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The evolution of Casa Pueblo, Puerto Rico: From mining opposition to community revolution
… Casa Pueblo began as a grassroots’ citizens group formed to oppose the Puerto Rican government’s plan to allow … Natural resource management …
Publication, 01 August 2008
Australia's Border Ranges National Park: more than three-quarters of the park is managed as wilderness and access is by foot only. The World Parks Congress will look at how to protect and manage areas such as these (Photo: Michael Dawes)
IIED at the World Parks Congress 2014
… health and supporting human life. The work of IIED Members of IIED's Natural Resources Group  and their research partners attended the congress, and played a …
Event, 12 November 2014
Large-scale international investments in Cameroon have highlighted the importance of protecting the land rights of rural people (Photo: World Agroforestry Centre, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Legal activism key to securing land rights in new investment phase
… In the shade of a local school's corrugated iron roof, a group of men and women debated what to do. Located not far from the town … Natural resource management …
Insight, 28 March 2018
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Using Biocultural Community Protocols to Implement MEAs and UNDRIP at the Local Level for Sustainable Development
… 2012, Montpellier, France. Organised by IIED, Asociacion ANDES and Natural Justice The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) requires countries to “endeavour to … of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the African Group, indigenous organisations, NGOs, researchers and donors. It …
Publication, 01 June 2012
San Isidro Ketchi Cuisine and Craft Restaurant (SIKCCR - San Isidro) worked on their business plan (Photo: Duncan Macqueen)
Community forest-farm business training under way in Belize
… to protect those woodlands from dry season fires, which ravage the natural resources upon which those business are based. This will help protect … by TIDE and University of Edinburgh staff to discuss the benefits of group business for community development.  Representatives of each …
Insight, 14 September 2016
Hilsa fish at a wholesaler fish market in Dhaka (Photo: Ina Porras/IIED)
The hilsa fishing ban: good for the fish, but good for the fisher?
… a number of ambitious initiatives to safeguard the country's natural resources.  One major challenge is to slow the rapid decline in stocks … the price  But along the value chain, fishermen and women are the one group missing out on the benefits of these restrictions.  The government …
Insight, 28 February 2017
A great ape (Photo: Noodlefish)
Linking ape conservation with economic development and social justice
… in Uganda, Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Each group has its own membership and is responsible for setting its own …
Project, 16 August 2013
The timber depot of a Chinese-owned timber concession licensed to operate in Nampula, Mozambique. While some replanting takes place, they do not currently replace all they cut. Photo: Mike Goldwater.
China in Africa: New forum seeks sustainable, pro-poor forestry
… Learning Platform was developed by the Forest Governance Learning Group (FGLG), an international alliance that promotes policymaking that … access to forest land, and illegally and excessively exploit forest resources. The research explored the way Chinese government agencies and … at a local or national level," says James Mayers, head of IIED's natural resources group and facilitator of FGLG. "The challenges become …
News, 27 February 2013
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Browsing on fences. Pastoral land rights, livelihoods and adaptation to climate change
… update about the rights of nomadic and pastoralist groups and natural resources. Elements for discussion have also been contributed by another …
Publication, 01 May 2008
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Independent Research Forum (IRF): supporting change for a sustainable future
… opportunities for collaboration. IRF partner organisations: Caribbean Natural Resources Institute  (CANARI) Latin American Center for Rural … and ideas.  Creating a space for discussion IRF saw the  Open Working Group  (OWG), a group of interested UN Member States tasked with …
Project, 14 December 2018