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Q&A: Communities combating illegal wildlife trade in East Africa
… to foster co-existence. Local communities also hold vital Indigenous knowledge relating to wildlife management and can provide intelligence … that communities are poachers who can’t or won’t change their traditional behaviours and are therefore part of the problem. These …
Article, 17 December 2020
The 2016 Bonn climate change Conference featured a workshop and numerous informal consultations on gender-responsive climate policy (Photo by IISD/ENB/Kiara Worth)
LDC women in world climate talks: building a cohort of champions
… entitled 'Listening and learning: grassroots women's local and traditional knowledge informing gender responsive climate action' (9 May). The Mary …
Insight, 02 May 2017
The Food Change Lab engaged a wide group of voices from people in different parts of the food system in the Fort Portal region (Photo: Nimrod Bagonza)
Mixing more voices into food policy
Insight, 10 October 2016
This family in the Mecati Forest, Mozambique, cut down trees and cleared the land on this hillside to grow a crop of cowpeas. They will use this land for two more years, use the cut timber for firewood, and them move on (Photo: Mike Goldwater)
2014: the International Year of Family Farming
… and smallholder farmers in China, India, Kenya and Peru to revitalise traditional knowledge-based — or ' biocultural heritage '-based — innovation systems …
Article, 22 April 2014
An ecosan toilet in Mtandire settlement (Photo: Slum/Shack Dwellers International)
Achieving universal sanitation: Sharing the experience of the SDI affiliate in Blantyre, Malawi
… The settlements have been identified both by federation members and traditional chiefs. The federation has developed close links to traditional chiefs, particularly through their work on water and … local MPs in representing Blantyre's residents. The federation's knowledge about local settlements is valued both by local government and …
Insight, 27 October 2014
Learning route participants interact with local communities in Isiolo, Kenya (Photo: Timothy Mwaura/CGIAR)
Seven ways to build resilient local economies in fragile contexts
Insight, 24 August 2016
Women fetching water at a water kiosk
Supporting adaptation through local-level climate finance: lessons from Kenya
… climate change work. Through them, communities can present local knowledge and experiences to technical experts, influencing planning and …
Insight, 24 September 2019
Farmers sort tomatoes in Ethiopia.
How small-scale farmers make markets work for them
… work for them? IIED and Hivos set out to investigate through a Knowledge Programme that set up a global learning network to better … consumers, and even for the emergent middle classes, the informal and traditional markets remain crucial. Easy access, both for trading and … on their shoulders. Improving the institutions and governance of the ‘traditional’ and informal agrifood trade means meeting small producers …
Insight, 28 November 2012
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Integrating Community-Based Fisheries Co-Management and Protected Areas Management in Laos PDR: Opportunities for advancement and obstacles to implementation
… to choose what regulations to adopt based on local conditions, traditional ecological knowledge and community consensus.~This paper presents detailed …
Publication, 01 January 2000
Baka women collecting non-timber forest products in Nomedjoh, Cameroon (Photo: Indra Van Gisbergen)
Biodiversity: a women’s business?
… selling household remedies, food and cosmetics. They use their traditional knowledge to manage the natural resources sustainably, meaning these …
Insight, 29 November 2018