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Cover for 9034IIED.pdf
PLA Notes 41: General Issue
… faced by a multidisciplinary PLA programme on the effects of tourism in Kenya. An article describing attempts to establish bottom-up …
Publication, 01 June 2001
Women at an outside meeting sat on the floor under trees
Protecting indigenous cultures is crucial for saving the world’s biodiversity
… And landscape-based biocultural products and services, such as eco-tourism, a traditional restaurant, herbal teas, skin creams, potato …
Insight, 18 February 2020
The community owners of a furniture factory pose for a photo
Locally controlled forest enterprises are the whole enchilada
… timber drying kilns, furniture factory, furniture retail outlets, eco-tourism businesses and a women’s wooden toy company. For more detail, …
Insight, 10 September 2018
Signs welcome visitors to the Sunderban Tiger Reserve in India. Wandering tigers still kill humans in the region, but this reserve generates employment and ecosystem benefits and other income for local people (Rick Hobson, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Tackling the illegal wildlife trade through community-based approaches: building evidence on what works
… and local conservation incentives such as developing wildlife tourism.  We found that most initiatives follow the four key forms of …
Insight, 20 January 2017
Cover for G01490.pdf
PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 7 PRA training for health workers
… in the 10th of December 1993 at the Health health. Rural Development Tourism was also Services Management Centre, Birmingham demonstrated …
Publication, 01 January 1994
Cover for 7805IIED.pdf
Community Wildlife Management in Southern Africa. A regional review
… in many cases wildlife management, including sport hunting and/or tourism, can often be the highest valued form of land use for non-arable …
Publication, 01 January 2000
Gambia is hoping to develop its tourism industry, but coastal areas are environmentally fragile and threatened by erosion. (Photo: Nick Brooks, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: The Gambia expects solid financial commitment at Paris climate talks
Article, 24 November 2015
Fisheries account for 12 per cent of The Gambia's GDP. The country's Atlantic coastline and the mangroves along the River Gambia estuary are vulnerable to climate change (Photo: Javier D. Creative Commons via Flickr)
GCF funding boosts ecosystem-based adaptation in The Gambia
… have been used in key sectors such as fisheries, agriculture, tourism and forestry. Fisheries contribute around 12 per cent to The …
Insight, 22 June 2017
Mitunu, a female of the Mubare gorilla group in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, is one of the few remaining critically endangered mountain gorillas left in the wild. CTPH programs promote health and conservation to save Mitunu and her family (Photo: Ryoma Otsuka)
Are health investments paying off for endangered wildlife?
… stories of how Bwindi's mountain gorillas are supporting the local tourism trade – bringing with it jobs at hotels and restaurants, and …
Insight, 02 March 2017
A traditional farmer selects seeds in the Eastern Himalayas, India. (Photo: Ruchi Pant/Ecoserve)
Making the business case for biodiversity — in an instant
… conservation into policies across sectors — from agriculture, tourism and mining policies to financial strategies and budgeting. With …
Insight, 10 March 2014