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Tracking Gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda. Photo: YouTuT
Uganda: conserving Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and reducing local poverty
… from local people who became excluded from the area and its resources. As a result, in the years that followed, a number of … alternative livelihoods was an effective strategy for conserving natural resources and alleviating poverty, and the illegal use of the … major initiative of the Ugandan Poverty and Conservation Learning Group (U-PCLG). The project combined a programme of research with …
Project, 15 August 2013
A rally protesting against the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) takes place in Wellington, New Zealand (Photo: Neil Ballantyne, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
The rise of civil society advocacy on investment treaties in Malaysia and the Philippines
… Natural resource management …
Insight, 26 March 2015
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Beyond rhetoric: South-South collaboration for REDD+
… partnership to share expertise and create a unique REDD+ working group. The initiative provides key lessons for other countries … Natural resource management …
Publication, 01 November 2011
Louder this time, ‘Turn REDD on its head!’
… processes who IIED collaborate with in the Forest Governance Learning Group concluded a year ago that national REDD strategies must be based … conclusions (take a look at the report of the recent Rights and Resources Initiative dialogue in London ). A system that relies on money … really want a mouthful. Here in Durban on 27th November a very lively group of about 50 people spent a day considering what ‘South-South …
Insight, 30 November 2011
Fenced working site in a field. There are workers and cars parked and a mineral exploratoion drilling rig
Mineral exploration goes unchecked as demand escalates
Insight, 16 February 2022
A man walks past the river Niger in Mopti, Mali.
Bamako baroke – talking politics and drinking tea
… Faso. A peace agreement between the government and the Tuareg rebel group, the Mouvement National de Libération de L'Azawad ( MNLA), also … must go much further. Mali’s 1999 reforms never properly transferred resources or built local capacity. Yet most people relate to state … Natural resource management …
Insight, 12 June 2013
Northern Ghana: a village chief learns forestry skills. Rural communities need investment to build up forest and farm enterprises and link them to markets and support networks (Photo: Treeaid, via Creative Commons)
It's time for revolution in forest business
… of association". The old system of 'investment capital-seeking forest resources and requiring local labour' cannot work in a … they need to develop sustainable forest business is significant: natural capital in the form of secure forest rights; human capital in … is principal researcher in IIED's Natural Resources Group . This post first appeared on the Kepa website . Kepa is the …
Insight, 17 November 2014
Countryside in Guangxi Autonomous Region, China. Photo: Duncan Macqueen
Strength in numbers: the promise of forest producer organisations
… conference speeches as the foundations for successful forest producer group expansion: Secure commercial tenure and dispute resolution Support … the catalytic support, particularly at the early phases of producer group development, was seen to be critical - not with a view to … Natural resource management …
Insight, 28 November 2013
A woman looks down at a mobile phone in her hand.
Using digital technology to scan potential for change in sustainable development
… and messaging.  Barbara Adolph , senior associate in IIED’s Natural Resources research group , explained: “Our project was looking at land use trade-offs …
Project, 24 August 2022
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Inclusive Green Growth in Zambia: Scoping the needs and potentials
… development that makes sustainable and equitable use of Zambia’s natural resources within ecological limits’. The report describes the changing …
Publication, 01 February 2014