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The same foods are repeatedly blamed for a decline in biodiversity, but should you remove them from your shopping basket altogether? And if so, is that really enough to solve the problem?You’ve no doubt heard about how cattle farming and palm oil production have led to deforestation, resulting in damage to biodiversity. But if you want your food shop to have the least possible impact on species…

Critics call it a tool to halt progress, while advocates consider it essential to avoid severe damage to public health and the environment. Our team explores the origins of the precautionary principle, its impact on environmental law, and how it shapes our efforts to respond to climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, and global poverty. When news reached authorities about the…

In many parts of the world, full participation in society – including the ability to earn an income – is still dependent on owning (or having the rights to) land. Yet in many of these places, discrimination against women’s rights to property and tenure remains the norm – and the existing policies and legal frameworks in these regions often provide little recourse for women to realize these rights…

Restoration Stories are a deeper look at stories behind our Restoration Resource Center Featured Project. This month we're featuring the Renature Monchique project from Portugal. The goal of this partner-based project was to begin a process that assists private landowners affected by the 2018 wildfire to recover important endemic and naturalized species. The Monchique district is mountainous,…

A new blog series featuring voices from East and West Africa will take a closer look at a set of principles we think strengthens women’s land rights. Here, IIED’s Philippine Sutz tells us what to expect. Land is the backbone of livelihoods for most women and men in rural Africa. It is central to food production and income generation. For women, given their prominent role in food…

Investments that protect and restore nature can deliver good economic returns and employment benefits. National leaders are increasingly promising a green industrial revolution to drive their economies' post-Covid recovery. They are right in believing we cannot go back to our bad old ways. But expensive investments in technologies such as offshore wind turbines and carbon capture and storage risk…