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Uganda
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Protecting indigenous foods, preserving biodiversity – the solutions are in nature
On this year’s International Day for Biological Diversity, Natalie Lartey and Immaculate Yossa Daisy discuss how advocacy to protect Uganda’s indigenous food is simultaneously preserving the nation’s biodiversity
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Achieving 'no net loss' for biodiversity and people
IIED supported a project in Uganda that explored ways in which ‘offset’ activities can result in no net loss of biodiversity while ensuring that local people are no worse off too
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Evaluating change can be challenging; it starts with quality data collection
NGOs are increasingly being asked to report on the impact of their work, and good monitoring and evaluation is key. Conservation Through Public Health, a Ugandan NGO, has some lessons to share with other small NGOs and – spoiler alert – it all begins with good data
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Environment or the economy? How Uganda uses natural capital accounts in policymaking
When half of a country’s wealth is natural capital it is vital this resource is managed well. If people, businesses and government policies put natural capital at risk, then long term sustainable development is jeopardised. A recent meeting in Kampala, Uganda, discussed how natural capital accounts can inform better decision making for a viable future
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IIED's pro-poor gorilla tourism project shortlisted for major award
An initiative promoting local economic development near Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park has been shortlisted for the World Responsible Tourism Awards
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Understanding governance and equity in conservation
A successful multi-stakeholder self-assessment in Uganda’s Lake Mburo National Park enabled local people to judge what does and doesn’t work, and draws out their ideas for action
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Assessing governance at protected and conserved areas (GAPA)
IIED is developing a multi-stakeholder-led methodology for assessing the quality of governance at protected areas and other conserved areas.
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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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Park action plans: increasing community engagement in tackling wildlife crime
In Uganda many people poach because of human-wildlife conflict or lack of income earning opportunities. The Uganda Wildlife Authority has a community programme to address such problems, but it is hampered by limited capacity and support. At Murchison Falls National Park IIED and partners are piloting an approach that aims to increase community engagement in tackling wildlife crime by implementing park-level acton plans
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If you go down to the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise…
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is a magnet for tourists wanting to see gorillas in the wild, but surrounding communities don't get much revenue from the tourist trade. Dilys Roe describes a project that is helping local people who live close to the edge of the forest to develop products and activities that will attract visitors – and much-needed income
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Spinach soup, gorillas and cow dung baskets – what's the connection?
Tourism generates crucial revenue that helps conserve mountain gorillas and other species in Uganda. We're working to share the financial benefits with local people too, and help them develop better tourism products and services
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Taking a more rigorous approach to evaluation
Evaluation researcher Barbara Befani explains how a different methodological approach helped IIED evaluate whether the Uganda Poverty and Conservation Learning Group had influenced policy
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Refugee livelihoods in Ugandan cities: mind the gap between policy and practice
Uganda has one of the most open-door refugee policies in the world. But improving the lives of urban refugees on the ground requires government and community organisations to work together to put these policies into practice
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Local economic development through gorilla tourism
Gorilla-tracking tourist activities in Uganda's Bwindi national park generate critical revenue for conservation, but local benefits from tourism are limited and the illegal use of the park's resources continues. This project will develop and test new community-based tourism products and services that improve local skills and job opportunities, and the long-term prospects for the park
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Food summit secures strong commitment to drive change in Ugandan food systems
A two-day gathering in the town of Fort Portal, in Kabarole District in western Uganda, concluded with firm pledges from politicians, farmers, street vendors, technical experts, civil society, church leaders and youth, setting out how they will each tackle the deepening problems in the region's food systems
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CSR practices of Chinese businesses in the global South
Can Chinese business engagement ensure sustainability and benefit the poor? Our research suggests complex factors shape their operations – of which Chinese policies play only a minor role
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Getting to know you: stronger relationships contribute to better biodiversity mainstreaming
Uganda's National Environment Management Authority has made a point of involving key ministries and agencies in the NBSAP revision process. This helped ministerial staff appreciate biodiversity issues and their importance to economic development
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Protecting land and community resources in Africa
Rural communities across Africa face a variety of threats to their claims to customary and indigenous land and natural resources. Advocates working to support these communities must draw on a range of experience and expertise. The NGOs Namati and Natural Justice brought together experts to consider the issues and published the results in a new book of 18 case studies
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Making sure Fort Portal's 'modernisation' plan feeds the poor
An innovative research project in Fort Portal, Uganda is seeking to prevent a rise in inequality as the city modernises
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Q&A: We need long term actions on climate change
In the first of our interviews with representatives from the Least Developed Country Group ahead of the UN climate talks in Paris (COP21), Tracy Kajumba shares some of the challenges created by climate change in Uganda
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Building fairer food futures
Powerful images from Uganda and Indonesia highlight the importance of informal food vendors in the food systems of the rural and urban poor
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Broadcasting to Bwindi
What happened when a project to get the message out on the need to balance conservation efforts with reducing poverty in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda, took to the airwaves?
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Rush to urbanise leaves food vendors out in the rain
The drive to organise and improve towns and cities in Uganda is leaving food vendors out in the rain, warns Chris Busiinge from the Kabarole Research and Resource Centre
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Uganda urged to use biodiversity for sustainable development
A new Biodiversity Conservation Trust for Uganda will be launched in Kampala on the International Day for Biological Diversity (22 May)
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Wildlife crime and poverty: what are the links?
Is poverty a driver of wildlife crime? What impacts does wildlife crime have on poor people? And what impacts do responses to wildlife crime have on poor people? A new report looks for answers
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Built on collaboration: how conservation research can benefit local people
A collaborative research project into effective conservation in Uganda showed that building relationships with the authorities can be crucial, resulting in immediate action to tackle a problem, benefiting some of the poorest in the community
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Radio and text messages keep farmers in the loop in Rwenzori
An innovative partner project in rural Uganda is using dialogue via radio and SMS messages to help farmers solve problems
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'Imagine Bwindi' music video launched on World Wildlife Day
A music video, 'Imagine Bwindi', celebrates the wildlife of Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and highlights the links between the park and local communities
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Enhancing equity and fairness
A workshop in Uganda finds that when it comes to implementing wildlife conservation, different groups have different perspectives on what is "fair" writes guest blogger Hellena Nambogwe.
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Save the date: Payments for Ecosystem Services conference and workshop in Uganda
How can we promote the protection of natural resources in an equitable way? Two events in Uganda will look at the key issues
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Composing songs for conservation - our journey to Bwindi the Impenetrable
A project in Uganda is using music and video to promote conservation and poverty alleviation, thanks to a creative partnership
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Q&A: Why the PCLG website is the place to be for poverty and conservation issues
The PCLG website is at the heart of the Poverty and Conservation Learning Group. It has been relaunched with a new look and updated content
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Least developed country leaders say "follow us" to tackle climate change
The unsung heroes of the UN climate summit were the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), says Achala Abeysinghe
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China-Africa Forest Governance project
Improving evidence, capacity and joint action for sustainable Chinese investment in Africa's forests
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Fairness can address the resentment that drives hunting in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Poverty is not the only reason people illegally hunt wildlife in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, according to the Uganda Poverty and Conservation Learning Group (U-PCLG), whose new research shows that resentment toward conservation projects is just as big a factor
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Poverty and conservation in DRC – what role for a network?
A new network being set up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo aims to bring organisations together on poverty and conservation issues
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How best to deal with wildlife crime while protecting the poor?
A new project will explore the different reasons people commit wildlife crimes and suggest ways governments can respond without harming the poorest communities
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Mainstreaming biodiversity and development: Namibia workshop coverage
Coverage of the third NBSAP 2.0 workshop in Namibia in July 2014 that considered what successful mainstreaming of biodiversity and development would look like
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Building capacity for pro-poor responses to wildlife crime in Uganda
A project to build capacity for pro-poor responses in Uganda through learning more about the interactions between wildlife crime and poverty
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How to assess what people want from REDD+
Focus groups, choice experiments and votes in villages reveal big difference in how communities wish to be rewarded for avoiding deforestation
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Payments for ecosystem services: We can't leave people out of the equation
What's next for schemes that pay communities to protect local ecosystems? This is what leading researchers and practitioners in the field came together to discuss at IIED's conference in Edinburgh last week
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Random trials in Uganda to show if payments for ecosystems services really work
To assess whether a promising approach to reduce poverty and conserve forests in Uganda really works, we need to use a randomised controlled trial, says Paul Hatanga.
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Media missing from UN drive to engage millions on post-2015 development agenda
Rosebell Kagumire says consultations on the future of global development framework should involve journalists or they will fail to reach the masses.
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Maps reveal what motivates people to take resources from flagship national park
A project that maps people's unauthorised use of resources in a national park provides important insights into the links between poverty and conservation.
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Project sheds light on complex links between poverty and threats to wild species
Project by IIED and partners helps conservation to benefit poor communities in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda.
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Uganda: Conserving Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and reducing local poverty
Despite interventions aimed at improving the livelihoods of communities in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park in Uganda, the illegal use of the park's resources continued. This IIED project aimed to better understand who is carrying out the unauthorised use of resources and why, so that interventions can be more effective in the future
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Uganda: Can a gorilla park deliver more benefits to local people?
A project aims to help poorer members of the community receive more benefits from a national gorilla park in Uganda through research and by advocating for change with national and local authorities.
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Botswana: Biodiversity and dragons come together
With the Day for Biological Diversity on 22 May, a new biodiversity project highlights its importance and draws out tensions that arise when biodiversity is put at the centre of development policies.
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Uganda: Breaking the links between the land and the people
Land tenure relations are changing fast, but no one is asking how these drastic changes will transform the lives of Ugandans who depend on land for their identity, social status and livelihoods.
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Uganda project to strengthen policies that link poverty and conservation
A new three-year project in Uganda will help the recently formed Uganda Poverty and Conservation Learning Group promote evidence-based policies that both reduce poverty and conserve wildlife.
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Report flags progress and pitfalls in Uganda's energy sector
Uganda’s energy sector has made significant progress but faces serious challenges, according to a report that will be published on 1 December by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and launched at a press conference in Kampala.
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Markets and payments for environmental services
Payments for environmental services (also known as payments for ecosystem services or PES), are payments to farmers or landowners who have agreed to take certain actions to manage their land or watersheds to provide an ecological service.
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