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The experiences of mountain communities in Kyrgyzstan were shared at a learning exchange (Photo: Alan Zulch)
Mountain communities stress the importance of biocultural heritage for global food security
… and nomadic pastoralists in the Suusamyr Valley.  During the event community and non-governmental organisation representatives, scientists … crops that are often climate resilient, as well as supporting community-based resource management for climate adaptation. INMIP …
News, 15 February 2019
Farmer walking a cow in the village, followed by a dog
Climate funds need to prioritise local action
… role of local communities and Indigenous Peoples in adaptation and conservation, including a clear commitment to prioritise local-level … needs to be simplified, with technical support being offered to help community-based organisations access funds There needs to be flexible … approaches that allow for bottom-up, devolved decision-making and community-driven solutions, and The funds need to provide long-term, …
News, 17 June 2024
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Fairer, better. A guide to improving Integrated Conservation and Development in Uganda
… This guide aims to support Uganda’s leading work on Integrated Conservation and Development (ICD) by turning research findings from … complexities of poverty and the range of principles that define fair conservation; and provides a series of guidance sheets that aim to help … links between poverty and conservation pressures, target specific community groups, and design fairer ICD interventions. If you are …
Publication, 01 June 2015
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Establishing a biocultural heritage territory to protect Kenya’s Kaya Forests: mid-term project workshop
… territory to protect Kenya’s Kaya Forests’ in the Rabai Mijikenda community. Rabai sub-county forms part of the Coastal Forests global … the landscape. It also aims to enhance livelihoods and establish a community institution for collective governance of the Rabai Biocultural … Territory. The mid-term project workshop brought together the community and key government agencies to review progress and challenges …
Publication, 24 July 2023
Woman holding rice plants
COP15: putting gender at the heart of biodiversity governance
… Indonesia and South Africa. Yet biodiversity governance through conservation in parts of the global South has historically created … (IPLCs) usually constituting the latter, especially when biodiversity conservation is applied without adequately considering human and … of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework (GBF ). Biodiversity conservation policies and interventions must be implemented in a manner …
Insight, 24 November 2022
From left, musicians Wesa Kawesa, Drake and Myko Ouma learn about issues in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Photo: Wesa Kawesa)
Composing songs for conservation - our journey to Bwindi the Impenetrable
… wanted to protect. The trip had been set up by the Uganda Poverty and Conservation Learning Group (U-PCLG) as part of the "Linking great apes … apes are iconic species that are highly valued by the international community and are a high priority for international conservation. They … a local student who helped with translation, we were able to hear the community's dissatisfaction with the current revenue sharing …
Insight, 05 January 2015
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Empowerment of Forest-Linked Communities: What Progress and Where Next?
… of an assessment of progress made on empowerment of forest-linked community organizations and draws out some of the factors that underlie … of the United Nations (FAO), the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and the International Institute for …
Publication, 01 June 2019
The Finance and Biodiversity pavilion at COP16 in Cali, Colombia.
Finance for nature and climate: shared learning on common challenges
Insight, 28 October 2024
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Ethical land-based community carbon
… Smallholder and community carbon projects have shown that they can deliver local … ~There is real demand for carbon offsets from reforestation, forest conservation and `climate-smart’ agriculture (Hamrick and Gallant, 2017a). But to ensure the success of community carbon projects, project developers are needed to ensure …
Publication, 01 March 2018
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New “People not poaching” platform supports communities as the first line of defence against IWT
… The illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is a key current conservation and development challenge. It threatens a wide range of … for local communities and organisations to submit case studies of community-based initiatives being used to combat poaching and the IWT, providing a central point for people involved in community action against poaching to actively share information and …
News, 11 October 2018