Conference to reveal links between conservation and land grabs
Researchers will meet at London Zoo on 26-27 March to join the dots between large land deals, conservation, land rights and efforts to tackle poverty in poor communities worldwide. Speakers will...
View ArticleConserving biodiversity and helping the poor improve their lives
IIED aims to change the way that conservation is implemented so that it conserves biodiversity and helps poor people improve their lives. We do this through facilitating dialogue, conducting and...
View ArticlePoverty and Conservation Learning Group
The Poverty and Conservation Learning Group is an international network of more than 100 conservation and development organisations that promotes learning on the linkages between biodiversity...
View ArticleUganda: 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...
View ArticleLinking ape conservation with poverty alleviation
Great Ape conservation organisations are increasingly aware of the need to address poverty if they are to be successful in their efforts to conserve habitats and protect dwindling Great Ape...
View ArticleProject 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. Researchers will meet in Kampala, Uganda this week to share the first findings...
View ArticleMaps 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...
View ArticlePoverty 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,...
View ArticleFairness 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...
View ArticleQ&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...
View ArticleTV 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)...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticlePoverty and Conservation Learning Group (PCLG)
The Poverty and Conservation Learning Group is an international network of conservation and development organisations that promotes learning on the linkages between biodiversity conservation and...
View ArticleUsing 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...
View ArticleTaking 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...
View ArticleNew tool to help join-up policies to cut poverty and conserve biodiversity
As thousands of delegates gather in India for the 11th Conference of Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) next week, a new initiative will be unveiled to help countries meet some...
View ArticlePCLG: an international learning network on the links between people and...
PCLG international shares opportunities and research through two regular newsletters, and supports PCLG national groups in Cameroon, DRC and Uganda. PCLG international is coordinated by IIED with the...
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...
View ArticleConservation 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...
View ArticleComposing 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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