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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 solutions are the key to tackling wildlife crime
… on the international trade in endangered species (CITES) and on biological diversity (CBD). They will also be presented at the 2nd …
News, 02 March 2015
Members of the Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Development Africa leaders' group. From left to right: Kauna Schroder, Marie-May Jeremie, Juliane Zeidler, Samson Mulonga, Dineo D Gaborekwe, Baboloki Autlwetse, Felix Monggae, Chipanqura Chirara.
Mainstreaming biodiversity and development
… The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) aims to conserve and sustainably use biological diversity and share the benefits of genetic resources …
Project, 11 May 2014
Illustration showing a Java rhino
Harnessing carbon finance to arrest deforestation: saving the Javan rhinoceros
… This project complements Vietnam’s responsibilities under the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD), which it ratified in 1994. Under the Convention in …
Project, 22 June 2011
A farmer in the Potato Park, Peru (Photo: Adam Kerby)
A marriage to save the earth: Farmers and researchers innovate to conserve biodiversity
… Delegates gathering for the 12th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP12)  in South Korea keen to find answers to these …
Insight, 07 October 2014
Mangroves (Blue Carbon) in the Lamu area, on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya (Photo: Peter Prokosch)
IIED at the IUCN World Conservation Congress
… examples of where conservation has delivered tangible benefits for biological diversity, people and sustainable development Bring together IUCN … to the loss of traditional knowledge, to promote the maintenance of biological and cultural diversity, and as a potential instrument to …
Event, 01 September 2016
A discussion on protected area governance in a stakeholder workshop with a community on the edge of Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda (Image: Francesca Brooker/IIED)
Q&A: How can we achieve 'fairer conservation'?
… and is seriously trying to address the problem.   A key target of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) agreed in 2010 by all 196 signatories, states that …
Article, 27 February 2018
Sewing on the street in Djibouti. The informal sector still plays an important role in most of the LDCs (Photo: Charles Roffey, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Five obstacles facing Least Developed Countries
… Goals, IPoA, the Paris Agreement on climate change and the Convention on Biological Diversity, to name a few. Keeping track of all these targets is …
Insight, 29 June 2016
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A Rapid Diagnostic Tool: Biodiversity Mainstreaming - Integrating Biodiversity, Development and Poverty Reduction (Arabic)
… The 10th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) urged Parties to revise and update their National …
Publication, 01 January 2012
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89 6 Sustainable Landscapes - Linking Conservation and Production
… This chapter examines the `ecosystem approach' ­ as advocated by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) ­ as the conceptual framework for sustainable landscapes …
Publication, 01 January 1970
Biocultural products of the Potato Park in Peru, an example of the goods and services that can be produced by indigenous peoples to provide income and enhance incentives to sustain biocultural heritage (Photo: ANDES)
Consultation: designing a new biocultural heritage indication
… seems that there is no such scheme that specifically seeks to protect biological and cultural diversity. That is why IIED, the University of Leeds and Asociacion … products developed by others (as in the Biodiversity Convention's benefit-sharing model). Well-made local goods that are …
Insight, 20 August 2015