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IIED's best of 2019: blogs
… decline. 2020 will be an important year: parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity will agree a new 10-year framework to tackle biodiversity …
Article, 27 December 2019
The Kob population in Uganda is being depleted by poaching, pictured in Queen Elizabeth National Park (Photo: Roger Day Photography)
Building capacity for pro-poor responses to wildlife crime in Uganda
… resources critical for their livelihoods and subsistence needs. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered …
Project, 22 July 2014
Side event at the CBD Global Workshop on NBSAPs Revision Process, 12 November 2013 in Nairobi, Kenya
… In November 2013 the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) convened a global workshop to review progress on efforts …
Article, 21 May 2014
Statements and workshop reports
Mainstreaming biodiversity and development initiative: events
Article, 09 July 2013
A traditional farmer selects seeds in the Eastern Himalayas, India. (Photo: Ruchi Pant/Ecoserve)
Making the business case for biodiversity — in an instant
… national biodiversity strategy and action plans (NBSAPs), as the UN Convention on Biological Diversity obliges all its member states to do by 2015. High stakes The …
Insight, 10 March 2014
A giraffe takes stock at Kenya's Ol Pejeta Conservancy, where Social Assessment of Protective Area fieldwork starts next week (Photo: www.kicheche.com via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Time for a new look at social impacts of protected areas
… ". Then, in 2010, the nearly 200 nations that are party to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity , agreed to increase to 17 per cent the total area of land …
Insight, 11 March 2014
Brisetha Hendricks talking to conservancy members. As well as rhino, the Uibasen Twyfelfontein Conservancy has elephants, leopards, mountain zebras, kudu, gemsbok, ostrich, springbok, steenbok, duiker and klipspringer (Photo: Brisetha Hendricks)
Q&A: Community-based natural resource management is the future
… is a key issue being addressed at this year’s conference on the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Why is it important to involve local communities in …
Article, 15 November 2018
Can hunting wildlife contribute to biodiversity conservation?
Insight, 19 November 2010
Prioritising positive and negative social impacts of the protected area at Rwenzori Mountain National Park, Uganda (Photo: Rob Small)
Introduction to conservation, communities and equity
… conservation should not harm poor communities, and the international Convention on Biological Diversity's (CBD) Strategic Plan 2011-2020  states that protected areas …
Article, 05 August 2013
Better communication is key to wise use of Nature's riches
… means and what can be done about it. This week, parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) are in Nagoya, Japan to create a global agreement to …
Insight, 19 October 2010