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Community engagement in preventin pangolin poaching in Nepal (Photo: Ambika Prasad Khatiwada)
Wildlife crime and local communities
… Wildlife crime is also of concern outside of the conservation community. Wildlife can be a key asset for rural communities in Africa … there is no simple solution to tackling wildlife crime. The different initiatives that have emerged have adopted multiple approaches. These … are: Building the evidence base for the effectiveness of community-led approaches: we have established an online learning platform  to …
Article, 03 February 2015
Global Initiative on Community Based Adaptation formally launched in Tanzania
… Delegates at the meeting formally launched a Global Initiative on Community Based Adaptation, with the International Institute for … environment minister Dr Bathilda Burian. "Community Based Adaptation initiatives are among the most effective solution to enhance adaptive … change," said Dr Burian. "Community Based Adaptation is a community-led process, based on communities’ priorities, needs, knowledge and …
News, 01 March 2010
Women and three donkeys walk in a desert
LIFE-AR: inspiring change within IIED
… finance flows to support local action by 2030. Being LDC-run and LDC-led, LIFE-AR enables the LDCs to put their decades-long, … Business unusual: LDC-led climate action …
Insight, 09 April 2021
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Strengthening the role of women in agriculture and natural resource management
… a women's producers' exchange platform. This space brings women-led or majority women forest and farm producer organisations together to … each other through sharing and exchanging experiences, ideas and initiatives to tackle some of the challenges they face. The African Women’s Network for Community Management of Forests (Réseau des Femmes Africaines pour la …
Publication, 03 July 2023
A plantation
Q&A: helping communities protect their land rights
… activists to crafting land tenure legislation. Rachael founded the Community Land Protection Initiative (CLPI) – an annual peer learning … who can put pressure on the investor. IIED is working on a number of initiatives to support redress for victims of land rights violations .  … The initiative focuses on peer-to-peer learning, rather than expert-led training; each participating NGO is allocated time to teach their …
Article, 27 January 2020
Man in a mangrove forest
Striving for better: following LDC leadership in addressing the climate crisis
… – whether from the LDCs or others in the international community – working in the development and climate space. The principles … . These principles are: Equality: between LDCs and the international community, between government and non-government actors, involving equal … these shifts. The Climate Adaptation Summit will launch the locally led adaptation principles focusing on increasing resources to local …
Insight, 26 January 2021
Aerial view on Sao Paulo showing different types of housing like sky scrappers and slums.
SECURe: Strengthening and Enhancing Contextual Urban Resilience
… from practitioners and researchers engaged in urban resilience initiatives, and a comprehensive literature review integrated insights … challenges in water security, sanitation and waste management.  Led by PRIA, the intervention addressed water scarcity, poor sanitation … and exclusionary governance structures. The pilot helped integrate community-based organisations and women self-help groups into formal …
Project, 01 April 2025
Women sitting down in a circle. One of them is holding a laptop and talking.
Announcing the Saleemul Huq Memorial Scholarship finalists and C-CIQ toolkit launch
… Scholarship, established under the ALL ACT (Alliance for Locally Led Transformative Action on Loss and Damage) initiative, aims to …
Event, 09 September 2024
A data collector speaks to a householder.
Helping Indigenous communities secure land rights in Nepal
… Based in Nepal, the Community Self Reliance Centre (CSRC) supports communities to address … lands.  CSRC undertook this work as part of its participation in the  Community Land Protection Co-Learning Initiative , an annual … for their lands.   As part of these mapping activities, CSRC also led the Tharu communities through a 'community origin story' mapping …
Article, 18 December 2020
Drip irrigation in Faylar village, Senegal. Investing in solar-powered water pumps and drip-feed irrigation systems can help farmers survive in times of drought (Photo: InnoAfrica, Creative Commons via Wikimedia)
Building a vision of climate resilience: questions to the adaptation community
… for Effective Adaptation and Resilience (LIFE-AR) . This LDC-led initiative seeks to develop effective longer-term climate adaptation … adaptation interventions that work – what we are calling ‘lighthouse initiatives’.  Just one year into LIFE-AR, we have already made strong … that are working, and that can be replicated and scaled up.  The 13th community-based adaptation event (CBA13) , this year taking place in …
Insight, 06 March 2019