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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
… land reform programme and its impact on wildlife conservation and the tourism industry; the shortage of funds for national parks management …
Article, 21 March 2016
Assessing REDD+: beyond carbon measurements
… of sustainable timber and non-timber based enterprises including tourism. It is true that some community-based natural resources …
Insight, 08 September 2011
Ol Pejeta Conservancy in northern Kenya is home to four of the seven northern white rhino left in the world. The park is using SAPA as part of its community programme (Photo: Guy Lemal)
Piloting Social Assessment of Protected Areas: some initial reflections
… protected area (owned and managed by a trust) with high levels of tourism and other funding that allow for a substantial community …
Insight, 23 September 2014
A line of Christmas trees. Photo: Brett Flanders (Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Sustainable development requires an infusion of love
… in traditional agricultural knowledge, understory crops and eco-tourism. It's not all perfect – but I'll wager that a higher percentage …
Insight, 20 December 2013
Countryside in Guangxi Autonomous Region, China. Photo: Duncan Macqueen
Strength in numbers: the promise of forest producer organisations
… in traditional agricultural knowledge, understory crops and eco-tourism. There are hopes too that China’s willing engagement in a new …
Insight, 28 November 2013
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
… what equity means to them, and how they would make the sharing of tourism revenue with local people living around the national park …
Insight, 23 February 2015
Gorilla in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda.
Uganda: Can a gorilla park deliver more benefits to local people?
… a proportion of the park entry fee), an agricultural programme, tourism projects, the promotion of public health, and education and …
Insight, 26 July 2013
Development and Climate Days Film Competition 2011
Article, 22 August 2011
A tree nursery run by Fedecovera, is the world's biggest exporter of cardamom and a cooperative with 25,000 members (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Organise to thrive
… Chicoj , for example, successfully mixes coffee farming and eco-tourism. It is just one of 250 diverse producer organisations that …
Insight, 30 June 2015
Statements and workshop reports
Mainstreaming biodiversity and development initiative: events
… The Seychelles workshop focused on the Blue Economy Road Map and the Tourism Strategic Action Plan The  Zimbabwe report identifies the … with the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) in late October to discuss the national biodiversity plan … communities, government  getting out of activities such as hunting, tourism and so on. They would like to have a draft NBSAPs 2.0 by the end …
Article, 09 July 2013