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Protected areas

Projects, publications, news, events, insights and articles about work to promote equitable governance in the management of protected areas so that Indigenous Peoples and local communities have more power, authority and influence in area-based conservation.

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Conservation, communities and equity

A programme of work showing how IIED is building capacity to understand and implement equitable conservation and enhance community voice in conservation policymaking

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How IIED’s SAGE tool is fostering equitable and inclusive governance of protected areas

Impact story, 28 November 2025

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Transforming conservation: towards community-led nature governance

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Community members from Tanzania gathered to discuss.

Building collective power for equitable governance in conservation

Insight, 10 September 2025

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Scaling up Equitable Governance in Area-based Conservation (SEGA)

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Visions of territory: whose reality counts? The Dayak peoples’ struggle to save their 'life world' in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Publication, 09 October 2025

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SAGE-GT for enhancing the power of Indigenous Peoples and local communities in area-based conservation

Article, 16 July 2024

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Equitable governance underpins effective conservation

Publication, 15 September 2023

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Site-level Assessment of Governance and Equity (SAGE) for protected and conserved areas: manual for SAGE facilitators

Publication, 05 June 2023

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SAGE and its early contributions to improvements in governance of area-based conservation

Publication, 16 January 2023

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Why coastal communities are crucial to success at COP15

Insight, 09 November 2022

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30x30 – a brave new dawn or a failure to protect people and nature?

Insight, 21 October 2021

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How good governance protects forests

Publication, 13 September 2021

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Does the global biodiversity framework offer a plan B for protected areas?

Insight, 03 September 2021

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Global Biodiversity Framework: equitable governance is key

Publication, 03 September 2021

Men and women sit on the floor to talk with computers and paper in front of them

SAGE Support Package (online)

Article, 16 July 2021

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Why eat wild meat? Local food choices, food security and desired design features of wild meat alternative projects in Cameroon

Publication, 05 May 2021

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Assessing and improving the social impacts of protected areas: case studies from Kenya and Uganda

Publication, 28 May 2021

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Supplement for the Social Assessment for Protected and Conserved Areas (SAPA) Methodology manual for SAPA facilitators: General guidance on follow-up actions for enabling fair and effective law enforcement

Publication, 31 March 2021

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Enhancing governance of community-based natural resource management in Zambia

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SAPA, SAGE or GAPA? Tools for assessing the social impacts, governance, and equity of conservation

Publication, 01 December 2020

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Wild meat alternative projects: practical guidance for project design

Publication, 01 October 2020

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Assessing the social impacts, governance and equity of conservation: SAPA, GAPA or SAGE?

Article

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Advancing equity in protected area conservation

Publication, 01 February 2016

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Governance Assessment for Protected and Conserved Areas (GAPA). Methodology manual for GAPA facilitators

Publication, 01 October 2019

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