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Pro-poor conservation: The elusive win-win for conservation and poverty reduction?
… agencies have often undervalued the potential role that biodiversity conservation can play in poverty reduction, while conservation organisations have generally viewed poverty concerns as … through wildlife-based interventions. Four themes are addressed: community based wildlife management, pro-poor wildlife tourism, …
Publication, 01 March 2006
A woman explains the importance of guarding against future encroachments on her community's common land in Northern Uganda (Photo: LEMU)
Protecting land and community resources in Africa
… nine of the key lessons we learned.  Lessons learned Involve all community members, and recognise that communities are diverse and that … interests.   Remember that leaders' interests may differ from community members' interests. This means building direct connections … and resources.  In Nambia, Integrated Rural Development and Nature Conservation supported elders in the Khwe San community to use their …
Insight, 07 March 2016
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Beyond enforcement: engaging communities in tackling wildlife crime
… structures needed to effectively engage local people in wildlife conservation. Local people must be allowed to benefit from conservation efforts and be supported by responsive, efficient law …
Publication, 01 April 2015
Slash and burn, pictured in the Mopeia district, Zambezia province, Mozambique, has a noble motive – feeding families - but it is not sustainable (Photo: Isilda Nhantumbo/IIED)
REDD+: missionaries, conservation fortresses and the politics of carbon landscapes in Africa
… serve nature and people well when the latter are an integral part of conservation. This means embedding local institutions, from CAMPFIRE … resources management such as participatory forest management (PFM), community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) , and inclusive … the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation without creating conservation fortresses that will disenfranchise local people, drive …
Insight, 23 December 2015
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Migration and forests: what state and non-state actors can do to optimize economic, social and environmental outcomes
… security in forest landscapes; (iii) Define ‘no-go’ zones of high conservation value or indigenous territories; (iv) Treat migration …
Publication, 07 December 2023
Studies reveal prospects for linking ape conservation with poverty reduction in Africa
… important lessons from across the continent that policymakers and conservation groups can use to boost both biodiversity and the … also reduce poverty but the actual, or perceived, negative impacts of conservation may result in local antipathy — or even outright hostility — to conservation efforts." Africa's apes — the bonobos, chimpanzees and …
News, 18 August 2010
The Bailique community, mainly artisanal fishermen and forest users near the Amazon River, have established the first community protocol in Brazil (Photo: Roberta Ramos)
Brazil's first community protocol: the Bailique experience
… The coastal forest community of Bailique in the northern Brazilian Amazon has established the country's first community protocol. This innovative tool, prioritised under the Nagoya … their own development are paramount for their wellbeing and for the conservation of biodiversity.  This experience suggests that community …
Insight, 25 August 2015
Drying beans
Community protocols can bring real benefits to communities and combat biodiversity loss
… and traditional knowledge are being lost at an unprecedented rate.   Community Protocols provide communities with a vital way forward for … their local biodiversity and traditional knowledge. They set out a community’s rights and responsibilities relating to natural resources, … of medicinal plants, potatoes and crafts. The agreement is rooted in conservation and equity values enshrined in customary laws, which now …
Insight, 15 March 2012
The Potato Park, Peru, which hosted a previous meeting of the International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (Image: IIED)
Mountain communities rebuild diverse, climate-resilient crops
News, 06 October 2015
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Biodiversity Conservation and the Eradication of Poverty
… that biodiversity loss and poverty are linked problems and that conservation and poverty reduction should be tackled together. However, … is elusive. There is sharp debate about the social impacts of conservation programs and the success of community-based approaches to conservation. Clear conceptual frameworks …
Publication, 01 November 2004