Supporting Community Conservation

Community Conservation Resilience Initiative in Georgia

18 Sep, 2018

Download the summary report here Introduction The CCRI assessment in Georgia involved three communities. Two of them, Sakorintlo and Okami, are in East Georgia, in the region of Shida Khartli of Kaspi Municipality. The other, Merjevi, is in West Georgia, in Sachkhere Municipality. The communities all differ in terms of their natural, social and cultural conditions. The village Sakorintlo is located in the Khvemo Chala Community (an administrative area that consists of several villages), close to the border of the …

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Fostering Community Conservation II: a visual report

12 Sep, 2018

Speakers, presentations and events at Fostering Community Conservation II, July 2018, Montreal * This page works best in Firefox or Chrome, you may experience problems if using Safari. Group photo…

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The rights of Indigenous Peoples are key to saving our global ecosystems

9 Aug, 2018

By the Global Forest Coalition Indigenous Peoples have been protecting biodiversity on Earth for thousands of years. Yet their rights are increasingly being eroded and they face multiple threats. On…

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Indigenous and community leaders demand support for their own conservation efforts and a halt to people-less conservation

5 Jul, 2018

4 July 2018, Montreal: Over one hundred Indigenous Peoples, local community representatives, and forest activists from across the world have gathered in Montreal to demand an end to top-down and…

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Indigenous and local communities’ conservation practices need policy support, says new global report

27 Jun, 2018

27 June 2018: Indigenous Peoples and local communities’ conservation practices are fundamental to biodiversity conservation, but these barely receive support or recognition from governments, argues the Global Forest Coalition [1]…

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Policy Recommendations for CBD SBSTTA-22 and SBI-2

26 Jun, 2018

The 22nd meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-22) and the 2nd meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI-2) of the Convention on Biological…

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Community Conservation Resilience Initiative (CCRI) Global Report and Case Studies

25 Jun, 2018

Download the full report: English (web quality | low resolution) , Spanish (web quality | low resolution), French (web quality | low resolution) , Russian (web quality | low resolution) The…

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Community Conservation Resilience Initiative in Nepal

5 Jun, 2018

Download the summary report (Nepal) Introduction The Federation of Community Forestry Users in Nepal (FECOFUN) conducted the CCRI assessment with communities in the Barandabhar corridor, the Basanta corridor and the…

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Community Conservation Resilience Initiative in Sabah, Malaysia

22 May, 2018

Download the summary report (English) INTRODUCTION The Community Conservation Resilience Initiative (CCRI) was undertaken with five villages in Sabah. These emblematic sites were chosen as they reflect diverse land use…

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Community Conservation Resilience Initiative in Colombia

22 Apr, 2018

Download the summary report (English | Español) Download the full report (Spanish only/Solo español)   Summary Report of Preliminary Findings – Colombia INTRODUCTION In Colombia, Afro-descendant communities and peasants from…

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Community Conservation Resilience Initiative in Kyrgyzstan

15 Mar, 2018

Download the summary report here Introduction Three local communities participated in the CCRI initiative in Kyrgyzstan. All are located in close proximity to, or within the territory of, protected nature…

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Community Conservation Resilience Initiative in Tajikistan

12 Mar, 2018

Download the summary report here Introduction The Community Conservation Resilience Initiative assessment in Tajikistan is based on discussions and debates with six rural communities, who face various challenges. The six…

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Community Conservation Resilience Initiative in Tanzania

15 Feb, 2018

Download the summary report here Introduction The Community Conservation Resilience Initiative in Tanzania began in 2017, and was undertaken with support from Envirocare Tanzania. The Wiri, Sanya and Lawate communities…

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Indigenous communities urge governments to support their biodiversity conservation initiatives

12 Feb, 2018

Indigenous communities’ own conservation practices are vital to biodiversity conservation, said two new reports [1] launched by communities in Kenya [2] and Ghana [3]. These are part of a series…

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Community Conservation Resilience Initiative in Ghana

12 Feb, 2018

Download the summary report here Introduction The Ghana Community Conservation Resilience Initiative (CCRI) is being implemented by The Development Institute in Kpoeta, Saviefe Gborgame and Avuto. Kpoeta and Saviefe Gborgame…

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Community Conservation Resilience Initiative in Kenya

12 Feb, 2018

Download the summary report here Introduction The Community Conservation Resilience Initiative (CCRI) in Kenya was carried out with two indigenous communities, the Maasai from Trans- Mara, Narok County, and the…

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Working paper: The risks of large-scale biosequestration in the context of Carbon Dioxide Removal

28 Jan, 2018

Abstract The explicit reference to “a balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases” (Art. 4) in the 2015 Paris Agreement has given a strong…

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