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Three people with a pile of vicuña wool
Who’s listening? Community voices on illegal wildlife trade
… IWT. Despite their commitments, countries have been slow to promote community-based approaches as a key part of their strategy to tackle … on the IWT commitments their countries had made. This was the IIED-led LeAP: Learning and Action Platform for Community Engagement Against … income from the sale of vicuña fibre. Heavy poaching and ineffective management in the 20th century had reduced the vicuña population to …
Insight, 06 November 2019
Cover for G03652.pdf
Table of contents: PLA 66 - Tools for supporting sustainable natural resource management and livelihoods
… and explores the links between participation, sustainable natural resource management and improving livelihoods, including: • How a P3DM … framework, revealed how famine was averted in Southern Africa.~• How community-led action in India is improving animal health and work practices.~• How … Table of contents: PLA 66 - Tools for supporting sustainable natural resource management and livelihoods …
Publication, 01 September 2013
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 … The initiative focuses on peer-to-peer learning, rather than expert-led training; each participating NGO is allocated time to teach their … land protection work. For example, both the Tanzania Natural Resource Forum and Community Assistance In Development (Cameroon) have …
Article, 27 January 2020
Man in a mangrove forest
Striving for better: following LDC leadership in addressing the climate crisis
Insight, 26 January 2021
A Conservancy Rhino Ranger in Namibia stands proudly before a cow and calf that he has tracked during a patrol. Rhino sightings have increased over the past 12 months thanks to an expanded Rhino Ranger force and support organisations (Photo: Minnesota Zoo and Save the Rhino Trust)
Community-led solutions: key force in tackling wildlife crime
… at the source has been issued by a group of more than 70 researchers, community representatives, government officials, UN agencies and NGOs … trade of wild resources Supporting the devolution of wildlife access, management and stewardship rights to the lowest appropriate level, and … Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group , said: "Community-led approaches to combating wildlife crime are often overlooked in the …
News, 02 March 2015
Women racing while carrying baskets full of sweet potatoes on their backs.
Faith in ecology: how one group of Indigenous people in the Philippines are advancing agrobiodiversity
… and ecological restoration. Although Pastor Rice died in the community he served a decade ago, his pioneering thinking blending faith … library in what is known as the ‘green house’ remains a local resource on forest land use, traditional legal systems, linguistics and … course on ‘Business unusual’  at the KEF training centre last month. Led by IIED, the course was funded by the Global Centre on Biodiversity …
Insight, 05 December 2024
Quechua woman
Here's why Indigenous economics is the key to saving nature
… of how to manage it. Areas managed by IPLCs “are facing growing resource extraction, commodity production, mining and transport and … ties and social cohesion. Integration with market economies has led to social tension and conflict, limited opportunities for meaningful … global export markets. Indigenous Peoples have started to shape new community  enterprise models  that assert control over their territories …
Insight, 12 April 2021
Two elephants.
Online learning series helps practitioners engage communities in tackling illegal wildlife trade
… The online series is designed to support wildlife conservation and management authorities in the East African Community partner states, as well as relevant non-governmental and … East Africa , said: “The journey to self-reliance begins with locally led development. The FLoD methodology will help us understand the …
News, 12 October 2020
A photo and a plan of a small plot.
CBA15: Four messages ahead of COP26
Insight, 05 July 2021
Men posing for a photo while constructing a weir with bamboo structures.
CBA14: explore with us how nature-based solutions support local action for adaptation
Insight, 21 August 2020