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Captain Benjamin Kalimutima Lulimba finds the skull of an elephant recently killed by poachers who ripped out its tusks. Province Orientale, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Photo: Matchbox Media Collective)
How best to deal with wildlife crime while protecting the poor?
… have also expressed concern about the increasing militarisation of conservation and other heavy-handed tactics in response to poaching. … thousands of livestock were maimed or killed in the name of wildlife conservation in Tanzania. A well-intentioned campaign to tackle elephant … targeted local people .  Pro-poor alternatives So how else can conservation agencies respond to wildlife crime in ways that do not …
Insight, 01 August 2014
Illustration showing a Java rhino
Harnessing carbon finance to arrest deforestation: saving the Javan rhinoceros
… the wildlife trade and anxiety of extinction. At the vanguard of conservation in Vietnam is the Javan rhinoceros. CTNP, one of the few … species included in the Vietnam Red Data Book. Conservation through community-based natural resource management is a named goal, and … for both were developed in a participatory way to make sure maximum community acceptance and participation. Participation took place in an …
Project, 22 June 2011
People wearing face masks and medical suits
IIED's best of 2020: blogs
… growth rates – although they inevitably did when they were smaller. 2 Community-led COVID-19 response: the work of the Philippines Homeless … They drew on responses to a questionnaire conducted by federation community leaders, and a teleconference where  experiences from the … empowered to use it and benefit from it in ways that incentivise the conservation of species and their habitat. Surely not using wild species …
Article, 22 December 2020
Woman collects water from a well
Drought management in India: hostage to climate information governance
Insight, 10 February 2021
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Local action, global aspirations
… targets for biodiversity and development are unlikely to be met. Community conservation processes are often isolated and marginalised from mainstream conservation efforts. This review documents how community conservation can contribute to human well-being and the …
Publication, 01 September 2006
New Community Forest Instructions give communities rights to commercially sell timber and non-timber forest products, such as such as rattan and honey (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Forest rights create new livelihoods in Myanmar
… Irrigation and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (MONREC). This is a hugely significant policy area in a … Putting communities in control  In 2015, MONREC established a Community Forestry National Working Group and a Community Forest Unit, tasked with transferring 918,000 hectares of …
Insight, 05 December 2017
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Costa Rica’s Payments for Ecosystem Services programme
… forest management and agroforestry. Following results from a ‘conservation gap’ analysis (forests with no protection at risk of …
Publication, 01 March 2018
Woman speaking with a microphone to an audience of men.
Every voice counts: addressing inequality in research and development
… their knowledge and contributions to advancing climate action and conservation are valued and respected in global knowledge systems and …
Insight, 16 March 2022
Cattle herds settle on village fields.
The Sahelian Great Green Wall: start with local solutions
Insight, 04 February 2021
Dr Dilys Roe (IIED) and Dr Rosie Cooney (IUCN SULI) with South African Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Bomo Edna Molewa (Photo: Kim Ludbrook/EPA Photos)
Innovative approaches to tackling wildlife crime on the frontlines
… Groundbreaking community-led approaches to combating wildlife crime around the world … near Johannesburg from 26-28 February, attended by researchers, community groups, government officials, UN agencies and NGOs. The … at the Beyond enforcement symposium. They demonstrate that successful conservation of iconic species does not need to come at a human cost." …
News, 27 February 2015