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A snow leopard prowling on some rocks
Q&A: answering your questions on community-based approaches to tackling poaching and illegal wildlife trade
… FB: During the webinar, you all shared really great examples of community-based approaches. How long does it typically take to establish … a really useful process for initiating this engagement and ensuring community representatives get a clear voice. A key feature of the tool … for communities who want to work with NGOs to build community-led initiatives but have historically been disempowered by …
Article, 09 April 2020
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 … for their lands.   As part of these mapping activities, CSRC also led the Tharu communities through a 'community origin story' mapping … been afraid of being evicted – we have been threatened by forest management authorities many times. Sometimes we have been charged as …
Article, 18 December 2020
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Establishing a Biocultural Heritage Territory to protect Kenya's Kaya forests - project launch workshop report
… Territory to protect Kenya’s Kaya forests’ in the Rabai Mijikenda community. Rabai sub-county forms part of the Coastal Forests global … the landscape. It also aims to enhance livelihoods and establish a community institution for collective governance of the Rabai Biocultural … the project and develop a common vision for establishing a community-led Biocultural Heritage Territory in Rabai. …
Publication, 09 September 2022
A woman hands protective equipment to another woman.
Engaging pastoralist communities through citizen movements to amplify their voice
Article, 11 December 2020
Miners on a steep hillside mine tungsten
Secure land rights are now more important than ever
… Dangerous backsliding Managed responsibly, facilitating natural resource-based investments for economic recovery could provide the much … seen weakened environmental impact assessments, compressed or limited community consultations, the opening up of Indigenous lands and … of land-based investments. The project is implemented by a consortium led by IIED, the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) and …
Insight, 29 January 2021
A man hoeing ground that is dry and cracked.
Moving forward with communal land rights in Ethiopia: what are the legal solutions?
… with complex practices  that respond to both the landscape and community needs, protect fragile ecosystems, and contribute to national … conflict as communal land is encroached on due to government-led large-scale land-based investments. These policies tend to favour …
Insight, 24 June 2022
Man looks at two chimpanzees on a forest path
Q&A: New policy champions communities in the push to conserve Uganda’s wildlife
… George Owoyesigire (GO) is director of the community conservation sub-directorate of the Uganda Wildlife Authority … it needed to involve the people of Uganda in the conservation and management of wildlife – not only to protect species but to give local … planned development and effective implementation of community-led conservation action plans and livelihood enterprises to enhance …
Article, 21 July 2020
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PLA 61: Tales of shit: Community-Led Total Sanitation in Africa
… with the development of a radical new participatory approach called Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS). CLTS has encouraged millions of people … and many other useful materials. It aims to be an up-to-date virtual resource centre and is a space for sharing and learning on CLTS across … PLA 61: Tales of shit: Community-Led Total Sanitation in Africa …
Article, 01 November 2010
Logging trucks in Ghana: legislation requires that to charge stumpage fees on harvested timber at levels that keep the timber industry under control (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Communities stumped as government fails to make loggers pay
… you that it's all about the right incentives. After under-pricing led to over-harvesting in the 1990s, Ghanaian regulations now require … select number of countries including Ghana. Ghana's Timber Resources Management Regulation (LI 1649 to be precise) defines these fees as … stumpage has declined since 2003. This largely reflects a declining resource – with fewer trees available for harvest. There has in fact …
Insight, 19 March 2015
The logo of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
IIED at the Seventh Session of the Governing Body of FAO Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources
… Park biocultural heritage territory. The park is an effective community-led genetic reserve for in situ conservation of potato diversity and … Natural resource management …
Event, 30 October 2017