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Community biocultural protocols: building mechanisms for access and benefit sharing among the communities of the Potato Park based on Quechua customary norms (detailed report)
… The Potato Park communities in Peru are deeply committed to the conservation of biocultural resources, associated knowledge, and … The development of a Biocultural Protocol, in the form of the Inter-community Agreement for Equitable Access and Benefit Sharing, is the … efforts. In addition to providing a valuable example of effective community-based protection of TK and genetic or biological resources in …
Publication, 01 March 2012
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Wild meat: developing alternatives through good project design
… in some areas puts food security, rural livelihoods and biodiversity conservation at risk. One way to tackle these challenges is to establish …
Publication, 17 March 2022
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The Murchison Falls Coordination Forum 2021 - Forum Notes
… as one of the activities under the Implementing Park Action Plans for Community engagement to tackle Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) project, … Village Enterprise (VE), Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). The forum was coordinated by VE and WCS on behalf of the consortium. It brought together 50 community wildlife scouts and village enterprise groups in Kichwabugingo …
Publication, 20 September 2021
A path leads into a forest, with a tree canopy overhead
The importance of communication for NGOs
… national and county government representatives. Along with many other community members from across Kenya, she had a platform to discuss the importance and challenges of registering community lands under Kenya's Community Land Act 2016 at the first-ever … reports that highlight the scope and effectiveness of IPLC conservation efforts. These reports present the case for increased …
Insight, 27 April 2022
Quechua woman
Here's why Indigenous economics is the key to saving nature
… Rather than privileging human economic goals and pursuing nature conservation separately, many Indigenous societies seek to achieve … shift towards consumerist lifestyles. The dominant approach to nature conservation through protected areas also reflects a Western worldview … global export markets. Indigenous Peoples have started to shape new community  enterprise models  that assert control over their territories …
Insight, 12 April 2021
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Practical guide helps negotiators put equity at the heart of the new global biodiversity framework
Insight, 04 May 2021
A woman stands behind a market stall of fresh vegetables, smiling proudly.
Investing in biodiverse agriculture in Ecuador’s highlands: UNORCAC and the Santa Anita cooperative
… new houses, marriages, baptisms and the day of the dead, and link to community practices that maintain cultural life. Minga , for example, is … Pachamama Nos Alimenta), the annual Muyu Raymi seed fair and various community exchange tours, exhibitions and technical training sessions. …
Article, 31 May 2024
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Indigenous knowledge, people and nature – all crucial to Kunming: Make Change Happen podcast episode 11
… of recognising and applying Indigenous knowledge to biodiversity conservation. Hosted by Liz Carlile , this podcast features IIED’s … to develop successful and long-term strategies for biodiversity conservation.   As the UN biodiversity convention and the development of …
Article, 26 April 2021
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Laws, lore and logjams: Critical issues in Indian forest conservation
… of forests and wildlife is undermining rather than contributing to conservation and social justice. The contradictory nature of these … for defining and identifying forests; dissonance between tribal and conservation laws; neglect of democratic decentralisation of forest … Laws, lore and logjams: Critical issues in Indian forest conservation …
Publication, 01 January 2005
Seydou Kassojue, 47, has a garden plot where he grows lettuce close to the Sélingué dam in Mali. The Global Water Initiative has been working with smallholders in the area since 2009 to find out how the dam affects the livelihoods of local farmers and what improvements could be made (Photo: Mike Goldwater/GWI)
Can dams work for local communities alongside national good?
… Development (IIED), together with IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature) , leads the GWI in West Africa , supporting … Group of Users of the Niger Basin (CRUBN) Mahamane Touré, Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) Jérôme Koundouno , GWI West …
News, 18 August 2015