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Maria Lourdes Alvarez is a warden monitoring fishing activity at Decalve Marine Sanctuary, a Marine Protected Area in the Calamianes Islands in the Philippines (Photo: Asuncion Sia/USAID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Gender and biodiversity conservation – progress and future directions
… to achieving social and conservation outcomes? I know from my own research  that there is limited evidence linking the two. We also asked … solely on women rather than gender. It is necessary to have women’s projects, given women’s disadvantages, but on their own they are … North Conservancy in Kenya and the three generations of Community Forestry in Nepal. For each case study, he reflected on the extent to …
Insight, 29 November 2018
The CBD COP13 logo. IIED and partners will be at the Convention on Biological Diversity conference in Cancun, Mexico, in December
IIED at the biodiversity COP in Cancun
… and IIED was involved in hosting events with partners to highlight research findings, including work on mainstreaming biodiversity, forest conservation and rural livelihood initiatives, and equity in … strategic plan and the Aichi goals , with an emphasis on agriculture, forestry, fisheries and tourism sectors. Governing bodies for the two …
Event, 04 December 2016
The Deccan Development society works with poor women in Andhra Pradesh, India. It facilitates a network of women seedkeepers who conserve and exchange seeds (Photo: Deccan Development Society)
IIED's best of 2016: blogs
… cimate funding, which showed that large scale infrastructure projects tended to be prioritised over smaller, decentralised, … lending and doing business that are being developed in the local forestry sector have the potential to create a more sustainable and just … to disruptive change. Lila Buckley and Halina Ward reported on their research into how organisations in the Global South are responding to …
Article, 28 December 2016
The Bandiagara plateau in Central Mali has been hit by repeated droughts. Climate change is making the weather unpredictable, resulting in poor harvests and increased malnutrition (Photo: Irina Mosel/ODI, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: Mali is extremely vulnerable and unable to combat climate change impacts
Article, 24 November 2015
Women distributing seeds in Andhra Pradesh, India (Photo: Deccan Development Society)
Q&A: Why indigenous seed-saving women are the stewards of biodiversity
… Chinese Agricultural Policy, China; Lok Chetna Manch, India; Kenya Forestry Research Institute; and ANDES Peru – to learn how communities are …
Article, 18 October 2018
Women living in Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve are trained to sustainably harvest xate palms, providing them with income and preserving the reserve's biodiversity (Photo: Dani Newcomb/USAID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The role, influence and impact of women in biodiversity conservation
… perspectives and new solutions to addressing biodiversity concerns. Research shows that including women in forest and fishery management … resource management sectors – notably agriculture, fisheries, and forestry – in both developing and developed countries. Furthermore, … our attention and resources to the local level, to ensure that projects and programmes are implemented in ways that address gender …
Insight, 09 October 2018
A traditional dance festival attracts tourists in Romania's Maramures Nature Park. The park was designed as a multifunctional protected landscape and was zoned to reflect both environmental priorities and economic needs of local people (Photo: Radu Pop/UNDP, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Equity, justice and ecosystem services: what do we mean?
… on the contexts of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) and protected areas (PAs) for biodiversity … and evaluation and performance standards (e.g. the FSC standard in forestry). Another key point emerging from the equity workshop was that … IIED is already actively engaged in this with a programme of action research in Mexico and Peru in partnership with the International Union …
Insight, 11 May 2015
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 4 Rapid appraisal for women in the North West frontier of Pakistan
… to serve as an entry- point for the Programme. The Malakand Social Forestry Project (MSFP) is a project of the Forest Department of the The area North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of …
Publication, 01 January 1988
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PLA 65 - Biodiversity and culture: exploring community protocols, rights and consent
… (FPIC) processes, in which communities decide whether or not to allow projects affecting their land or resources to go ahead, and on what … confronting threats from mining and protected areas; and improving forestry partnerships.  It also looks at government experiences of … Jonas, Wim Hiemstra and María Julia Oliva Part 1: Setting the scene: research partnerships and ABS from the perspective of communities  FPIC …
Article, 31 May 2012