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Cover for 7800IIED.pdf
Community Based Wildlife Management in West Africa: A regional review
… Conservation policy in West Africa has been heavily influenced by both … addressed include land tenure; politics; indigenous knowledge and community capacity; religious and cultural factors; the use of bushmeat; … it is suggested that a move to CWM is prevented by not only a lack of conservation management, regional co-ordination and political commitment …
Publication, 01 January 1999
Woman bends over a seedbed.
IIED at the 2022 Nature-based Solutions Conference
… and the social science of restoration networks. We will hear from community leaders from different regions, best-practice case studies, … , communications officer, Tebtebba Musonda Kapena , director, Namfumu Conservation Trust , Zambia  Yiching Song , programme leader, Farmer … , China  Dismas Partalala Meitaya , representative of the Ujamaa Community Resource Team , Tanzania  Diego Pacheco , head of the Bolivian …
Event, 05 July 2022
Rhinos in the Serengeti National Park. The International Union for Conservation of Nature estimates that poachers killed at least 1,338 rhinos across Africa in 2015 (Photo: Nicholas Maxim, Creative Commons via Flickr)
New report: local people are crucial to combating illegal wildlife trade
… – of involving indigenous people and local communities in conservation efforts.  The report, entitled ' Beyond enforcement: … . With 181 parties, CITES is the main treaty promoting biodiversity conservation through the regulation of trade in wild fauna and flora. … in poaching as a result, and A Wild Foundation case study of a community elephant conservation initiative in Mali where elephants are …
News, 03 August 2016
Post-COVID-19 surge in mining exploration leaves vast tracts of protected land in danger of exploitation
… and social safeguards, putting at risk national parks and conservation areas while marginalising local communities, according to …
News, 16 February 2022
Cover for G02084.pdf
The use of participatory three-dimensional modelling in community-based planning in Quang Nam province, Vietnam (PLA Notes)
… forest reserves in Vietnam to improve long-term sustainability of conservation projects is the focus of this paper. The authors explain … The use of participatory three-dimensional modelling in community-based planning in Quang Nam province, Vietnam (PLA Notes) …
Publication, 01 April 2004
The mountain gorilla is among the endangered species at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, which was the focus of a a recent radio show series on conservation efforts (Photo: Dilys Roe/IIED)
Broadcasting to Bwindi
… Can poverty alleviation and conservation go hand in hand? If you have ever been to Bwindi … discussion with various expert guests – with topics such as community change, policies and regulations, threats and poaching, … The second episode called for action and highlighted the themes of community change, positive stakeholder involvement, and profit sharing, …
Insight, 28 July 2015
Cover for 6154IIED.pdf
PLA Notes 35: Community Water Management
… general articles and a special theme section which focuses on community management of water systems. ~The general section includes: A paper on the use of video in community development in villages of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. … An article on using PRA to bridge the conflicting interests of conservation and local communities near the Waza National Park, …
Publication, 01 June 1999
Cover for 7794IIED.pdf
Making Wildlife Economically Viable for Communities Living Around the Western Serengeti, Tanzania
Publication, 01 January 1999
Cover for G04092.pdf
Why Africa’s forests are important for its people, the world and China
… the vital role of Africa’s forests for livelihoods, biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and the global timber trade. The … also indicate the key paths people in Africa, China and the global community should travel to help both stimulate thriving local economies …
Publication, 01 October 2016
Cover for 8260IIED.pdf
Whose Eden? An overview of community approaches to wildlife management
… Challenges the traditional practice of separating the management and conservation of wildlife from the livelihood of local communities. It shows there is a growing recognition that a community's rights to ownership and tenure of wildlife resources is … Whose Eden? An overview of community approaches to wildlife management …
Publication, 01 January 1994