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Stronger forest and farm producer groups can reduce poverty in The Gambia
… countries in Africa and is battling with population growth and natural resource depletion, particularly of forests. To reduce poverty and to ensure sustainable natural resources management that keeps development within ecosystem boundaries, … the government’s efforts by coordinating the ANR working group, organising a string of awareness-raising workshops on the ANR …
Publication, 01 December 2013
A women's group in Kenya scores social impacts of protected areas using a participatory rural appraisal method (Photo: Phil Franks/IIED)
Equity, inclusion, conservation and the SDGs
… In the SDGs these terms are mostly used in relation to access to resources, services and inclusion. In conservation policy … of the benefits and costs of conservation as well as access to natural resources and participation. On the other hand, organisations … a senior researcher in IIED's Natural Resources Group . …
Insight, 29 March 2016
Recovering wildlife populations in Namibia are largely attributed to policies that give local people rights to benefit from wildlife on their land (Photo: Ronald Woan, Creative Commons via Flickr)
There’s justice in the battle for biodiversity 
… Human activity has irrefutably hammered our natural world. Recent reports  from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy … world’s poorest countries and people, whose livelihoods often rely on natural resources or foraging. In India, ecosystem services accounted for 16% of … Natural resource management …
Insight, 28 June 2018
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Participatory Land Use Planning as a Tool for Community Empowerment in Northern Tanzania
… Across much of Africa, surging competition over land and resources amongst local, national,and international groups of people is … rural communities of control over and access to the territories and natural resources upon which their livelihoods depend. Development … strategies that reconcile emerging conflicts over land and natural resource use, and which provide local communities with secure …
Publication, 01 December 2010
UNESCO considers Tanzania's Ngorongoro Conservation Area to be of global importance for biodiversity conservation, but it faces significant development pressure from tourism (Photo: Justin, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Mainstreaming nature and biodiversity into wider planning and policy
Article, 16 August 2013
Group image of the members of the C20 working group
Driving impact at the G20: lessons from IIED's engagement with philanthropies
… civil society engagement within the G20 – features its first working group focused on philanthropy. The C20 working group 9 on philanthropy and sustainable development  is co-chaired by … actors, such as philanthropic organisations, offer their networks, resources and knowledge to advance transformational change through the …
Insight, 24 July 2024
The journey to fetch fresh water for a resident of the Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India (Photo: Meena Kadri, Creative Commons via Flickr)
World Water Week 2016: key resources
Article, 24 August 2016
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Forest Governance Learning Group - Cameroon: Work plan 2013
… The Forest Governance Learning Group is an informal alliance of in-country groups and international … teams. Cameroon intend to conduct a participatory assessment of key natural resources streams for very small forest enterprises and engage in … Forest Governance Learning Group - Cameroon: Work plan 2013 …
Publication, 01 April 2013
Fishing boats
Delivering sustainable fisheries through fiscal incentives
… known as ‘harmful subsidies’ – they often lead to overexploitation of natural resources.  Fiscal reforms that support sustainable practices can make a difference to the conservation and sustainable use of fisheries resources. For example, ‘good or positive’ subsidies can be used to … Natural resource management …
Project, 31 July 2019
A man stands on a cut down tree amid a landscape of timber
China’s investments, Africa’s forests: from raw deals to mutual gains?
… surge – sometimes linked to deals in which China secures natural resources – will morph into the world’s biggest sustainable development … small enterprises that individually remain off the radar to date. A a group of Chinese enterprises that together account for much of the … Natural resource management …
Insight, 19 June 2019