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Towards a Biocultural Heritage Territory in Rabai Cultural Landscape: exploring Mijikenda cultural values and practices for sustainable development
… combine food production with sustainable development, biodiversity conservation and ecosystem protection. Although Indigenous Peoples have … was conducted with the Rabai sub-tribe of the Mijikenda Indigenous community in Kilifi County, coastal Kenya. It was coordinated by the … Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI), working closely with the Rabai community. The study found that protecting the local Kaya Forest was …
Publication, 06 August 2021
Five ways to bring benefits from large dams to local communities
… dissatisfied,” says Aliou Faye of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, which collaborated with the Global Water … to national progress.” Working with the International union for the Conservation of Nature, the Global Water Initiative analysed the impacts …
News, 23 November 2011
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Millennium Development Goals and Conservation: Managing Nature's Wealth for Society's Health, The
… The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) commit the international community to an expanded vision of poverty reduction and pro-poor … resources. Despite this linkage there remains much division between conservation and development communities. The challenge is firstly to … Millennium Development Goals and Conservation: Managing Nature's Wealth for Society's Health, The …
Publication, 01 January 2004
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Blanket Bans – conservation or imperialism? A response to Cooney & Jepson
… The Wild Bird Declaration recently promoted by a coalition of conservation and animal welfare organizations seeks to ban all imports … Blanket Bans – conservation or imperialism? A response to Cooney & Jepson …
Publication, 01 January 2006
A baby orangutan clings to its mother as she hangs from a branch
Making the market work for nature while helping to tackle poverty
… species it comprises increases, providing an incentive for improving conservation areas and species numbers. Biocredits would finance conservation efforts in a specific area and, unlike carbon and … in Malaysia, species conservation banks in the United States, and community carbon credits linked to REDD+ . These approaches share …
Insight, 03 March 2020
Climate fight must enlist biodiversity and communities
… to mitigate climate change have paid scant attention to biodiversity conservation and the world's poor. The paper shows that biodiversity has … practices and innovations will be crucial to adaptation, biodiversity conservation and poverty alleviation. Many communities are already using …
News, 18 February 2008
Raw meat and a knife on a table
New decision support tool launched for wild meat alternatives project development
… support tool has been produced to provide step-by-step guidance for conservation practitioners on how to design projects to reduce the … The tool was developed by IIED, the Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science at the University of Oxford, Fondation Camerounaise … how practitioners can help to develop the right project for the community in which they work, and support communities to develop their …
News, 27 July 2021
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Marketing hunting and tourism joint ventures in community areas (PLA 55)
… In: PLA 55 Practical tools for community conservation in southern Africa. ~Guest editors: Brian Child and Brian … ‘rights’ and regarded local people as a nuisance. Keywords: CBNRM, conservation, policy, poverty, marketing, tourism, quota setting, … Marketing hunting and tourism joint ventures in community areas (PLA 55) …
Publication, 01 December 2006
Radical new way to protect nature’s diversity provides incentives and helps tackle poverty
… it comprises increases. This provides an incentive for improving conservation areas and species numbers. Also, biocredits would finance conservation efforts in a specific area and could not be set against … ensuring the area covered was not degraded or destroyed. For conservation to work, the people living amid and near areas rich in …
News, 03 March 2020
A group of people holding a tree seedling
Harnessing the power of bees to benefit forest and people
… in countries across the world were getting involved... The Loitokitok Community Forest Association (LCFA) has been active since 2005, with … and survey instances of illegal logging. Cases are reported to the Community Forest Association, which works with Kenya Forest Service … at least a 500 dollar fine or a one-year jail term.   Generating community income, all along the honey chain:  with its many health and …
Insight, 26 March 2020