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Protecting indigenous cultures is crucial for saving the world’s biodiversity
… rate of extinction. This is faster than at any other period in human history. Ecosystems – the vital systems on which all life depends … peoples , for example, the world is divided into three parts: the human and domesticated; the wild (species, ecosystems, water); and the …
Insight, 18 February 2020
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Q&A: Communities combating illegal wildlife trade in East Africa
… adequately address poaching and IWT. Other barriers include poverty, human-wildlife conflict, cultural or historical dependence on wildlife … It is vital that communities are compensated for losses due to human-wildlife conflict. JD: I think the biggest barrier is that project …
Article, 17 December 2020
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Asserting community land rights using RSPO complaint procedures in Indonesia and Liberia
… use of national courts, media campaigns, regional and international human rights law procedures and the complaints procedures of major …
Publication, 01 August 2015
Brazil's favelas are a legacy of a more passive resistance reflecting an unwillingness to plan for anticipated population growth (Photo: Chris Jones, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Exploring inclusive urbanisation and other migration crises
… The 11th Sustainable Development Goal is to 'Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable'. Next … reflect the needs of all groups, to ensuring that everyone’s human rights are met. In the context of urbanisation, avoiding spatial … ([email protected]) is principal researcher in IIED's Human Settlements Group and team leader on urbanisation. …
Insight, 28 October 2015
Water and gravity are used to separate and, ultimately, leave the diamonds (Photo: James McQuilken/@J_McQuilken)
Sustainable development and artisanal mining: time to broaden the ‘blood diamonds’ conversation?
… Critics say the KP does not stop diamonds, whose trade has fuelled human rights violations, from entering the global supply chain. Its … pace of reform is too slow .    A supply chain completely free of human rights abuses is imperative to safeguard the wellbeing of …
Insight, 03 December 2018
A line of Christmas trees. Photo: Brett Flanders (Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Sustainable development requires an infusion of love
… has to be in the mix. Countless academic tomes have been written on human needs, values, capabilities and rights. They fall into at least …
Insight, 20 December 2013
Lions on the move in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. While populations of lions have increased by 12% in four countries, including Botswana, studies show a 43% overall decline from 1993-2014 (Photo: Barrett, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
To save Africa's wildlife, conservation needs a radical shake-up
… But the focus on fences, fines and guns has, in many places, led to human rights abuses, restricted people's livelihoods and caused local … of the 'Garden of Eden' Innovative strategies to prevent or reduce human-wildlife conflict are constantly emerging but more mechanisms are …
Insight, 03 March 2018
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Linking great ape conservation and poverty alleviation in DRC, Workshop Report
… Aid and the Arcus Foundation,and in partnership with the Committee of Human Right and Development (CODHOD), organised a two day workshop in …
Publication, 01 May 2014
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Rights based versus Market based development
… policy and discourse has become steeped in the language of human rights. Indeed, a 'rights-based' approach is the standard starting …
Publication, 01 February 2011
Ethiopia's Mursi tribe graze cattle, but also hunt for meat and ivory. There are frequent conflicts with government and park authorities about land rights (Photo: David Stanley via Flickr)
Ensuring equitable management of protected areas: we're still defining the issues
… costs and benefits, and ensuring managers' commitments to human rights principles remain key concerns across all types of … on equitable REDD+ ), to support the development and application of human rights standards for conservation , and to develop social …
Insight, 05 December 2014