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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.Rangers in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable...
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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."We cannot save great apes without saving local communities,...
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Fairness can address the resentment that drives hunting in Bwindi...
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...
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Q&A: Why the PCLG website is the place to be for poverty and conservation issues
Almost 10 years after the website of the Poverty and Conservation Learning Group (PCLG)– an international network coordinated by IIED – was inaugurated to promote dialogue and foster learning on the...
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TV documentary highlights conservation and poverty links in Cameroon
Making a TV documentary about great ape conservation allowed the PCLG project in Cameroon to focus attention on the impacts on local communities. A Poverty and Conservation Learning Group (PCLG)...
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A valuable learning experience
An intern looks at the lessons he has learnt during his internship with IIED.When beginning my MSc in September 2015 one of the aspects I was most looking forward to was the opportunity to undertake an...
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Using learning partnerships to support change
IIED facilitiates a number of learning partnerships as a way of generating dialogue, encouraging joint learning and agreeing approaches for positive development outcomes.Learning partnerships consist...
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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.Evaluation...
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Conservation works better with social justice
Poverty threatens wildlife conservation despite widespread efforts to integrate conservation and development so that local communities benefit. So what's going wrong? Our research suggests it's social...
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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.It took us 14 hours to reach Bwindi Impenetrable National Park from the...
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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.What does...
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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).In celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity...
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Broadcasting to Bwindi
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.Can poverty alleviation and...
View ArticleRecommendations to improve the impacts of agro-industrial activities on great...
In June 2015, GREGForêts organised a workshop to reflect on the results of a study carried out to evaluate the impacts of agro-industrial and logging activities on great ape conservation and poverty in...
View ArticleLinking ape conservation with economic development and social justice
Great ape conservation organisations are increasingly aware of the need to integrate issues relating to economic development and social justice if they are to be successful. This project aims to build...
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