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Peer learning resources for Community Conservation Wardens in Uganda
… The IIED-led project ‘ Implementing park action plans for community engagement to … eight modules and draws on insights from UWA’s frontline staff and management, as well as research conducted by IIED. Specific data and … Peer learning resources for Community Conservation Wardens in Uganda …
Article, 16 June 2020
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Locally-led action essential for achieving global biodiversity goals
… is the latest in a  series of blogs raising the profile of locally-led action on the road to the COP15 global biodiversity conference in … Declaration and the current draft of the GBF: a focus on locally-led action. Locally-led action: essential, not optional Locally-led … the 30x30 target could result in negative impacts such as land grabs, resource restrictions and a return to inequitable ' fortress …
Insight, 14 February 2022
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Community-led COVID-19 response: the work of the Philippines Homeless People’s Federation
… and towns throughout the Philippines. It brings together low-income community organisations to find solutions to problems relating to land, … and welfare. Its work is supported by the Philippine Action for Community-led Shelter Initiatives, Inc (PACSII). The blog draws on responses to a … Community-led COVID-19 response: the work of the Philippines Homeless …
Insight, 09 June 2020
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Why we need strong farmer organisations to achieve the world’s big environmental goals
… (such as helping to access to grants and loans from government-led platforms). Apex-level FFPOs: critical agents for lasting change  … like FUM, are a strong example. Sitting at the intersection of community action and national policy, these organisations are uniquely … and protect our lands, our call to action is this: recognise and resource these organisations as essential project partners. …
Insight, 01 September 2025
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Three asks to strengthen locally-led action in new biodiversity finance
Insight, 13 July 2022
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Community management of natural resources in Africa: Impacts, experiences and future directions
… above (pages 155 to 190) More than twenty years have passed since community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) rose to prominence in different parts of … strategy for rural development, local empowerment, and conservation. Led by new ideas about the merits of decentralized, collective resource … Natural resource management …
Publication, 01 September 2009
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Humanitarian action is part of climate response – but must be early and locally led
Insight, 13 October 2021
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Engaging communities to tackle illegal wildlife trade - lessons from Southeast Asia, South America and sub-Saharan Africa
… over the rising threat of poaching to high-value species have led to a number of policy commitments to tackle IWT. These fall under … been made against commitments under the final category. In addition, community-focused projects were allocated less funding than protected area management and law enforcement approaches. This is echoed in practice, …
Publication, 26 October 2022
Women bends over a field.
Locally-led nature-based solutions can deliver global leaders’ pledge
Insight, 27 September 2021
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Community-led approaches to tackling illegal wildlife trade. Case studies from Latin America
… by communities, they must be central to conservation efforts – and community engagement is already internationally recognised as important to the global effort to tackle IWT. But because community engagement strategies are complex and take time to implement, … Natural resource management … Community-led approaches to tackling illegal wildlife trade. Case …
Publication, 01 September 2019