Biodiversity blogs
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A valuable learning experience
19 April 2016An intern looks at the lessons he has learnt during his internship with IIED
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Governing the ungoverned 50% of the planet
11 April 2016Essam Yassin Mohammed reports back from the first round of a UN preparatory meeting to create an agreement on the sustainable use of marine biodiversity in the high seas
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Trophy hunting under fire
11 April 2016Cecil the Lion's legacy now extends to princes and politicians, but shouldn't the poor also have a say
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Flaming parrots and palmetto palms
8 February 2016A new business opportunity could help protect Belize's Yellow-headed parrots and benefit local communities as well
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The Paris Agreement – a framework for local inclusion
5 February 2016The Paris Agreement commits governments to climate action. To deliver this agenda successfully, they must engage with all sectors of society, including indigenous peoples, and recognise traditional knowledge
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How can we engage communities to help reduce illegal wildlife trade?
3 September 2015Engaging local communities is recognised as a key approach to tackling the illegal wildlife trade. But a key problem remains: deciding what to do, and how to do it
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Consultation: designing a new biocultural heritage indication
20 August 2015How can indigenous people benefit more from their biocultural heritage? A new project wants to hear your feedback on how a labelling scheme for biocultural heritage-based products could work
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RIP Cecil the lion – what will be his legacy? And who should decide?
31 July 2015Outrage over the death of Cecil the lion has led to calls for a ban on trophy hunting, but would this have the desired results?
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Broadcasting to Bwindi
28 July 2015What happened when a project to get the message out on the need to balance conservation efforts with reducing poverty in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda, took to the airwaves?
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Built on collaboration: how conservation research can benefit local people
27 March 2015A collaborative research project into effective conservation in Uganda showed that building relationships with the authorities can be crucial, resulting in immediate action to tackle a problem, benefiting some of the poorest in the community
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Enhancing equity and fairness
23 February 2015A workshop in Uganda finds that when it comes to implementing wildlife conservation, different groups have different perspectives on what is "fair" writes guest blogger Hellena Nambogwe.
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Composing songs for conservation - our journey to Bwindi the Impenetrable
5 January 2015A project in Uganda is using music and video to promote conservation and poverty alleviation, thanks to a creative partnership
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Ensuring equitable management of protected areas: we're still defining the issues
5 December 2014Last month's once-a-decade World Parks Congress didn't talk enough about 'equity' when managing protected areas — but at least it's on the agenda
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It's time to end conservation injustice
17 November 2014Human injustices in the name of nature conservation have to become a relic of the past. It's time to get serious about human rights at the World Park Congress
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Q&A: Why the PCLG website is the place to be for poverty and conservation issues
9 October 2014The PCLG website is at the heart of the Poverty and Conservation Learning Group. It has been relaunched with a new look and updated content
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A marriage to save the earth: Farmers and researchers innovate to conserve biodiversity
7 October 2014Traditional knowledge combined with the latest science could increase food production while safeguarding biodiversity, new research shows
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Piloting Social Assessment of Protected Areas: some initial reflections
23 September 2014With the global forum on protected areas, the World Parks Congress, just two months away, it's a good time to consider our experience with the Social Assessment of Protected Areas (SAPA) initiative
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Poverty and conservation in DRC – what role for a network?
24 August 2014A new network being set up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo aims to bring organisations together on poverty and conservation issues
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Conservation works better with social justice
20 August 2014Poverty threatens wildlife conservation despite widespread efforts to integrate conservation and development so that local communities benefit. So what's going wrong? Our research suggests it's social justice that's missing.
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How best to deal with wildlife crime while protecting the poor?
1 August 2014A new project will explore the different reasons people commit wildlife crimes and suggest ways governments can respond without harming the poorest communities
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Finding the best outcomes for biodiversity and development
22 May 2014Protecting an island paradise shouldn't come down to money, but it sometimes seems that way for those trying to ensure that development in the Seychelles is not at the cost of its rich biodiversity
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What we know about how biodiversity and poverty are linked: The good, the bad and the ugly
31 March 2014There is an explicit assumption in international policy statements that conserving biodiversity can help in efforts to tackle global poverty
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Time for a new look at social impacts of protected areas
11 March 2014A new framework for assessing the social impacts of protected areas will be key to ensuring conservation is effective, and contributes to human well-being and poverty reduction
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Making the business case for biodiversity — in an instant
10 March 2014Life's too short for long, dull text – and when life itself is the topic, it is critical to get the message across in a quick, clear way.
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Wanted: Community wildlife conservation success stories
3 March 2014Ensuring local communities benefit from wildlife is key to successful conservation in the long term and can also help to fight the illegal wildlife trade. Share your community success stories with us on World Wildlife Day.