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Engaging communities to tackle illegal wildlife trade - lessons from Southeast Asia, South America and sub-Saharan Africa
… The illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is a global conservation and development challenge, affecting many species of fauna … been made against commitments under the final category. In addition, community-focused projects were allocated less funding than protected … to engage in conservation efforts. Without a blueprint approach to community-based interventions to tackle IWT there is uncertainty about …
Publication, 26 October 2022
Elder woman kneels on the ground behind weeds.
Indigenous Peoples and forest communities are central to tackling the climate crisis – but they need finance
… – which prioritises centralised monitoring systems over on-the-ground conservation actions. Without finance to strengthen local organisations, … Pueblos y Bosques or AMPB) is an alliance of Indigenous Peoples and community forestry organisations representing the major forests of the … Putting social and environmental justice at the core of conservation, climate and development …
Insight, 05 November 2021
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Indigenous Peoples and local communities excluded from decision making on money to help them tackle nature loss
News, 13 December 2022
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Q&A: Communities combating illegal wildlife trade in East Africa
… Since September, more than 120 representatives from wildlife conservation and management authorities, and non-governmental and community-based organisations from East African Community partner states have learned more about the initiative through …
Article, 17 December 2020
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Establishing a biocultural heritage territory to protect Kenya’s Kaya forests: third annual project workshop
… This workshop brought together around 50 community participants from 10 villages for the third annual workshop … the landscape. It also aims to enhance livelihoods and establish a community institution for collective governance of the Rabai Biocultural Heritage Territory. The workshop included a community dialogue on cultural revival and customary governance, a …
Publication, 18 October 2024
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Five-dimensional sustainability assessment: a tool for assessing if wild species use is sustainable, legal and safe
… need an approach that cuts through the complexity, is accessible to conservation practitioners and policymakers, and aligns with the …
Publication, 28 May 2025
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Rhetoric or Reality? A Review of Community Conservation Policy and Practice in East Africa
… This comparative review describes the history and practice of community conservation in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. It identifies the different circumstances in which community conservation programmes have developed and been implemented, … Rhetoric or Reality? A Review of Community Conservation Policy and Practice in East Africa …
Publication, 01 January 2000
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Safeguarding Lepcha and Limbu cultural values and worldviews for conservation and sustainable development in the Eastern Himalayas, India
… combine food production with sustainable development, biodiversity conservation and ecosystem protection. Although Indigenous Peoples have … Heritage System should be recognised. Finally, to enhance conservation and livelihoods and to stem the loss of traditional … Safeguarding Lepcha and Limbu cultural values and worldviews for conservation and sustainable development in the Eastern Himalayas, India …
Publication, 06 August 2021
A group of colourfully dressed people stand behind a huge amount of amassed crops and in front of some impressive mountains under a blue sky.
Indigenous Peoples are the real solutions to the nature and climate crises
… intended to address the nature and climate crises, such as ' fortress conservation '. Recent examples include the eviction of Maasai pastoralists in Tanzania in the name of conservation , and the eviction of Ogiek forest peoples in Kenya for a …
Insight, 10 October 2024
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Q&A: Strengthening community voices to tackle illegal wildlife trade in Tanzania and Zambia
Article, 24 March 2022