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Women community leaders maintaining the local nursery in Colombia
IIED at CBD COP16
Event, 25 February 2025
One women holds a tree while another digs into the soil with a shovel, surrounded by green trees and foliage
New thought-provoking blog series scrutinises dominant approaches to resolving the nature and climate crises
… change, loss of nature and rising inequality.  The climate change and conservation movements increasingly recognise that the adverse effects … blog series ‘Putting social and environmental justice at the core of conservation, climate and development’ aims to critically analyse trends in the climate and conservation fields, highlight conservation models controlled and run by …
News, 20 October 2021
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Market Commerce as Wildlife Protector? Commercial Initiatives in Community Conservation in Tanzania’s Northern Rangelands
… Natural resource tenure, land management and wildlife conservation in Tanzania have attracted increasing attention since … of popular participation. There is, however, a gap in management and conservation objectives in the context of current laws and policies and … contemporary political and economic realities. ~This paper focuses on community conservation in multiple land-use rangelands in northern …
Publication, 01 January 1999
Women from around Lake Mburo National Park participate in a focus group discussion as part of a multi-stakeholder governance assessment (Photo: Francesca Booker/ IIED)
Understanding governance and equity in conservation
… established for us that governance and equity underpin successful conservation.  We learnt how effective multi-stakeholder assessments are … principles build from previous work by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and cover aspects of stakeholders’ … lives. But let us leave the last word to Richard Godfrey Matanda – a community conservation warden for Uganda Wildlife Authority at Lake …
Insight, 27 April 2018
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Sumaq Kausay and Ayllu: Quechua values and worldviews for conservation and sustainable development in the Chalakuy Maize Park, Lares, Peru
… combine food production with sustainable development, biodiversity conservation and ecosystem protection. Although Indigenous Peoples have … the Indigenous NGO Asociación ANDES, working closely with Indigenous community researchers from the park. The study found no evidence of … awareness of the real value of Indigenous knowledge for biodiversity conservation, livelihoods and climate adaptation. …
Publication, 06 August 2021
Women living in Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve are trained to sustainably harvest xate palms, providing them with income and preserving the reserve's biodiversity (Photo: Dani Newcomb/USAID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The role, influence and impact of women in biodiversity conservation
… disproportionate impacts both from biodiversity loss and gender-blind conservation measures.  For example, while women in many countries are … Women’s particular roles and responsibilities within the household, community, and society lead women to develop unique knowledge related to … empowerment, to ensure that these measures will be accepted in the community. An inclusive approach would also contribute to addressing the …
Insight, 09 October 2018
Ten elders sir on benches in a forest.
Achieving 30x30: supporting Indigenous and traditional territories and cultures
… by 2030 through protected area systems or “other effective area-based conservation measures” (OECMs), recognition of Indigenous and … governance is urgently needed elsewhere. The Indigenous and Community Conserved Areas (ICCA) Consortium  has been highly influential … characterised by a close relationship with the territory or area, and community-led governance, leading to conservation. …
Insight, 26 July 2023
A discussion on protected area governance in a stakeholder workshop with a community on the edge of Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda (Image: Francesca Brooker/IIED)
Q&A: How can we achieve 'fairer conservation'?
… at London Zoo on understanding and assessing equity in protected area conservation. He explains why now is the right time to consider this … issue. Why does it matter that we understand what is meant by 'fair conservation'?  PF: No one will ever be able to say what 'fair … with newly-established conservation areas (eg indigenous peoples' and community-conserved territories and areas), there is much less evidence …
Article, 27 February 2018
Maria Lourdes Alvarez is a warden monitoring fishing activity at Decalve Marine Sanctuary, a Marine Protected Area in the Calamianes Islands in the Philippines (Photo: Asuncion Sia/USAID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Gender and biodiversity conservation – progress and future directions
… Diversity (CBD) and hosted a webinar on gender and biodiversity conservation . We considered what progress has been made over the past … Anthem, from Fauna and Flora International , shared thoughts from a conservation NGO’s perspective, and IIED's  Phil Franks gave us a … Kenya, Mara North Conservancy in Kenya and the three generations of Community Forestry in Nepal. For each case study, he reflected on the …
Insight, 29 November 2018
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Governance Assessment for Protected and Conserved Areas (GAPA). Methodology manual for GAPA facilitators
Publication, 01 October 2019