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Kenya’s forest ecosystems provide significant economic and environmental benefits by sequestering carbon, supporting diverse plant and animal species, and providing water, food, and livelihood opportunities for local communities. However, these resources are being depleted at an alarming rate, with an annual deforestation rate of 0.7 million hectares, driven by population growth, agricultural expansion, infrastructure development, logging, unsustainable harvesting of firewood

Liberia’s National Forestry Reform Law of 2006 set a target of conserving at least 30% of Liberia’s forest resources by 2020. Realising that clear conservation actions, including those of local forest-owning communities, would be needed to achieve this, the Liberian legislature entrenched communities’ interest in forest resources with the enactment of the Community Rights Law (CRL) in 2009. Under the CRL, rural communities are able to self-manage their forests or manage them

In July 2025, UN Secretary-General António Guterres declared that the ‘energy transition is unstoppable’ but noted that it is not yet ‘fair enough’. A just transition involves maximising social and economic opportunities from climate action while carefully managing challenges to countries, regions, communities, workers and consumers. This transition to a green economy should be transformative, rather than replicating the exploitative and destructive approaches of the past; it

For Global South countries like Kenya, carbon trading is a two-edged sword. On the one hand, it brings the potential to finance national...

The Ogiek have lived since time immemorial in Kenya’s Mau Forest, and are the custodians of the environment on which they depend...

The Lovongai indigenous community living on New Hanover Island in North East Papua New Guinea, a remote and underserved area, are the...

Kenya is endowed with vast and diverse natural resources that can have a transformative impact on its economy through revenue generation...

Malawi’s power sector comprises three government-owned companies that are mandated by government policy and legal framework to carry out...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is among the five poorest nations in the world, with 73% of its population living in poverty...

ILP supported the Narasha community in Kenya with legal training on their land and human rights, including registering land holdings to...

The world needs vast amounts of renewable energy to substitute for fossil fuels and reduce carbon emissions. One important part of this...

We work with our partners to halt the corrupt networks that support illegal animal trade. Indonesia, one of the world’s most ‘megadiverse...