As growing demand for ‘critical minerals’ and global geopolitical rivalries prompt new interest in transport infrastructure ...

A local government/grassroots federation partnership, combined with sweat equity, can be very effective at producing ...

This paper calls for a transformative approach to energy planning and delivery that focuses on a more holistic and ...

Any new regulation is likely to impact Indigenous and small-scale farmers, who are often overlooked and have little or no ...

IIED worked with partners in China, India, Kenya and Peru to explore how the interlinked traditional knowledge, biodiversity, culture and landscapes – the biocultural heritage – of Indigenous Peoples ...

IIED's Debt Sustainability Support Service has been formally included in the outcome document of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, marking a significant breakthrough ...

The genetic diversity preserved by Indigenous knowledge and practices provides a valuable resource for improving food security and adapting to climate change. Evidence from the SIFOR project ...

Communities at the frontline of climate change impacts such as floods, droughts and other extreme weather events have critical knowledge on how best to cope, and what is needed to enable this climate ...

Least developed countries, Small Island Developing States and other vulnerable countries are experiencing spiralling climate impacts and wrestling with debt distress that leaves them unable to build ...

IIED and Asociacion ANDES are supporting Indigenous communities in the Southern Andes to strengthen biocultural heritage territories, agrobiodiversity and climate resilience.

The indigenous farmers of the Potato Park in Cusco, Peru, produce goods drawn from their collective traditional knowledge, biodiversity and fundamental ties to the land: their ‘biocultural heritage’.