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IIED's pro-poor gorilla tourism project shortlisted for major award
… from tourism – and as a consequence to generate positive attitudes to conservation among local people and reduce threats to gorillas. This … Responsible Tourism Partnership , the Institute for Tropical Forest Conservation, the Bwindi Mgahinga Conservation Trust  and the International Gorilla Conservation Programme …
News, 29 October 2018
The voices of women involved in farming and fisheries, such as these in Bangladesh, are often lost in decision-making (Photo: CBFM-Fem Com Bangladesh/WorldFish, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Does gender balance improve forestry and fishery management?
… systematically map how gender affects natural resource governance and conservation – and we want your help. The absence of women's voices … to conservation efforts – for example, women's active involvement in community forest management committees is linked to better forest … governance such as the strengthening and opening of dialogue between community stakeholders. Or, it could include outcomes related to …
Insight, 02 July 2015
The CBD COP13 logo. IIED and partners will be at the Convention on Biological Diversity conference in Cancun, Mexico, in December
IIED at the biodiversity COP in Cancun
… from 4-17 December 2016 to negotiate international measures to ensure conservation and the sustainable use of biodiversity. Some 10,000 people … findings, including work on mainstreaming biodiversity, forest conservation and rural livelihood initiatives, and equity in … level to support these processes. The aim was to start to build a community of practice that can share experience, identify barriers and …
Event, 04 December 2016
50% of the planet falls outside national boundaries. Ungoverned, these seas are exposed to widespread abuses such as overfishing or the dumping of chemical waste and plastic (Image: IIED/Soapbox)
IIED animation: how a new global treaty could turn the tide to save the high seas
… how a new international and legally binding agreement, set to govern conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity in areas beyond …
News, 21 February 2019
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Land and natural resource mapping by San Communities and NGOs: experiences from Namibia (PLA 54)
… practice often evolves to address specific issues being faced by a community. This means that multiple tools might be used together, or in … of local rights and capacity to manage an environmentally important conservation area. Participatory Learning and Action (PLA, formerly PLA …
Publication, 01 April 2006
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iii Contents Foreword. v Summary . vii Introduction . 1 Chapter 1: Meeting the MDGs - Is Conservation Relevant?
… v Summary . vii Introduction . 1 Chapter 1: Meeting the MDGs ­ Is Conservation Relevant? Dilys Roe and Joanna Elliott . 7 Case Study 1: … Reduction Strategy . 21 Chapter 2: Beyond Wildlife ­ Health and Conservation Eric Chivian .25 Chapter 3: Climate Change ­ Biodiversity … for Poverty Reduction and Sustainability . 127 Chapter 8: Scaling Up Community Success Stories ­ Experience from the Equator Prize Michael …
Publication, 01 January 1970
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Protecting our ocean: Make Change Happen podcast episode 1
Article, 23 August 2019
Baka women collecting non-timber forest products in Nomedjoh, Cameroon (Photo: Indra Van Gisbergen)
Biodiversity: a women’s business?
… go together?  Business interests rarely go fully hand-in-hand with conservation; there are often trade-offs. But there are some cases where … advance women’s businesses within the country’s male-dominated Community Forest Product Producers Associations. In Nepal, FFF has been … , Central Women Entrepreneurs Committee and the Federation of Community Forestry Users Nepal  to encourage the Ministry of Industry to …
Insight, 29 November 2018
Colourful illustrations from the 2020 annual review
IIED launches annual review of 2020
… is hurting the poorest hardest, but also the fantastic ways that community organisations in informal settlements in the global South have … increase the risk of pandemics. This shows the importance of our conservation work where we have shown that to be effective, we must …
News, 11 February 2021
Members of Namibia's Marinefluss Conservancy hope their remote community will benefit from joint ventures with tourist enterprises (Photo: Steve Felton, WWF via USAID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Women, wildlife and the workings of the CBD
… COP adopted an action plan that emphasised the need to incorporate community-based management of wildlife into national biodiversity … level.  This is a missed opportunity – especially at a time when community involvement in tackling the illegal wildlife trade is receiving so much attention from the global conservation community. The new guidance on sustainable wildlife …
Insight, 20 November 2018