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Assessing the social impacts of conservation policies: rigour versus practicality
… on rigorous impact evaluation by the international development community. The conservation community is also using these methods to understand the impacts of … Assessing the social impacts of conservation policies: rigour versus practicality …
Publication, 01 October 2013
Can hunting wildlife contribute to biodiversity conservation?
… charged debate. Can hunting animals really contribute to wildlife conservation and biodiversity objectives? On first glance, hunting as a … is the role hunting can play in generating much-needed revenue for community-driven conservation initiatives. One of the most well-known community-managed programmes is CAMPFIRE (Communal Areas Management …
Insight, 19 November 2010
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 manage Bangladesh fish stocks
… Livestock, Dr Shelina Afroza, to discuss proposals for a new Hilsa Conservation Trust Fund that aims to relieve the financial burden from … gap. The important meeting brought in learnings from a review of conservation trust funds from across the world, and extensively … for selection are complex and less transparent for the fishing community. This will allow the fishers to view the compensation …
News, 25 June 2015
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First line of defence? A review of evidence on the effectiveness of engaging communities to tackle illegal wildlife trade
… as elephants, rhinos and tigers, is at the top of the international conservation agenda. Despite increasing recognition that engaging local communities in conservation efforts is a key component of strategies to tackle IWT, … database, this issue paper assesses evidence on the effectiveness of community engagement approaches. It highlights some encouraging success …
Publication, 01 December 2016
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Bringing coherence and a rights-based approach to Indonesia’s climate and investment governance
… solutions to these global demands — such as renewable energy and conservation projects — come with a significant land footprint and …
Publication, 15 August 2023
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Conservation and human rights: the need for international standards
… Conservation doesn’t happen in a vacuum. In recent years, awareness has grown of the relationship of international conservation practice to indigenous peoples and local communities, and especially the links between conservation and human rights. The impacts protected areas can have on … Conservation and human rights: the need for international standards …
Publication, 01 May 2010
A Conservancy Rhino Ranger in Namibia stands proudly before a cow and calf that he has tracked during a patrol. Rhino sightings have increased over the past 12 months thanks to an expanded Rhino Ranger force and support organisations (Photo: Minnesota Zoo and Save the Rhino Trust)
Community solutions are the key to tackling wildlife crime
… at the source has been issued by a group of more than 70 researchers, community representatives, government officials, UN agencies and NGOs … in addressing and combating IWT Seeking to understand and respond to community rights, needs and priorities in designing anti-IWT initiatives … and Encouraging the development of partnerships between communities, conservation NGOs and law enforcement agencies in tackling IWT. The …
News, 02 March 2015
Signs welcome visitors to the Sunderban Tiger Reserve in India. Wandering tigers still kill humans in the region, but this reserve generates employment and ecosystem benefits and other income for local people (Rick Hobson, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Tackling the illegal wildlife trade through community-based approaches: building evidence on what works
… species such as elephants, rhinos and tigers – tops the international conservation agenda. From Barack Obama to Prince William and a long list … involving local people, or how to implement them.   How effective are community-based approaches?  To help address this gap, and increase … for the area's West African elephants. Amid escalating poaching, the community is providing much needed intelligence on suspicious …
Insight, 20 January 2017
An accountability charter for conservation NGOs
… Conservation activities sometimes result in undesirable and unacceptable … turn, undermine the local and global support base on which successful conservation relies. Many conservation organisations are working to better understand the impact … An accountability charter for conservation NGOs …
Project, 05 June 2008
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Using dialogue to address land-related conflicts
… communities to commercial actors. But these transfers often overlook community rights to consultation, information and consent. Investments … the Dja dialogue brought together the investor, affected communities, conservation actors, local government representatives and other civil …
Publication, 30 January 2023