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A preliminary theory of change detailing how women's participation can improve the management of local forests and fisheries
… What are the known factors that improve resource governance and conservation when women have a say in the management of local forests … question and identified 11 studies that compare the governance and conservation results of mixed-gender resource management groups with … mixed-gender groups in the included studies tend to have greater community compliance with resource use rules, more transparency and …
Publication, 01 August 2017
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Community First: Landcare in Australia
… Australia, a grass-roots revolution called ‘landcare’ has turned land conservation extension on its head. Close to two thousand voluntary community landcare groups are working to develop more sustainable … funding programme. This paper introduces landcare in Australia as a community-based approach to the development of more sustainable ways of …
Publication, 01 January 1994
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Enhancing Community Involvement in Wildlife Tourism: Issues and challenges
… of rural communities and the poor in the tourism industry. Community involvement offers the prospect of enhanced rural development, conservation, and a more broadly-based tourism industry. However, … Enhancing Community Involvement in Wildlife Tourism: Issues and challenges …
Publication, 01 January 1999
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Bolsa Floresta Programme, Brazil
… services (PES). It involves a mix of direct cash rewards and community-based investments in income-generating activities, social … from the public and private sector to make transfers at household and community level to conserve forests and improve people’s wellbeing in … of the oldest and largest programmes aimed at promoting environmental conservation and poverty alleviation in the world (Börner et al., 2013; …
Publication, 01 March 2018
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Local people must have real role in deciding next steps in saving world’s biodiversity
… and forced to carry much of the burden of poorly designed conservation measures. Respect for people’s rights and ensuring that the benefits of conservation are shared fairly must also be central to the guiding …
News, 16 November 2018
Man walks in a field, with mountains behind
Farmers in China spending $280 billion adapting to climate change and nature loss
News, 07 December 2022
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Planning ahead: how the CRISP-M tool advances early climate action
Insight, 05 January 2022
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vii The Millennium Development Goals and Conservation: Summary
… Document begins: vii The Millennium Development Goals and Conservation: Summary 1. LINKING CONSERVATION AND POVERTY REDUCTION The Millennium Development Goals … effort, from conventional and viii non-conventional sources. Can conservation play a role in y this effort? Despite the close … vii The Millennium Development Goals and Conservation: Summary …
Publication, 01 January 1970
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Northern Rangelands Trust, Kenya
… Community conservancies are proving increasingly effective as partners … country, conservancies now manage more than 2.5 million hectares of community land, much of it critical range for the African elephant. … The case study was originally published as part of the compilation Conservation, crime and communities, published by IIED (2015) …
Publication, 01 February 2015
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 5 Folklore and conservation in Nigeria: using PRA to learn from the elders
… Document begins: PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988­2001 5 Folklore and conservation in Nigeria: using PRA to learn from the elders Ichire … PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 5 Folklore and conservation in Nigeria: using PRA to learn from the elders …
Publication, 01 January 1997