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International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
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EbA Evidence and Policy: Costa Rica
IIED and IUCN are using evidence from a project in the Sixaola River Basinin Costa Rica to support the Climate Change Directorate in the Ministry of Environment and Energy to adopt effective ecosystem-based adaptation as part of its approach to dealing with climate change
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Forest and Farm Facility launches Phase II
On 20 July IIED and partners will launch Phase II of the Forest and Farm Facility, the second stage of a highly successful international partnership that is providing support to forest and farm producer organisations across Africa, Asia and Latin America
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New collection of publications on community engagement to tackle illegal wildlife trade
IIED and IUCN have published case studies, a policy briefing and a toolkit to help practitioners and stakeholders build community engagement in combatting illegal wildlife trade.
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EbA Evidence and Policy: Chile
In Chile, IIED and IUCN are engaging with a diverse range of stakeholders to review lessons learnt from the EPIC project on the effectiveness of ecosystem-based adaptation and disaster risk reduction, and developing clear policy recommendations to increase the uptake of these approaches.
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EbA Evidence and Policy: Uganda
IIED, IUCN and Uganda's Ministry of Water and Environment are using practical experience of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) to improve the way EbA is integrated into national climate change policy and law
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Towards a fairer future for conservation
Conservation at a crossroads: Phil Franks explains why conservation must take fairness more seriously
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IIED at the IUCN World Conservation Congress
IIED and its partners will be at this year's World Conservation Congress in Hawai'i from 1-10 September 2016
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New report: local people are crucial to combating illegal wildlife trade
A new report on combating the illegal trade in wildlife highlights the vital importance – and complexities – of involving indigenous people and local communities in conservation efforts. The report, entitled 'Beyond enforcement: involving indigenous peoples and local communities in combating illegal wildlife trade', documents a workshop in Limbe, Cameroon, in February 2016 which brought together practitioners, government officials and researchers from 12 countries to discuss how to combat illegal wildlife trade
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Trophy hunting under fire
Cecil the Lion's legacy now extends to princes and politicians, but shouldn't the poor also have a say
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It's time for revolution in forest business
Where will the investment come from to scale up successful locally controlled forestry? That was the question facing participants at a recent South-North Dialogue in Helsinki, Finland
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Taking the brakes off forest farm development in Kenya
Kenya needs to fix a wood demand-supply gap of 12 million m³ per year. So the launch of the Forest Farm Facility in Nariobi on 6 November was timely
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Niger hosts forum on securing land rights in irrigated areas
On 7-8 May, in the town of Konni, Niger's Minister of Agriculture will chair a national forum on legal protection of land tenure in irrigated areas. The forum will be attended by representatives from government, regional and local authorities, local groups, the private sector and civil society
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Forest and Farm Facility: Getting resources to those who matter
Improving the participation of rural people has been in vogue for years, often with limited success. Here's one scheme that lives up to the hype by involving forest and farm producers on their own terms
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International push to tackle illegal wildlife trade risks missing potential of sustainable use
As UK Prime Minister David Cameron prepares to host an international conference to tackle the booming illegal transnational trade in wildlife, experts welcome the new push to address this enduring problem but warn that efforts could fail without appropriate incentives for local people's involvement.
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Are "alternative livelihoods" projects effective?
Considerable sums have been spent on projects designed to provide people with alternative ways to make a living in and around protected or biodiverse areas. But do such projects work?
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Unleashing the economic power of forest lands through producer organisations
The plan is an outcome of a conference, aptly named 'Strength in numbers', which took
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Strength in numbers: the promise of forest producer organisations
Organisations of forest farmers have much to offer society — if they get the support they need from governments, donors, the private sector and NGOs.
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Judging the effectiveness of alternative livelihoods projects
Do alternative livelihoods projects work to protect, maintain or even improve biodiversity? What has worked, what hasn’t worked and why? This project aims to answer some of those questions by analysing the evidence.
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Investment guide to ‘triple win’ from locally controlled forestry
Discussions between investors and forest rights-holders have resulted in new guidance for investments that can create a ‘triple win’ of returns for investors, livelihood security for local communities and protection for forests
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World Conservation Congress: key themes and a new leader to watch
The role of markets and the green economy, and the risks of monetising nature were two key themes that emerged from the Conference.
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IUCN World Conservation Congress begins
At the start of the World Conservation Congress in Jeju, South Korea, IIED’s Director Camilla Toulmin, reflects on the controversies and challenges that it faces.
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IUCN World Conservation Congress
The IUCN World Conservation Congress is a large, conservation event held every four years.
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Local voice, global forest, local forest, global voice
Who had heard of G3 eighteen months ago? Nobody, because it didn’t exist.Yet an alliance known as The Three Rights Holders Group has had a strong presence at COP 16 in Cancun, manning an information booth and participating in various panels.The group’s message was a simple one, advocating for sustainable forest management and locally controlled forestry as a vital component in any realistic strategy going forward to address climate change mitigation and adaptation.So who is this group and where has it come from?
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How to manage our fish and chips
‘Mind-withering stupidity’ is how UK writer George Monbiot characterised the CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) decision not to protect bluefin tuna.The ‘absence of a ban’, he went on to say, ‘ensures that, after one or two more seasons of fishing at current levels, all the jobs and the entire industry are finished forever, along with the magnificent species that supported them’.
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Climate refugees of the future
Bangladesh is calling for the rights of environmental refugees to be recognised as the country battles rising sea levels and chronic poverty
