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Workshop Report. Enhancing equity within conservation: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
… “Research to policy: building capacity for conservation through poverty alleviation” (2012-2015) aims to improve policy and practice in Integrated Conservation and Development (ICD) in Uganda using Bwindi Impenetrable … an overview of revenue sharing at BINP to date, and findings from community based monitoring of the revenue sharing programme in the …
Publication, 01 February 2015
Three gorillas sit in grass in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda.
Uganda project to strengthen policies that link poverty and conservation
… is innovative as it intends to promote greater understanding of how community conservation efforts can improve people’s lives, and also aims to build … to use this information to inform policy makers and influence conservation policy. The project is being implemented by the Institute … Uganda project to strengthen policies that link poverty and conservation …
News, 09 October 2012
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Linking great ape conservation and poverty alleviation in DRC, Workshop Report
… apes are iconic species that are highly valued by the international community and are a high priority for various international conservation efforts. At the same time, great ape ranges coincide with some of the poorest countries of the world. Many ape conservation organisations have been addressing poverty issues …
Publication, 01 May 2014
Delegates discuss the Hilsa Conservation Trust Fund at the Bangladesh workshop. The fund is part of work to enhance the effectiveness of incentive-based fisheries management (Photo: Essam Yassin Mohammed/IIED)
Conservation trust fund proposed to help Bangladesh increase fish stocks
… The proposed conservation fund will aim to help Bangladesh to increase stocks of its … Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock for establishment of the Hilsa Conservation Trust Fund in Bangladesh for sustainable development, … for selection are complex and less transparent for the fishing community. This will allow the fishers to view the compensation …
News, 11 June 2015
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What are the impacts of nature conservation interventions on human wellbeing: a systematic map protocol
… policy has sought to emphasise and strengthen the link between the conservation of natural ecosystems and human development. Furthermore, international conservation organisations have broadened their objectives beyond … to help conservation and development practitioners and the academic community to improve research studies and conservation practices in …
Publication, 18 August 2014
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From Poachers to Protectors: Engaging Local Communities in Solutions to Illegal Wildlife Trade
… devastating wildlife populations is an urgent global priority for conservation. There are increasing policy commitments to take action at the local community level as part of effective responses. However, there is scarce … to guide efforts to effectively combat IWT through actions at community level. This framework is based on articulating the net costs …
Publication, 01 September 2016
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Agrobiodiversity — the way to save earth’s skin
… farm producer organisations (FFPOs) and Indigenous Peoples and local community groups have developed at least five strategies and 18 tactics to incentivise and sustain agrobiodiversity conservation. It is time that governments and official development …
Publication, 21 September 2023
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Pourquoi les forêts d’Afrique sont importantes — pour les populations, pour la Chine et le monde
… the vital role of Africa’s forests for livelihoods, biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and the global timber trade. The … also indicate the key paths people in Africa, China and the global community should travel to help both stimulate thriving local economies …
Publication, 01 October 2016
A fisher in a boat in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar
Carrots and sticks: incentives to conserve hilsa fish in Myanmar
… for the incentive scheme specifically, or through a national Conservation Trust Fund, which would have greater potential to attract … by the recommended closed seasons, and generated support at the community level. With this local ownership, the recommended reforms …
Project, 30 October 2017
A Raika man leading his sheep and goats to graze in the contested Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary.
How communities are protecting their biocultural resources with community protocols
… from, for example, mining, logging and dam projects. Ironically, conservation efforts can also threaten livelihoods by creating strictly … poor and vulnerable. In response, some communities have developed Community Protocols to assert their rights and negotiate with others. … , to support indigenous and local communities in developing these community protocols to ensure that external actors respect community …
Insight, 02 October 2012