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Indigenous woman watering aloe vera plantation. She is wearing traditional clothing in pink and green shades.
Transforming conservation: towards community-led nature governance
Article, 19 September 2025
A man stands beside a river and a floating raft on which stand plant pots full of crops.
Introduction to community-based adaptation to climate change
Project, 02 February 2025
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Strengthening the role of women in agriculture and natural resource management
… a women's producers' exchange platform. This space brings women-led or majority women forest and farm producer organisations together to … some of the challenges they face. The African Women’s Network for Community Management of Forests (Réseau des Femmes Africaines pour la … six Women’s Leadership Circles for Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WLCANs) in Cameroon, and one each in Liberia and …
Publication, 03 July 2023
Small fishing boats just off the coast. Another boat on the beach in the foreground.
Incentives for coastal conservation and fisheries management
… Coastal resource management, conservation and restoration can support sustainable aquatic … that offer positive economic incentives for coastal stewardship by resource users, enabling or motivating behaviour change by reducing the … is part of the Asia-Africa BlueTech Superhighway (AABS) initiative led by WorldFish (2023-30) under the UK’s Climate and Ocean Adaptation …
Project, 04 June 2024
Rubbish bags on top of buildings.
Community-led waste management at scale
… population with no service. But over the last 70 years in Cairo, a community waste collection and management system has developed, providing what local government cannot … feedstock. 3. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions High levels of resource recovery/recycling reduce demand for the extraction of natural …
Insight, 12 April 2022
Team members from CODEC gathered for a presentation, holding a big banner.
Protecting local communities against involuntary displacement in Guinea: a lack of political will?
… The document aims to provide a normative framework to guide the management of any involuntary physical and economic displacement … whose concerns had not been effectively taken into account. This led the technical committee to revise the document. CODEC also called … media campaigns (in French) , regular talks with state actors, and community mobilisation campaigns in Guinea's four natural regions, …
Insight, 15 May 2025
Tree nursery
Strengthening climate resilience through agroforestry and community forestry
… by the COVID-19 pandemic. While fiscal reforms in 2022 and 2023 led to some stabilisation, the 2023-2024 drought has severely undermined … shocks and secure the livelihoods of local communities. The role of community forestry and agroforesty   Zambia, like many African … highlighted the critical role of sustainable community forestry management (CFM) systems and agroforestry enterprises in building …
Insight, 19 November 2024
Community members from Tanzania gathered to discuss.
Building collective power for equitable governance in conservation
… and thinkers from across Tanzania and Kenya confronted at a recent community of practice (CoP) workshop in Dar es Salaam. The workshop on equitable governance in community-led conservation areas was organised by Honeyguide as part of the … that communities can understand and apply. Community-led land and resource planning was another priority. Participants highlighted how …
Insight, 10 September 2025
Brisetha Hendricks talking to conservancy members. As well as rhino, the Uibasen Twyfelfontein Conservancy has elephants, leopards, mountain zebras, kudu, gemsbok, ostrich, springbok, steenbok, duiker and klipspringer (Photo: Brisetha Hendricks)
Q&A: Community-based natural resource management is the future
… Association. In this interview she talks about the importance of community involvement in nature conservation and about being a young … need to create the space to explicitly invite these groups in. Resource availability will become less and less predictable, so we need … demands from those most affected. Has Namibia’s model of community-led wildlife conservation been effective in halting or reversing loss of …
Article, 15 November 2018
People fish in the water alongside a sailing boat.
IIED at the WIOMSA Scientific Symposium 2025
… the 13th WIOMSA Scientific Symposium , IIED researchers and partners led discussions focused on enabling and incentivising coastal …
Event, 28 September 2025