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Balancing the Opportunity Costs of Wildlife Conservation for Communities around Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda
… the resulting economic and social conflicts that have arisen, a community-based approach to wildlife conservation in and around the park has been established. This paper … sources. As a result, a situation on the ground exists, where the conservation of the Park is effectively being subsidised by the local …
Publication, 01 January 1999
Two people in a boat on a large body of water, next to a group of hippos bathing
Biocredit Investment Operations (BIO): finance for nature and people
… ecosystems have shrunk by an average of 47% . However, finance for conservation and restoration is inadequate, and people living in … bear the heaviest burden of these natural losses and inequitable conservation funds.  In response to this emergency, biocredits emerge as … learned with the international conservation and biodiversity finance community to replicate biocredits in other locations and countries.  …
Project, 22 May 2023
Sign with animal shapes reads "Beware wildlife crossing"
South-South capacity building for human-elephant conflict management
… areas to meet subsistence needs, and elephants move ever closer to community water points and farmland.   In Namibia, the community-focused organisation Integrated Rural Development and Nature Conservation (IRDNC) has used electric fencing and community patrolling …
Project, 12 December 2023
Sprouts of chilli plants
Turning up the heat – how chilli growing is conserving Uganda’s wildlife
… As part of the IIED-led project that seeks to increase community engagement in tackling wildlife crime  by implementing … park-level action plans, Village Enterprise has established a Model Conservation Village programme in Nanda, a village on the edge of … a partner on the IIED-led project ‘Implementing park action plans for community engagement to tackle illegal wildlife trade’ , funded by the …
Insight, 15 June 2021
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 woman in the conservancy movement.  … to the demands from those most affected. Has Namibia’s model of community-led wildlife conservation been effective in halting or … Q&A: Community-based natural resource management is the future …
Article, 15 November 2018
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Social Assessment for Protected and Conserved Areas (SAPA) Methodology manual for SAPA facilitators
… negative impacts of a protected or conserved area (PA/CA) and related conservation and development activities on the wellbeing of communities … negative social impacts. The methodology uses a combination of i) community meetings to identify significant social impacts, ii) a short …
Publication, 23 November 2018
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Conservation standards: from rights to responsibilities
… Although conservation interventions aim to protect biological and cultural … human rights offers little rights-based, practical guidance for conservation initiatives. Focusing on indigenous peoples, this paper aims to provide a set of draft conservation standards that outline: • how indigenous peoples’ rights …
Publication, 01 August 2016
Four men pose with their backpacks on the floor
Can community rangers help tackle illegal wildlife trade?
… . The LeAP ’People not Poaching’ web portal showcases examples of community-based approaches to tackling IWT. The webinar focused on one of these approaches – community ranger or patrol programmes – exploring case studies from Asia … will hopefully change the behaviours of illegal activities in the conservation area and protect the wildlife, as well as inspire new …
Insight, 12 April 2021
A women's group in Kenya scores social impacts of protected areas using a participatory rural appraisal method (Photo: Phil Franks/IIED)
Equity, inclusion, conservation and the SDGs
… in somewhat different ways, but what do they mean in relation to conservation efforts? In the SDGs these terms are mostly used in relation to access to resources, services and inclusion. In conservation policy 'equity' language is generally more common than … used in relation to the distribution of the benefits and costs of conservation as well as access to natural resources and participation. …
Insight, 29 March 2016
Houses on stilts at the side of water, with trees behind
30x30 – a brave new dawn or a failure to protect people and nature?
… a rare case of justice served for the countless victims of ‘fortress conservation’ around the world – the militarised form of nature … for charismatic biodiversity is unoccupied wilderness. Dominant conservation models still failing to safeguard people The scale of the … that other effective conservation measures, which may include community-based approaches, could provide a more equitable pathway to …
Insight, 21 October 2021