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Este documento recoge los resultados del proceso de sistematización de la experiencia de implementación de las medidas robustas de Adaptación basada en Ecosistemas en las comunidades campesinas de Canchayllo y Miraflores (Reserva Paisajística Nor Yauyos-Cochas, Perú), que se llevaron a cabo entre
The Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI) is an Africa-wide environmental-governance research and training program focusing on enabling responsive and accountable decentralization to strengthen the representation of forest-based rural people in local-government decision making.
Author(s):
- Galuak, Deng-Athoi
- Oyono, Phil René
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
- Sweden, SIDA
- University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC)
Learn about traditional methods of agricultural production and water management of the Quechua indigenous communities located at the foot of Chimborazo volcano.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for South America
- Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental, PE
- Spain, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID)
- EcoCiencia Fundación Ecuatoriana de Estudios Ecológicos, EC
Learn about traditional practices related to the indigenous knowledge of healing time, including the performance of rituals for the seasonal cycles and the shamanistic management of the seasonal supply of wildlife of the Noyuya, Uitoto, Andoque, Yucana, Matapi and Muinane ethnic groups that liv
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for South America
- Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental, PE
- Spain, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID)
- Tropenbos International, NL
Learn about two places in Peru where communities are using traditional knowledge to adapt to climate change.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for South America
- Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental, PE
- Spain, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID)
- Mountain Institute
Learn about the use of traditional knowledge in two places in Bolivia.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for South America
- Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental, PE
- Spain, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID)
- Agronomes et vétérinaires sans frontières, FR
Natural resource governance is central to the outcomes of biodiversity conservation efforts and to patterns of economic development, particularly in resource-dependent rural communities.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Southern Africa Sustainable Use Specialist Group (SASUSG)
- Norway, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- The Bradley Fund for the Environment, US
Over 20 years ago, concerned farmers’ groups in Kenya and Burkina Faso began to adopt new measures to conserve soil and water and to re-establish trees in their fields.
Organization(s):
- Centre Technique de Coopération Agricole et Rurale, NL
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), IT
- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Secretariat
- Vrije Universiteit
While some argue that trade liberalization has raised incomes and led to environmental protection in developing countries, others claim that it generates neither poverty reduction nor sustainability.
This book looks at the rationale for addressing the links between conservation and poverty reduction, arguing that such a focus is both ethically essential and a source of opportunities.
Author(s):
- Barrow, Edmund G. C.
- Farvar, M. Taghi
- Fisher, R. J.
- Friend, Richard
- Ingles, A. W.
- Jackson, W. J.
- Jeanrenaud, Sally
- Laurie, Michelle
- Maginnis, Stewart
- Mehrotra, Rati
- Oviedo, Gonzalo
Access to justice in environmental law is a worldwide movement dedicated to assisting members of rural communities to achieve redress for environmental harms.This publication contains a review of the rural environmental justice movement in India and Nepal, illustrated with case studies.
Author(s):
- Vani, M. S.
- Asthana, Rohit
- Belbase, Narayan
- Thapa, L. B.
- Moore, Patricia
- Pastakia, Firuza
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Asia Regional Office (ARO)
The compendium shows how the scope of research has evolved at IFPRI, as well as in the wider development community.
Author(s):
- Zeller, Manfred
- Schrieder, Gertrud
- Braum, Joachim von
- Heidhues, Franz
Organization(s):
- International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), US
Author(s):
- Ramakrishnan, P. S.
- Boojh, Ram
- Saxena, K. G.
- Chandrashekara, U. M.
- Depommier, Denise
- Patnaik, Suprava
- Toky, O. P.
- Gangwar, A. K.
- Gangwar, Rashmi
Organization(s):
- UNESCO, Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB)
- Centre for Environment Education, IN
Author(s):
- Stillhardt, Brigitta
- Frey, Lukas
Organization(s):
- Universität Bern, Geographisches Institut, CH
- Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture, CH
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Norway, NORAD
- Uganda, Ministry of Natural Resources, Forestry Sector Programme
Author(s):
- Zeller, Manfred
- Schrieder, Gertrud
- Braum, Joachim von
- Heidhues, Franz
Organization(s):
- International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), US
Organization(s):
- IUCN Pakistan
- UNDP
- Pakistan, Federal Ministry of Environment, Urban Affairs, Forestry and Wildlife
- Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Author(s):
- Ganzhorn, Jörg U.
- Sorg, Jean-Pierre
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Netherlands, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Author(s):
- Sengupta, Nina
- Patnaik, Suprava
Organization(s):
- Development Alternatives, Environment Systems Branch, IN
- IUCN
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Social Policy Service
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Organization(s):
- Obayashi Corporation
- United Nations University (UNU)
Organization(s):
- FAO, Forests, Trees and People Programme
- SILVA, Programme Arbres, Forêts et Communautés Rurales, FR
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Population Programme
Organization(s):
- Aga Khan Rural Support Programme
- IUCN Pakistan
- Norway, NORAD
Rural poverty is often unseen or misperceived by outsiders. Dr Chambers contends that researchers, scientists, administrators and fieldworkers rarely appreciate the richness and validity of rural people's knowledge or the hidden nature of rural poverty
