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Two elephants.
Online learning series helps practitioners engage communities in tackling illegal wildlife trade
… trade (IWT). The online series is designed to support wildlife conservation and management authorities in the East African Community partner states, as well as relevant non-governmental and community-based organisations in the region. Sessions will focus on the …
News, 12 October 2020
Woman standing in water, fishing using a big netted basket.
Reflections on UNOC3 and strengthening coastal stewardship
… approaches that put coastal communities at the heart of ocean conservation and fisheries reform. These approaches must be matched with …
Insight, 23 June 2025
An elephant feeds on Acacia trees in Kenya's Ol Kinyei Conservancy. The privately managed conservancy offers employment and training to local communities (Photo: Stuart Price/Make it Kenya Photo, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Turn up the volume: community voices on illegal wildlife trade
… happen if communities are empowered and can benefit from wildlife.” – Community representatives’ joint statement to the Illegal Wildlife Trade … IWT.  Worldwide, many locally-driven initiatives are under way from community-based anti-poaching units helping to stamp out the illegal … of local people in anti-IWT initiatives Support community-led conservation Recognise, respect and support the rights of communities to …
Insight, 31 October 2018
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Olderkesi Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya
… big cats and Maasai giraffe are among the species to benefit from a community conservancy initiative, in which local landowners are paid to … The case study was originally published as part of the compilation Conservation, crime and communities, published by IIED (2015) …
Publication, 01 February 2015
Women hoeing a field.
Building a women-led community climate movement
… Kenya, South Africa, and the United States that is co-creating community hubs – or ‘Climate Centers’ – to empower women to become … in Eastern Uganda. It features demonstrations of: Environmental conservation and restoration through the planting of indigenous trees … technology options, Examples of low-cost bio-intensive farming, and Community-level entrepreneurship. The aim is for the 'climate center' to …
Article, 03 December 2020
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Community-led approaches to tackling illegal wildlife trade. Case studies from Latin America
… a few. The scale of illegal wildlife trade (IWT) internationally is a conservation crisis and tackling it is seen as a race against time. As a … by communities, they must be central to conservation efforts – and community engagement is already internationally recognised as important to the global effort to tackle IWT. But because community engagement strategies are complex and take time to implement, …
Publication, 01 September 2019
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Scaling up community forest enterprises in Tanzania
… remains a challenge. We present three emerging sustainable community forest enterprises that have delivered important social, economic and conservation benefits, and explore options for scaling up these … Scaling up community forest enterprises in Tanzania …
Publication, 01 April 2019
Three people with a pile of vicuña wool
Who’s listening? Community voices on illegal wildlife trade
… IWT. Despite their commitments, countries have been slow to promote community-based approaches as a key part of their strategy to tackle … peoples and local communities play in fighting IWT. Raising community voices Immediately before the 2018 London conference, IIED and … . The event was hosted by IIED and partners International Union for Conservation of Nature Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group …
Insight, 06 November 2019
A stray ape rescued by Limbe Wildlife Centre in South West Cameroon (Photo: Stanley Dinsi)
TV documentary highlights conservation and poverty links in Cameroon
… A Poverty and Conservation Learning Group (PCLG) project  in Cameroon has brought in the TV cameras to raise awareness about great ape conservation and poverty alleviation. IIED talked to Dr Stanley Dinsi, … and the Limbe Wildlife Centre in South West Cameroon on great ape conservation and local livelihoods. We wanted to share the results of …
Article, 13 April 2016
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Climate-smart pro-poor conservation: a literature review of theory and practice
… The combined term - Climate Smart, Pro-Poor Conservation (CSPPC) – has not been used by conservation academics or practitioners other than by WWF UK in relation … in conservation if it is to be seen as relevant to the development community. The purpose of this literature review is to unpack the term … Climate-smart pro-poor conservation: a literature review of theory and practice …
Publication, 01 April 2017