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A map shows new walking trails at the edge of the park that have been developed to encourage tourists to explore more of Bwindi and spend money on local products (Photo: Peter Nizette)
If you go down to the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise…
… Forest in Southwest Uganda is a World Heritage Site, famous for being home to a population of highly endangered mountain gorillas. It used to … positive and they will value the gorillas and other wildlife as a natural asset to be protected, rather than a cost to be endured.  Dilys … principal researcher and team leader (biodiversity) in IIED's Natural Resources research group . …
Insight, 27 October 2017
Participants at the meeting establish how their NGO works with communities in DRC (Photo: Alessandra Guiliani/IIED)
Poverty and conservation in DRC – what role for a network?
… and sustainable development in the Kahuzi-Biega National Park, the natural home to the endangered Eastern Lowland Gorilla. It is difficult to think … Congo (DRC). DRC is a vast country with an enormous wealth of natural resources. Its forests contain abundant biodiversity, including many … Natural resource management …
Insight, 24 August 2014
Gorilla in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda.
Uganda: Can a gorilla park deliver more benefits to local people?
… wild. The recent results from Bwindi’s last census show the park is home to 400 gorillas – close to half of the world’s mountain gorilla … means that communities living around the park are restricted in the natural resources they are able harvest in their local area and their … Natural resource management …
Insight, 26 July 2013
Clearing forest for a palm oil plantation in Borneo (Photo: Rainforest Action Network, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Commodity cycles, economic treaties and pressures on land rights
… are changing, for three reasons. 1 ‘Land grabbing’ starts at home Recent research from SOAS reminds us that endemic land conflict in … projects in Bolivia and Peru . Land rights problems in large-scale natural resource investments are often due to shortcomings of national … researcher (law and sustainable development) in IIED's  Natural Resources Group .  This blog was originally posted on RightingFinance .  …
Insight, 25 May 2016
View of Harpan village of Panchase – the upstream of Phewa Lake (Photo: Amit Poudyal/IUCN)
EbA Evidence and Policy: Nepal
… links lowlands with the Annapurna range of the high Himalayas. The natural mountain ecosystems include broadleaf and mixed forests, small lakes, and are home to a world-famous diversity of orchid species. The economy of … regional and local levels, as well as knowledge, skills, capacity and resources. Updates from IUCN Nepal 2018 June Anu Adhikari from IUCN …
Project, 26 June 2018
View of Monterrey, Mexico
New coalition to transform cities – and lives
… climate crisis. Extreme heat events, water stress, deterioration of natural assets and air pollution are having severe negative impacts on … it is our capacity to agree on joint action and to mobilise our resources behind a common goal. And cities are the places where such … as a top priority, and the government’s goal is to offer a home to as many people as possible, so quantity often takes precedence …
News, 10 May 2021
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 assets of the … not only a way to go, it is the only way to go. Green economy is not about limiting growth - it is about enabling growth.” Achim Steiner, … Natural resource management …
News, 20 June 2012
Gatekeeper series: Local organization Profiles
… Introduction About the Gatekeeper series   GK137: Understanding and Supporting the … NGO established in 1995 to defend indigenous rights to genetic resources, traditional knowledge and landscape character in Peru. It … August 2008 Casa Pueblo began in 1980 as a grassroots citizens’ group opposed to the Puerto Rican government’s plan for large-scale …
Article, 01 April 2010
People planting trees
Planting pilot has vision to nurture young tree ambassadors
… My home is in Kanyakwar, in Kisumu County, a peri-urban and largely … they bring life, beauty and colour. As the trees fall down, so the natural beauty of the region around Kisumu falls away. And there are … to form associations with a view to sustainably managing forest resources while being able to support their livelihoods. It is on this …
Insight, 11 February 2020
We must protect the world in which we live (Photo: Steve Guzzardi, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Best of 2017: blogs
… tension between making cities resilient while ensuring that they use resources efficiently . With their concentrations of people, … amount of resources, consuming up to 70-75 per cent of the world's natural resources. A report by IIED and UN Environment, ' Resilience and … are monitoring forests - do they get it right? January: Africa is home to 25 per cent of the world's remaining rainforests, but the …
Article, 22 December 2017