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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 12 Together get a grip on the future: an RRA in the Emmental of Switzerland
… of Switzerland Ueli Scheuermeier and Raymond Ison Introduction The team "Let's do an RRA in Switzerland!". The The team consisted of 12 people of different thought struck two … as a further catalyst. Of these 7 were men and 4 women; 6 of the team worked with the local population. Five The project people were from …
Publication, 01 January 1992
Rhinos in the Serengeti National Park. The International Union for Conservation of Nature estimates that poachers killed at least 1,338 rhinos across Africa in 2015 (Photo: Nicholas Maxim, Creative Commons via Flickr)
New report: local people are crucial to combating illegal wildlife trade
… crime effectively," said Dilys Roe, leader of IIED's biodiversity team.   The workshop presentations showed a range of strategies and … initiative in Mali where elephants are being protected by youth-led forest brigades (PDF) . The project is recruiting young men into forest brigades as an alternative to joining in a local jihadi …
News, 03 August 2016
Tom Pye helped redesign the Poverty and Conservation Learning Group (PCLG) newsletter, a monthly bulletin for people working on biodiversity conservation and poverty alleviation (Image: PCLG)
A valuable learning experience
… first day in the office I felt welcomed as a valuable member of the team and, most importantly, trusted to make a contribution to the …
Insight, 19 April 2016
Communities adapting to climate change can learn from revolutionary conservation method
News, 03 May 2012
Gorilla in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda.
Uganda: Can a gorilla park deliver more benefits to local people?
… Before Bwindi was designated a national park in 1991 it was a forest reserve, and people had access to the resources important for … be better targeted towards the needs of local people. The research team, led by IIED’s partners, the Institute for Tropical Forest Conservation (ITFC) , and assisted by students from Imperial …
Insight, 26 July 2013
IIED director Camilla Toulmin speaks in a plenary session on day one of IIED's Fair Ideas event in Rio de Janeiro, June 2012 (Photo: Tom Broadhurst/IIED)
The things that make me proud
… Lane, Ian Scoones and Richard Moorehead were key members of the team. We also engaged with the desertification debate, and helped shape … of the best things I did was to hire Lorenzo Cotula , who with his team has taken forward this work to great success.  In my time as …
Insight, 22 June 2015
Food security in 2050: how can we make it fairer and more sustainable?
… by zoologist Charles Godfray, that was formed to advise the Foresight team throughout. The project asked the question: how can the world feed … his top priorities. I have really enjoyed being part of the Foresight team. I have learnt a lot both about how other stakeholders in the food …
Insight, 03 February 2011
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IUCN World Conservation Congress 2012
… traditional knowledge. Krystyna Swiderska and Dilys Roe, both Senior Researcher with IIED’s Natural Resources Group  are taking part in the … in the Natural Resources Group and leader of the Biodiversity team is running the workshop in collaboration with the IUCN Forest Conservation Programme and the African Wildlife Foundation. Date: …
Event, 16 August 2012
A hippo emerges from the Zambezi near the Mana Pools Wildlife Conservation Area in northern Zimbabwe (Photo: Terry Feuerborn, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Biodiversity stories: building understanding in the media leads to richer reporting
… organised by Dr Chip Chirara, a member of Zimbabwe's NBSAP revision team. The response, three months later, was a capacity-building workshop … from national and regional groups travelled to the Chirinda Forest in Chipinge in the Eastern Highlands. They had suggested the idea … acacia pods dyes it black; cream dye is created from the bark of the Forest Natal Mahogany tree." Chengeta described how the three-day field …
Article, 21 March 2016
The Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group (Image: IIED)
Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group
… Dr Mariteuw Chimere Diaw is the director general of the African Model Forest Network (AMFN) and a member of the International Networking … philosophy and sociology from the University of Dakar. He has been a researcher and programs manager for 35 years, 20 of which as … both in the UK, on the Consultant Participative Democracy Governance Team, and in Bangladesh, as the Assistant Director of Governance. Ms. …
Article, 03 August 2015