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Elephants in front of Mount Kilimanjaro. The blurring of fact and fiction, such as claims trophy hunting is driving declines of endangered species such as elephants, is fuelling a debate that could do more harm than good for conservation and for poor people (Photo: Amoghavarsha, via Google licence)
Trophy hunting under fire
… Dilys Roe ([email protected]) is a principal researcher in IIED's Natural Resources Group . …
Insight, 11 April 2016
Women from around Lake Mburo National Park participate in a focus group discussion as part of a multi-stakeholder governance assessment (Photo: Francesca Booker/ IIED)
Understanding governance and equity in conservation
… – Aichi Target 11 . “Can you drink water when you are dead?” – focus group member Referencing back to the focus group, one of the women stood up to share her views on the park.  “Me? I … publish a manual on governance assessment. Watch this space. Further resources The international research programme Ecosystem Services for …
Insight, 27 April 2018
A net full of cod
Fishy business at IIED
… This is a new online platform, which IIED's Sustainable Markets Group has created to bring together people with an interest in … that compensate individuals whose actions or behaviours conserve natural resources from which others benefit. "By providing economic incentives …
Insight, 10 December 2013
A woman harvests palm fruit in Tanzania
Local solutions to strengthen women’s voices in land governance
… from Tanzania, Senegal and Ghana shared their experiences. While natural resources investments can potentially provide local benefits, they often …
Article, 13 May 2019
'Imagine Bwindi', by Ugandan musician Richard Kawesa, is expected to reach thousands of people, from local communities living around Bwindi to policymakers (Photo: PCI Media Impact)
'Imagine Bwindi' music video launched on World Wildlife Day
… in partnership with the Uganda Poverty and Conservation Learning Group (U-PCLG) to celebrate the beauty and natural resources of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and its links with the …
News, 03 March 2015
Trees, poverty and targets: forests and the MDGs
… services such as those provide by forests," writes the head of IIED's Natural Resources Group, James Mayers. "These services are the foundation for the …
News, 18 April 2007
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Institutionnalisation de la participation dans la Gestion des Terroirs au Sénégal: Cas de la région de Thiès
… Natural resource management …
Publication, 01 January 2003
A group of men having a discussion
Legal tools: sharing lessons from innovation
… Natural resource management …
Article, 09 October 2014
Slash and burn, pictured in the Mopeia district, Zambezia province, Mozambique, has a noble motive – feeding families - but it is not sustainable (Photo: Isilda Nhantumbo/IIED)
REDD+: missionaries, conservation fortresses and the politics of carbon landscapes in Africa
… We have learnt the fundamentals for successful participatory natural resources management such as participatory forest management (PFM), … ) is a senior researcher in IIED's Natural Resources Group . Further resources: IIED senior researcher Isilda Nhantumbo …
Insight, 23 December 2015
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The utility of ethical dialogue for marginalized voices in Africa
… encouraged or even enforced limits to the exploitation of biological resources. Yet the tendency to idealize indigenous knowledge should be … policies. Being influenced by these new values, people now use natural resources as objects for exploitation and profit making. Ethical …
Publication, 01 January 2005