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Cover of the paper, Successful smallholder management of agrobiodiversity in Northern Tanzania
Successful smallholder management of agrobiodiversity in Northern Tanzania
… in topics such as agroforestry, tree nurseries and tree planting, community seed banks, microcredit-facilities and finance circles, … biogas. Seed management has also been crucial to agrobiodiversity conservation and MVIWAARUSHA has developed five community seed banks and a host of local tree nurseries that together …
Publication, 17 April 2023
A family harvesting potatoes in front of a lake, with a landscape of mountains in the background.
Biocultural heritage territories: key to halting biodiversity loss
News, 23 September 2020
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Social assessment of conservation initiatives: A review of rapid methodologies
… to restore declining fisheries. Amongst those promoting biodiversity conservation, the impacts of protected areas on resident or neighbouring … Social assessment of conservation initiatives: A review of rapid methodologies …
Publication, 01 May 2010
A boat floating on the water, seaweed is seen underneath.
Negotiators return to the high seas
… the fourth and final round of talks on an international treaty on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas … cumulative impacts. There is a strong consensus in the scientific community that ABMTs are crucial for conserving and restoring marine … goals (SDGs) and SDG14 in particular , which directly addresses conservation and sustainable use of the marine environment. The …
Insight, 07 March 2022
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Taking action against wildlife crime in Uganda: balancing law enforcement with community engagement - U-PCLG Policy Brief
… (UWA) can strike a better balance between law enforcement and community engagement. This policy brief sets out the key recommendations … operationalise them. This publication is an output of the Poverty and Conservation Learning Group (PCLG) - Briefing Paper … against wildlife crime in Uganda: balancing law enforcement with community engagement - U-PCLG Policy Brief …
Publication, 01 March 2017
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Agricultural expansion in Zambia: what are the drivers and implications?
… their implications for food security, livelihoods and biodiversity conservation. Data was gathered using a suite of rapid-assessment …
Publication, 24 July 2021
Securing land rights for indigenous peoples, such as these members of the Xingu tribe, pictured in Brazil, is critical to alleviating poverty (Photo: Rights and Resources Initiative)
Securing indigenous and community land rights in the future we want
… poverty and enhancing food security, women's rights and ecosystem conservation. However, a notable omission in the current draft is … govern at least 6.8 billion hectares of land around the world through community tenure arrangements (PDF) .  Explicit inclusion of indigenous and community land rights will be critical to efforts to change the striking …
Insight, 24 March 2015
Representatives of communities from Peru, Bhutan, China, India, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea have formed an International network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (Photo: Lhab Tshering)
Indigenous mountain communities call on governments to support traditional knowledge-based adaptation
… and science to create effective solutions for agro-biodiversity conservation, food security and climate adaptation; and for the full …
News, 18 June 2014
Turtle hatchlings, targeted by the illegal wildlife trade, are pictured on a beach (Photo: Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Association)
How can we engage communities to help reduce illegal wildlife trade?
… Wildlife crime is at the top of the international conservation agenda. IIED and its partners, including the IUCN … Queensland, have developed a 'theory of change' for understanding how community-level interventions can help in tackling illegal wildlife … to a reduction in illegal wildlife trade through different forms of community engagement, and unpacking the assumptions underpinning each …
Insight, 03 September 2015
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Assessing local preferences for payment formats in REDD+ interventions: A case study of the Ongo Community Forest
… by the different players in REDD+ processes. The Environmental Conservation Trust of Uganda (ECOTRUST), a non-profit environmental … is in the process of implementing a REDD+ pilot project in some community forests of Masindi District. As part of a Norad-funded project … payment formats and undertake choice experiments in the Ongo community. The process was guided by methodologies and field protocols …
Publication, 01 December 2013