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The Enhancing Equity workshop in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park brought together government officials, local residents and conservationists (Photo: Alessandra Guiliani/IIED)
Enhancing equity and fairness
… of the benefits from conservation compensate themselves by taking resources illegally from the national park. Inequity also has other … It can increase conflict between humans and wildlife over access to resources. It can also result in poor environmental policies and … said it meant supporting those unable to participate due to limited resources. Equity analysis - what is meant by fair and unfair: There …
Insight, 23 February 2015
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TAMD Appraisal and Design Phase Report: Nepal
Publication, 01 August 2013
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Final evaluation of Growing Forest Partnerships
Publication, 01 August 2012
Hilsa fish at a wholesaler fish market in Dhaka (Photo: Ina Porras/IIED)
The hilsa fishing ban: good for the fish, but good for the fisher?
… a number of ambitious initiatives to safeguard the country's natural resources.  One major challenge is to slow the rapid decline in stocks … easy to implement, our findings show how efforts to conserve marine resources are beginning to pay off. But the findings also highlight that …
Insight, 28 February 2017
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Poverty and Systems Research in the Drylands
… in development practice. Research needs to situate natural resources, given the peculiar constraints of the drylands, within a …
Publication, 01 January 2000
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Changes in "Customary" Land Tenure Systems in Africa
Publication, 01 March 2007
A row of women and men sit at a table looking out at an audience.
CBA8: 8th conference on community-based adaptation to climate change
… of glaciers, shifting weather patterns and depreciation of water resources. These changes were exerting immense pressures on the lives …
Event, 24 April 2015
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Displaced and marginalised: protecting the traditional knowledge, customary laws and forest rights of the Yanadi Tribals of Andhra Pradesh
… survey and research to find ways to protect their rich TK, bio-resources and customary laws and practices that are intricately woven …
Publication, 01 September 2010
Good forest governance is key to reducing climate change and poverty
… must be fair and effective,” says James Mayers, head of the natural resources group at the IIED. “Communities need more control and more secure rights over local forest resources.  Without this, the risk is that powerful elites will grab all …
News, 26 March 2012
A road going into the distance splits two fields
Stopping land and policy grabs in the shadow of COVID-19
… Throughout history, crises have enabled those with more information, resources and influence to renegotiate socio-political relations and …
Insight, 01 June 2020