are intertwined. As global leaders called…See More
Inequality in the face of COVID-19: how grassroots communities are taking action at Online
July 2, 2020 from 11am to 12:30pm
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the inequalities for groups that are particularly vulnerable to disasters, such as female-headed households, children, people with disabilities, indigenous and ethnic minority groups, landless tenants, migrant workers, older people, and other socially marginalised groups.People living in densely populated informal settlements fall into this highly vulnerable category, with poor access to public services including health care, water, and sanitation. It is…See More
WEBINAR: Nature-based solutions for climate change: from global ambition to local action at Zoom (online)
May 22, 2020 from 2pm to 3:15pm
The world is facing two unprecedented environmental crises: biodiversity loss and climate change. The causes of these challenges are interrelated, as are the solutions. Join IIED for a webinar on 22 May, the International Day of Biological Diversity, to discuss how we can translate the global ambition around nature-based solutions for climate change into local action.See More
WEBINAR: Nature-based solutions for climate change: from global ambition to local action
Nature-based solutions for climate change: from global ambition to local actionThe world is facing two unprecedented environmental crises: biodiversity loss and climate change. The causes of these challenges are interrelated, as are the solutions. Join IIED for a webinar on 22 May, the International Day of Biological Diversity, to discuss how we can translate…See More
PODCAST: Four countries working together to get climate finance to the local level
To celebrate Earth Day, today I'd like to invite you to listen to Getting money to where it matters: ensuring funds for climate action reach those who need it most – the latest episode of the 'People, Planet and Public Finance' podcast by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the International Budget Partnership (IBP).IIED and…See More
Biodiversity newsletter launch
IIED will be launch its brand new biodiversity newsletter next week. Sign up to it on the IIED website to receive updates on our work focussing on the links between biodiversity, conservation and local people's livelihoods.In addition to biodiversity, you'll also find a range of newsletters containing our latest news and publications on a variety of subjects. Find out more and sign up now: https://www.iied.org/sign-upSee More
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- Anne Schulthess
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- Marketing manager
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- International Institute for Environment and Development
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- Communicating biodiversity, Climate change, Endangered species, Oceans, Poverty and biodiversity, Urban biodiversity
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- English, French
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- Communicating biodiversity and climate change for IIED
Anne Schulthess's Blog
Practical guide helps negotiators put equity at the heart of the new global biodiversity framework
Conservation efforts, while critical to reducing biodiversity loss, often fail to treat people fairly. This undermines the sustainability of these efforts and can further marginalise already vulnerable people. A new guide offers negotiators practical steps for embedding equity in the new global biodiversity…
ContinuePosted on May 7, 2021 at 14:15
PODCAST: Indigenous knowledge, people and nature – all crucial to Kunming
IIED’s ‘Make Change Happen’ podcast provides an opportunity to hear our researchers and guests discuss key global development challenges and explain what we are doing to support positive change.
In this episode of…
ContinuePosted on May 6, 2021 at 16:43
Community-based rangers – an effective approach to tackling illegal wildlife trade?
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,…
ContinuePosted on March 24, 2021 at 12:08
WEBINAR: Beating the biopirates? A journalist's guide to biodiversity access and benefit-sharing
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…
ContinuePosted on February 22, 2021 at 12:02
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