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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 (summary 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 October 2011
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Laws, lore and logjams: critical issues in Indian forest conservation. Gatekeeper Series No. 116
… for defining and identifying forests 2. Dissonance between tribal and conservation laws 3. Neglect of democratic decentralisation of forest … management (including ‘Joint Forest Management’) towards holistic community-based forest and natural resource management. The focus should … management authority for conservation and sustainable use to local community institutions based on clear common property rights. • …
Publication, 01 January 2005
A woman holds a ruler on a piece of paper and another one draws with a pen.
How we monitor and evaluate our work
… approaches to analyse how change has come about. Supporting the MEL community of practice IIED's emphasis on robust MEL for our own work …
Page, 13 May 2024
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Indigenous Peoples' Food Systems and Biocultural Heritage: Addressing Indigenous Priorities Using Decolonial and Interdisciplinary Research Approaches
… to pandemics, and threats from agriculture, development and conservation policies. They called for research on the rapid loss of …
Publication, 30 September 2022
Kenya: Community-based marine area holds some important lessons for policy makers
… it encountered and what lessons can be learned? The country’s first community-based marine protected area Kuruwitu Conservation and Welfare Association  (KCWA) was initiated by the local community following concerns over an increasing decline in fish and … Kenya: Community-based marine area holds some important lessons for policy …
Insight, 14 November 2011
People wearing traditional clothing sit in a circle in a field.
Why traditional knowledge and Indigenous Peoples’ rights must be integrated across the new global biodiversity targets
…  leads to better and more cost-effective and equitable conservation outcomes. However, protected areas that exclude IPLCs remain the dominant conservation model. Such areas have severely impacted some of the … core values provide flexible normative principles for biodiversity conservation, sustainable development and confronting new environmental …
Insight, 16 August 2021
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Sacred groves versus gold mines: biocultural community protocols in Ghana (PLA 65)
Publication, 01 June 2012
Various women holding sickles and working the land
IIED at CBD COP15
Article, 15 November 2022
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Unpicking the socioecological drivers and impacts of agricultural expansion in Ethiopia
… to meet rising food demand and reduce poverty while meeting conservation objectives. This includes addressing low agricultural …
Publication, 19 November 2021
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Managing agrobiodiversity in successful smallholder landscapes in Ecuador
… of Peasant and Indigenous Organizations of Cotacachi (UNORCAC) in the conservation of agrobiodiversity in the forest and agricultural … for the transfer of knowledge, seed, and enterprise ideas. They run community product and seed fairs, a Bioknowledge Centre, gastronomic …
Publication, 08 March 2023