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The new landcam website
New 'Landcam' website launched
… the process of reforming laws governing the rights to land and natural resources in Cameroon.  The new website, www.landcam.org , features all … chiefs and authorities in promoting women’s land rights, and indigenous people’s land rights, a key question in the land reform. …
News, 01 May 2019
A man peers through the lens of a camera, while receiving advice from his colleague, another ranger
Learning and action for community engagement against wildlife crime
… militarised state-led law enforcement, with serious implications for indigenous peoples and local communities’ safety and wellbeing – in particular … of the People not Poaching portal with IUCN-SULi . The Tanzania Natural Resources Forum and Zambia CBNRM Forum are leading on collecting …
Project, 30 October 2018
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
… thousands of new protected areas managed, and in many cases owned, by indigenous peoples and local communities. That meeting also made commitments to … Franks ( [email protected] ) is a senior researcher within IIED's Natural Resources Group . These projects are funded by the German … Natural resource management …
Insight, 05 December 2014
Woman digging a hole in the forest
Reimagining solutions to India’s water challenge: the art of governance
… of women, youth, children, disabled and displaced people, Indigenous Peoples and marginalised ethnic groups, and involve them in co-creation, … sectors and stakeholders Robust to climate futures : combine local, Indigenous and traditional knowledge systems with scientific and …
Insight, 20 January 2021
A buffet of Ugandan food
Science with citizens, or science for citizens?
… for more stringent regulations.  A representative of the Siekopai indigenous people in Ecuador, Hernán Payaguaje, described how they use … challenge assumptions about their diets and to promote the value of indigenous foods.  Science for knowledge and science for action Citizen … than simply good. For example, while the community mapping used by indigenous people of Ecuador is done using state-of-the-art technology …
Insight, 23 July 2019
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The Role of Traditional Knowledge and Crop Varieties in Adaptation to Climate Change and Food Security in SW China, Bolivian Andes and coastal Kenya
… Paper prepared for the UNU-IAS workshop on Indigenous Peoples, Marginalised Populations and Climate Change: Vulnerability, … 2011 Indigenous peoples and local communities often live in harsh natural environments, and have had to cope with extreme weather and …
Publication, 01 September 2011
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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 … to support” the development of community protocols for ABS by indigenous and local communities (art 12). This informal dialogue on … implementing Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs), indigenous peoples’ rights, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of …
Publication, 01 June 2012
A church under construction sits on a verdant green field with dark grey storm clouds behind.
Rio+20: Key recommendations from IIED conference
… Rather, it lifts people out of poverty through better use of the natural resources and associated local knowledge that are the main … Estebancio Castro Diaz, head of the International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests: “Change needs to come from the … Natural resource management …
News, 20 June 2012
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Securing land rights in Cameroon: what hasn’t worked and what should be done
… increasing population density. The rights of rural communities and indigenous people to access and use land for farming and grazing have … Natural resource management …
Publication, 01 June 2020
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Community Voices: local perspectives on international responses to illegal wildlife trade
… Despite formal commitments to recognise the important role of the indigenous peoples and local communities who live side-by-side wildlife in reducing … Natural resource management …
Publication, 01 October 2018