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A saltwater crocodile
Despite COVID-19, using wild species may still be the best way to save them
… use is one of the three key objectives of the CBD, alongside conservation and equitable benefit-sharing. That efforts to reduce the … entail lethal practices, it can still contribute significantly to conservation. Key to any form of sustainable use is that it generates … – wildlife tourism. Tourism has often been heralded as a panacea for conservation and for local peoples’ livelihoods. Its almost overnight …
Insight, 01 April 2020
Indigenous people at the Himalayan workshop
Biocultural heritage landscape to be established in Eastern Himalayas
… orchid as their emblematic species, under which economic development, conservation, and good governance of natural resources will be carried … agreed to work together to develop plans for economic development, conservation and the protection of cultural and spiritual values. Their … ANDES, and IIED. As part of this programme, members of the Lepcha community of the Eastern Himalayas visited Peru's Potato Park  on an …
News, 30 November 2017
Cover for G04337.pdf
The Hawaii Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project, Guatemala
… Widespread community engagement in a scheme based on the sustainable harvesting of sea turtle eggs in Guatemala has contributed to a conservation success story in spite of a lack of government resources and weak legislation. Conservation of Sea Turtles in Guatemala is almost entirely dependent on …
Publication, 01 February 2015
a turtle
Navigating ocean investments
… in MPAs can help fill the global gap in public finance: supporting conservation and sustainable development targets. Defining tailored … Co-managed protected areas have also been set up by entrepreneurs and community groups . The arrangements can be structured in different ways, … ecosystem improvement, support for tourism operations, and community engagement and livelihood enhancement. Blue finance plans to …
Article, 01 October 2019
Cover for 17707IIED.pdf
Building a global biocultural brand to support indigenous landscapes
Publication, 01 April 2019
Cover for 7805IIED.pdf
Community Wildlife Management in Southern Africa. A regional review
… land. ~The report gives a brief review of the extent and progress of community wildlife management (CWM) in the seven countries of southern … issues are discussed. These range from, amongst many, land tenure and conservation/biodiversity impacts, to participation and … policies is needed - allowing further devolution of authority to the community level, access to resources and a removal of economic …
Publication, 01 January 2000
People gathering branches
Nature-based solutions to climate change: stories from Chile
… and ensure they receive economic benefits. Programmes should support community associations and organisation of community members to collectively identify their own priorities and make …
Insight, 12 December 2019
Cover for G01764.pdf
PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 4 The wayq'os (gullies) are eating everything!' Indigenous knowledge and soil conservation
… (gullies) are eating everything!' Indigenous knowledge and soil conservation Graham Thiele and Franz Terrazas The gullies out … If nothing is done farmers will be explained the proposal to community members left with islands of land in a sea of gullies. The and … fieldwork, we too. explained more carefully what we hoped to do in a community meeting. The village leaders PROINPA the Bolivian Potato …
Publication, 01 January 1998
Cover for 20136x.pdf
The resource bites back: entry-points for addressing corruption in wildlife crime
… Corruption has recently risen up the global wildlife conservation agenda with a series of international agreements … with wildlife crime is a shared responsibility across the wildlife conservation, anti-corruption, anti-illicit trade, and anti-organised …
Publication, 18 November 2016
Cover for G04339.pdf
Vicuña management in the Andes, Latin America
… countries of South America. Vicuña fibre is a valuable commodity and community-based management has been used as a mechanism for encouraging conservation and tolerance of vicuñas in community lands, while at the same time contributing to local economic …
Publication, 01 February 2015