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Cover for G01629.pdf
PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 1 Participatory environmental valuation of forest resources in the Aberdares, Kenya
… knowledge is considered the preserve of ineffective means of forest conservation. It has specialist groups. Households are reticent in the … and priorities in the fuelwood and building materials, gathering conservation process. medicines and wild foods, grazing livestock, …
Publication, 01 January 1996
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Malthus Revisited: People, Population and the Village Commons in Colombia
… a role in determining the net effect of population density on the conservation of key local environmental public goods (called village … vegetation, that affect the flow of ecological benefits to the community. Such an effect takes place through household decision-making …
Publication, 01 January 1998
A traditional farmer selects seeds in the Eastern Himalayas, India. (Photo: Ruchi Pant/Ecoserve)
Making the business case for biodiversity — in an instant
… she presented the business case to the dragons in 2013, no country or community can afford to lose their biodiversity. Livelihoods depend on it so governments must find ways to incorporate conservation into policies across sectors — from agriculture, tourism …
Insight, 10 March 2014
A villager gathers medicinal bark in Mozambique
Investing in sustainable productivity could secure REDD+ schemes long term
… paying 80% of the REDD+ ‘carbon sale value’ to local communities;  community forest stewardship certification that generates a premium for … communities for committing to avoid deforestation, either through conservation projects, increased productivity of agriculture or by … the ‘short term’ problem by investing REDD+ funds in sustainable community based enterprises that make agriculture more productive, or …
Insight, 13 December 2012
For the first time, IIED has produced a bespoke online annual report (Photo: IIED/We are Tangerine)
2014 annual report: online and in print
… Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Bank Green Economy Coalition …
News, 11 November 2014
Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest - lush green landscape with river running through it.
Locally-controlled sustainable forestry in Brazil faces uphill struggle
… activities in these lands, and financed 162 projects (focused on conservation, sustainable production, and the restoration of forests) … 2,500 trees and their surrounding habitat, inside a 7.000 hectare community forest reserve. Brazil nuts are processed through a small oil … extractivist-colonists. However, the Cinta Larga indigenous community, along with their legally-protected forest land (2.5 million …
Insight, 13 June 2012
International Biodiversity Day logo
Putting biodiversity centre stage in government policy
… IIED is working with the United Nations Environment Programme – World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) on a project to build …
News, 20 May 2016
Cover for G01908.pdf
Adding the fourth dimension to Participatory 3-D Modelling
Publication, 01 October 2000
Peñas Blancas Reservoir in Costa Rica.
Costa Rica: Growing money on trees
… Better lives, smaller footprints . Waiting for the international community to take actions was not an option, he said. The rapid … a chain of brokers in New York or London. ‘Green’ bank cards fund conservation Creative new ways to fund conservation knows no limits in … for example, is used in their workshop to build furniture. Community eco-tourism provides jobs for women and young people. The …
Insight, 26 June 2012
Cover for G02980.pdf
Routes to justice: institutionalising participation in forest law enforcement (PLA 53)
… in public policy. Forestry is a balancing act between production and conservation. Historically, government policy to achieve this balance … www.planotes.org Keywords: policy, natural resource management (NRM), community-based natural resource management (CBNRM), Power Tools. To …
Publication, 01 December 2005