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Woman carrying a basket with plants on her head
Nature and people must thrive together in future economic strategies
Insight, 15 December 2022
The impact of drought on formerly arable land can be seen in Fuyuan county in southwest China's Yunnan province, an area known for its mild climate (Photo: Mingjia Zhou, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Mountain communities being devastated by extreme climate impacts
News, 18 November 2015
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Parks beyond Parks: Genuine Community-based Wildlife Eco-tourism or Just Another Loss of Land for Maasai pastoralists in Kenya?
… many local communities have lost access to land and other natural resources, often without any long-term compensation. Under the Parks …
Publication, 01 January 2002
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Chinese businesses in Africa. Perspectives on corporate social responsibility and the role of Chinese government policies
Publication, 01 February 2016
A man points to a wild chimpanzee up a tree
Markets and payments for environmental services
… market failures. In PES schemes, people managing and using natural resources, typically forest owners or farmers, are paid to manage their resources to protect watersheds, conserve biodiversity or capture carbon … from across the world. The marine sector and PES Coastal and marine resources provide millions of impoverished people across the global …
Project, 03 October 2008
Making sure the poor benefit from ecosystem services
… pointed out, there are always winners and losers in the allocation of resources. This is the key challenge facing ESPA : to ensure the poor …
Insight, 08 February 2012
Team members from CODEC gathered for a presentation, holding a big banner.
Protecting local communities against involuntary displacement in Guinea: a lack of political will?
… A country rich in natural resources, Guinea is witnessing numerous large-scale investment projects designed to exploit these resources, notably mining bauxite in the northwest corridor, gold in the …
Insight, 15 May 2025
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Where Communities Care. Community Based Wildlife and Ecosystem Management in South Asia
… have taken back virtual control over the surrounding natural resources, and many indirect as well as direct benefits have been seen. … between and within communities; insecure tenure and unclear rights to resources; weak mechanisms for ensuring ecological sustainability; a …
Publication, 01 January 2000
Kenya: Community-based marine area holds some important lessons for policy makers
… power to local people causes greater empowerment and ownership over resources, leading to a greater likelihood of resources being conserved and managed effectively. In partnership with … the Kenyan government is supportive of communities managing marine resources in theory, it has not fully devolved these rights in practice …
Insight, 14 November 2011
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Réformer le foncier au Cameroun : des pistes pour l’action
Publication, 15 September 2020