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A market takes place in the village of Tiogo next to the Tiogo Forest in Burkina Faso. With much of the food and hand crafts on sale from the forest, the community is dependent on the conservation of the forest to maintain their livelihoods (Photo: CIF Action, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Towards a fairer future for conservation
… collapsing. Species are becoming extinct at unprecedented rates. Our climate is in crisis… The benefits of development are not shared … concerns about watershed protection, biodiversity and climate change. There are some win-win situations but more often than not, … Congress highlights 11 ongoing cases of violations of the rights of indigenous peoples linked to conservation. Finding a fairer way forward …
Insight, 05 September 2016
Australia's Border Ranges National Park: more than three-quarters of the park is managed as wilderness and access is by foot only. The World Parks Congress will look at how to protect and manage areas such as these (Photo: Michael Dawes)
IIED at the World Parks Congress 2014
… will demonstrate nature-based solutions to global challenges such as climate change, health and supporting human life. The work of IIED Members of … impacts, and How efforts to enhance participation and recognition of indigenous peoples and local communities in PA governance, and reduce …
Event, 12 November 2014
A forest ranger takes measurements of a tree at Megeni Kitasha in the Rombo District in Moshi, Tanzania (Photo: FAO/Simon Maina)
IIED at the XIV World Forestry Congress
… and that all key stakeholders, including young people, women, indigenous people and local communities, are given a platform where the … and Forests (RECOFTC), ASEAN-Swiss Partnership on Social Forestry and Climate Change (ASFCC), Community-based Forestry Supporter's Network Nepal …
Event, 07 September 2015
REDD+: Learning from participatory forest management
… As policymakers prepare to discuss REDD+ at UN climate talks in Durban, they should heed the lessons learned from years … 17th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is just around the corner. How to design and deliver  REDD+ — … — which must be participatory and engage forest-dependent people and indigenous communities. Second, ensuring meaningful and beneficial …
Insight, 10 November 2011
Agricultural biodiversity in a Peruvian market. Photo: Bioversity International/A. Camacho
Building resilient food systems
… was set up in 2001 and collaborated directly with local farming and indigenous communities in regenerating biodiversity-rich farming and … the science of non-equilibrium ecology to adapt to the impacts of climate change in fragile agro-ecosystems. In Peru, work was carried out to link …
Project, 14 August 2013
A farmer in the Potato Park, Peru (Photo: Adam Kerby)
A marriage to save the earth: Farmers and researchers innovate to conserve biodiversity
… The qualitative baseline study conducted with 64 smallholder and indigenous farming communities revealed that over the past 30 years the … changes to how they live and farm in order to adapt to a changing climate. They have innovated to survive, changing the ways they support … and science bring to the partnership, and to continue to adapt and change with the times. More details Smallholder Innovation for …
Insight, 07 October 2014
Better communication is key to wise use of Nature's riches
… and human wellbeing are two sides of the same coin is well-known to indigenous communities. In the late 1990s, I spent 18 months working in … traditional medicines. And the forest also helps regulate the local climate, ensure clean water supplies, and protect communities from … vast quantities of carbon that would otherwise contribute to climate change. They are also the source of many important medicines. More than …
Insight, 19 October 2010
The United Nations headquarters in New York City (Photo: Wally Goetz, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The right to sustainable development: what the post-2015 agenda declaration should say – but won't
Insight, 18 February 2015
A giraffe takes stock at Kenya's Ol Pejeta Conservancy, where Social Assessment of Protective Area fieldwork starts next week (Photo: www.kicheche.com via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Time for a new look at social impacts of protected areas
… us with important gifts by, among other things, regulating local climate and river flows, protecting species that pollinate our crops, … With equity on the agenda, and ambition in the air, we ought to see change on the ground. But since the Durban World Parks Congress, despite … decisions to avoid negative and maximise positive impacts for indigenous and local communities. Phil Franks is a senior researcher in …
Insight, 11 March 2014
The CBD COP13 logo. IIED and partners will be at the Convention on Biological Diversity conference in Cancun, Mexico, in December
IIED at the biodiversity COP in Cancun
… resources , and in particular to work with partners on conservation, indigenous rights and poverty eradication. IIED and partner events Women … and enhancing agrobiodiversity for food security in the face of climate change, and explore novel approaches for customary sustainable use and …
Event, 04 December 2016