The first UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) was held in 2021 in New York at the UN General Assembly. Its vision was to “launch ...

This insight shares reflections on how the notion of ‘living heritage’ can serve as common ground for rethinking ...

One of the most crucial outcomes of green transitions is reducing or eliminating the risk of agrochemical poisoning for ...

IIED and partners are piloting participatory heat data collection in informal settlements to fill evidence gaps and strengthen climate resilience in sub-Saharan African cities.

Many barriers prevent smallholder farmers from restoring their backyard gardens and broader forest and farm landscapes. Farmers lack many things: secure tenure, knowledge about what crops, trees and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Biodiversity, on which humanity depends, is being lost at an unprecedented rate. And the diversity of human cultures which has sustained biodiversity for millennia is fast disappearing. In 2021, ...

Costa Rica’s Payments for Ecosystems Services (PES) programme has become something of an icon in the world of PES. Its hitches and successes provide a valuable source of information and inspiration ...

This report provides a collection and analysis of six case studies which introduce trailblazing shared label initiatives by smallholder organisations across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Each case ...

In its strategy 'Manifesto for a thriving world', IIED affirms its commitment to becoming an anti-racist organisation and to pursuing decolonisation with care.

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’.