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Cover for 17205IIED.pdf
The elephant in the room: sustainable use in the illegal wildlife trade debate
… considerable international attention. This is partly due to conservation concerns but also to suggestions of links with organised … reduction, with considerably less focus on effective incentives for community-based and private sector management. In particular, the role of sustainable use as a tool for both conservation and local development has generally been overlooked. …
Publication, 01 February 2014
Ol Pejeta Conservancy in northern Kenya is home to four of the seven northern white rhino left in the world. The park is using SAPA as part of its community programme (Photo: Guy Lemal)
Piloting Social Assessment of Protected Areas: some initial reflections
… primarily aimed at managers of protected areas — state, private or community — to help them improve policy and practice. Using SAPA … 2014 World Parks Congress , the biggest global learning event of the conservation world, is now just two months away. Its top goals are to: … Ensure that protected areas fall within goals of economic and community well-being, and Demonstrate how this can be achieved in …
Insight, 23 September 2014
Seaweed farming in Nusa Lembongan, Bali, is an example of an alternative livelihood project (Photo: Yeowatzup via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Are "alternative livelihoods" projects effective?
… Since the 1980s, governments, donors and conservation and development organisations have spent vast sums on … introduced in a variety of contexts: in Uganda to support gorilla conservation and in Afghanistan to reduce farmers'  dependence on poppy … resort in Raja Ampat, Indonesia is an example of a conservation and community engagement programme . It employs around 120 local people, …
Insight, 04 February 2014
Trafficking of wildlife, driven by escalating demand for products such as elephant ivory, is a booming market worth US$19bn a year (Photo: Nonprofit Organizations via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
International push to tackle illegal wildlife trade risks missing potential of sustainable use
… On 11-12 February, international conservation agencies  –  backed by the Royal Foundation – will agree a … valuable tool that generates incentives for local people to engage in conservation is in danger of being overlooked. The paper urges … International Trade Centre and the IUCN (the International Union for Conservation of Nature) specialist group on Sustainable Use and …
News, 11 February 2014
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Achieving ‘no net loss’ for people and biodiversity in Uganda - U-PCLG Policy Brief
… Management Plan. This publication is an output of the Poverty and Conservation Learning Group (PCLG) - Briefing Paper …
Publication, 01 March 2019
Top blogs of 2018
Best of 2018: blogs
… research and inclusive policy dialogue. 5 To save Africa's wildlife, conservation needs a radical shake-up March: To mark World Wildlife Day, Dilys Roe and James Mayers wrote a blog calling for changes in conservation practice . They reported that despite more than 100 years of international work on conservation, African wildlife is in serious trouble. They argued that …
Article, 27 December 2018
This bridge crossing the Yorkin river in the Sixaola Basin is used daily by local communities, including children on their way to school in the early morning. (Photo: Paul Aragón,©IUCN)
EbA Evidence and Policy: Costa Rica
… Between 2015 and 2019, IIED, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the UN Environment World Conservation … tree nurseries. In this short film (in Spanish), Miriam Morales, a community leader from the community of Yorkin, explains the diversity in farms and the effects of …
Project, 13 December 2018
Cover for 17410IIED.pdf
SDG2: achieving food security, sustainability and resilience using genetic diversity and indigenous knowledge
… to conserving and improving resilient landraces in-situ, through community seed banks, community-managed landscapes, participatory plant breeding and market …
Publication, 01 December 2016
Gorilla in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda.
Uganda: Can a gorilla park deliver more benefits to local people?
… mountain gorillas. This makes the promotion of both development and conservation highly challenging. Before Bwindi was designated a national … and nongovernmental organizations adopted a range of "integrated conservation and development" (ICD) strategies, which aimed to create … in the park. The projects also resulted in improved dialogue between community members and staff involved in managing the park.  However the …
Insight, 26 July 2013
Two women holding jars of quinoa
Nature 4 Development: improving evidence and dialogue on biodiversity and development
… as elephants and rhinos potentially going extinct. The development community, understandably, fails to see the connection between the fate of these species and the fortunes of poor people – especially as conservation of such species generally fails to generate adequate … focus on endangered species, fail to resonate with the development community .   What is IIED doing? The Convention on Biological Diversity …
Project, 06 May 2020