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A group of people outside huddle around diagrams and charts laid out on the floor
Assessing the social impacts, governance and equity of conservation: SAPA, GAPA or SAGE?
… importance of governance and the need to improve social impacts of conservation were highlighted at the IUCN World Parks Congress in 2003 … been done to elaborate key aspects of governance in the context of conservation and provide guidance for governance assessments, notably by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and its commissions . Building on this …
Article, 08 December 2020
A dramatic sunset of reds and yellows frames a dozen wind turbines in the distance in the water.
Making subsidy reform work for nature, climate and people
Article, 14 October 2026
Person squatting town in a field, looking at the soil.
More GEF nature finance must reach Indigenous Peoples and local communities
… and 7), the GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) and the GEF-7 Inclusive Conservation Initiative (ICI) . …
Insight, 19 May 2025
Community members at Mgahinga National Park, Uganda discuss the Social Assessment for Protected and Conserved Areas methodology (Photo: Rob Small)
Enhancing the equity and effectiveness of protected area conservation
… attention. There are ethical concerns – for example, that conservation should not disproportionately, negatively impact on poorer … as increasing evidence to indicate that people’s resentment towards conservation is an important driver of poaching and illegal … governed if they are to successfully support both biodiversity conservation and human wellbeing, and within the current Convention on …
Project, 12 November 2018
Women farmers in a field, collecting and tending to crops.
Why nature finance and gender data are central to achieving the world’s biodiversity goals
Insight, 06 August 2026
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Montréal Declaration on Small-Scale Women Farmers for Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use
… and international civil society and research organisations, and Community Foundations from Asia, Africa and South America, on the … the importance of small-scale farmers, both women and men in the conservation and sustainable use of biodiverse seed and food systems … Community Cloud Forest Conservation (CCFC) …
Publication, 09 December 2022
Small fishing boats just off the coast. Another boat on the beach in the foreground.
Incentives for coastal conservation and fisheries management
… Coastal resource management, conservation and restoration can support sustainable aquatic food … with partners to enable more effective and more equitable coastal conservation and fisheries management through locally appropriate … and challenges around incentive-based approaches to coastal conservation and fisheries management, including best practices for …
Project, 04 June 2024
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Community conservation training for the Uganda Wildlife Authority. Training report 2019
… The four-year project ‘Implementing park action plans for community engagement to tackle illegal wildlife trade’, Uganda, includes … an annual training course for the Uganda Wildlife Authority’s (UWA's) Community Conservation Unit (CCU) staff. The training aims to build capacity to … Community conservation training for the Uganda Wildlife Authority. …
Publication, 01 November 2019
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Apes, crops and communities: land concessions and conservation in Cameroon
… For example, overlaps between the habitats of great apes, community lands and recently established agro-industries pose a threat to conservation efforts and community livelihoods. Based on recent research, this policy briefing … Apes, crops and communities: land concessions and conservation in Cameroon …
Publication, 01 July 2019
Local villagers receive wildlife training in the Mbarang'andu Wildlife Management Area in Tanzania, which incorporates seven villages. (Photo: WWF/USAID Biodiversity & Forestry, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Communities, livelihoods and sustainable wildlife management
… document the lessons learned on the necessary conditions to support community-based wildlife management. From ' Whose Eden? ' in 1994 to ' … and decision-making authority; and the benefits from engaging in conservation (whether financial, cultural, political or other) need to … Traun, Colman O’Criodain, Dilys Roe (eds.) (2011), Symposium report Community management of natural resources in Africa: Impacts, …
Article, 14 November 2018