This list contains 133 entry(ies).
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Central and West Africa Programme (PACO)
This publication highlights the processes, approaches and tools, successes and challenges of Ghana’s journey towards mainstreaming of gender considerations into the national REDD+ process.
Organization(s):
- Forestry Commission of Ghana
- IUCN Ghana
This report explores how the law shapes opportunities for accountability in relation to land deals for agribusiness investments. The report draws on country studies in Cameroon, Ghana and Senegal.
Author(s):
- Cotula, Lorenzo
- Jokubauskaite, Giedre
Organization(s):
- Centre pour l'environnement et le développement (CED)
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
- Innovation Environnement Développement en Afrique (IED Afrique)
- Land Resources Management Centre (LRMC)
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.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
- Sweden, SIDA
- University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC)
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.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
- Sweden, SIDA
- University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC)
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.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
- Sweden, SIDA
- University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC)
The case studies from Brazil, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, the Philippines and Viet Nam highlight how forest landscape restoration (FLR) interventions enhance food security.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Forest and Climate Change Programme
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.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
- Sweden, SIDA
- University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC)
Amidst the pressing challenges of global climate change, the last decade has seen a wave of forest carbon projects across the world, designed to conserve and enhance forest carbon stocks in order to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and offset emissions elsewhere.
Author(s):
- Leach, Melissa
- Scoones, Ian
There is a growing recognition that living well must go beyond economic and material plenty to encompass social and spiritual well-being. This book provides an introduction to the concept of human well-being as it relates to international rural development and conservation policy and practice.
Author(s):
- Hiemstra, Wim
- Subramanian, Suneetha M.
- Verschuuren, Bas
This book describes how the four-year GEF-funded project “Removing Barriers to Invasive Plant Management in Africa” was instrumental in developing ways of limiting the severe ecological, social and economic impacts in different parts of Africa of a number of particularly devastating alien plant i
Organization(s):
- CAB International
- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), GH
- Ethiopian Institute for Agricultural Research (EIAR), ET
- Global Environment Facility (GEF)
- IUCN
- Uganda, National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO)
- UNEP
- Zambia, Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA)
Cette étude présente une évaluation des performances économiques de quelques activitésdadaptation promues par lUnion internationale pour la conservation de la nature au Burkina Faso et au Ghana.
Author(s):
- Naba, Marcel Innocent
- Onadja, Alice Paule
- Somda, Jacques
Organization(s):
- Finland, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- IUCN, Regional Office for Central Africa
- IUCN, Regional Office for Western Africa
- Sweden, SIDA
This study presents an evaluation of the economic performance of some adaptation activities promoted by IUCN in Burkina Faso and Ghana. The overall objective of the evaluation is to contribute to participatory learning about economic benefits of climate change adaptation initiatives.
Author(s):
- Naba, Marcel Innocent
- Onadja, Alice Paule
- Somda, Jacques
Organization(s):
- Finland, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- IUCN, Regional Office for Central Africa
- IUCN, Regional Office for Western Africa
- Sweden, SIDA
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.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
- Sweden, SIDA
- University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC)
This publication shares IUCN's experiences in developing the world's first gender-responsive national strategies and roadmaps on climate change.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Gender and Environment
- Global Gender and Climate Alliance
This book analyzes the state and management of national parks in Africa. It discusses the state of ecosystems of national parks in the continent and assesses the capacity of environmental leadership and management to positively impact on biodiversity conservation in national pakrs.
Author(s):
- Boon, Emmanuel K.
- Hens, Luc
- Oviedo, Gonzalo
It is commonly claimed that forest tenure reform that provides rural people with rights to access and use of forest resources can contribute to improved forest management and poverty alleviation.
Author(s):
- Fisher, R. J.
- Barrow, Edmund G. C.
- de Silva, Janaka
- Ingles, A. W.
- Shepherd, Gill
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
- IUCN, Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy (LLS)
- Netherlands, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
This paper describes Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy interventions in the Wassa Amenfi West Landscape in the western region of Ghana. The landscape extends over an area of about 120,000 ha. It is a mixed landscape with a variety of agricultural uses; the most important is cocoa farming.
Author(s):
- Nyame, Samuel Kofi
- Okai, Michael
- Adeleke, Adewale
- Fisher, R. J.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
- IUCN, Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy (LLS)
- Netherlands, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In the Volta basin, WANI and partners have worked with riparian states to improve water governance and water management practices.
Author(s):
- Welling, Rebecca
- Cartin, Megan
- Baykono, Désiré
- Diallo, Ousmane
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Water and Nature Initiative (WANI)
This report, two years in the making, provides a comprehensive assessment of progress being made towards SFM in each ITTO producer member country and identifies the challenges remaining.
Organization(s):
- International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO)
Organization(s):
- IUCN Regional Marine and Coastal Programme (MACO) for Central and West Africa
- Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine (UEMOA)
This Manual is first and foremost a community tool to facilitate implementation of Ghana s National Wildfire Management Policy.
Organization(s):
- Ghana, Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources
- International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO)
- IUCN Ghana
- Ghana, Forestry Department
- Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG), GH
En Afrique de louest, la principale, sinon la seule, activité industrielle susceptible davoir un impact sur les aires protégées est lindustrie extractive au sens large.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Regional Protected Areas Programme, Western Africa
This guide discusses options to structure investment contractsin ways that maximise the investment's contribution to sustainable development. The focus is on foreign investment in the natural resource sector and on lower- and middle-income countries.
Organization(s):
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
This report synthesises the findings of six participatory national assessments carried out under IUCN's Strengthening Voices for Better Choices (SVBC) global forest governance project.
Author(s):
- Baig, Saima
- Greiber, Thomas
- Moore, Patricia
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
La présente étude a pour objet l'évaluation et l'analyse du cadre légal et institutionnel des Aires Protégées dans trois pays de l'Afrique de l'Ouest: Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso et Ghana.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Regional Protected Areas Programme, Western Africa
Protected areas in Ghana cover 5.6% of the country and are of economic importance as they contribute to improving standards of living of communities surrounding them.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Regional Protected Areas Programme, Western Africa
- Agence Française de Développement, FR
- Fonds Français pour l'Environnement Mondial (FFEM), FR
This report builds on the outcomes of the Ghana REDD-plus readiness field dialogue, held in Ghana in November 2009. Chapter 2 captures the context and status of REDD-plus readiness in Ghana. Chapter 3 highlights lessons learned from international and local experiences.
Author(s):
- Arthur, Emelia
- Maginnis, Stewart
- Mayers, James
Organization(s):
- Forests Dialogue, US
- IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
- Norway, NORAD
La présente évaluation de l'efficacité de gestion des sites Ramsar d'Afrique de l'Ouest a été réalisée à partir d'un échantillon de treize sites en Afrique de l'Ouest, répartis dans cinq pays (Bénin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Liberia et Mali), francophones ou anglophones.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Western Africa
- IUCN, Regional Protected Areas Programme, Western Africa
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Water and Nature Initiative (WANI)
- Global Water Partnership (GWP)
- Sweden, SIDA
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Water and Nature Initiative (WANI)
- Global Water Partnership (GWP)
- Sweden, SIDA
Organization(s):
- Institute of Development Studies, UK
Author(s):
- Nketiah, K. S.
- Wieman, A.
- Asubonteng, K. O.
Organization(s):
- Tropenbos International, NL
- Ghana, Institute of Professional Foresters (GIPF)
The workshop was organised to improve the understanding of the dialectic between water-related infrastructures and institutional frameworks in West Africa.
Author(s):
- Niasse, Madiodio
- Iza, Alejandro
- Garané, Amidou
- Varis, Olli
Organization(s):
- IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC)
- IUCN, Regional Office for Western Africa
Les chimpanzés vivent à létat sauvage uniquement en Afrique tropicale où leur population a diminué de plus de 66% au cours des trente dernières années.
Author(s):
- Bakarr, Mohamed I.
- Boesch, Christophe
- Butynski, Thomas M.
- Kormos, Rebecca
Organization(s):
- Conservation International, Center for Applied Biodiversity Science (CABS)
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
- Oman, Sir Peter Scott IUCN/SSC Action Plan Fund
- Taiwan, Council of Agriculture
- WWF
Author(s):
- Doumenge, Charles
- Gami, Norbert
- Louppe, Dominique
Organization(s):
- Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD), FR
- Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), ID
Wild chimpanzees are only found in tropical Africa, where their populations have declined by more than 66% in the last 30 years. This action plan focuses on one of the four chimpanzee subspecies, the western chimpanzee, which is one of the two subspecies most threatened with extinction.
Author(s):
- Bakarr, Mohamed I.
- Boesch, Christophe
- Butynski, Thomas M.
- Kormos, Rebecca
Organization(s):
- Conservation International, Center for Applied Biodiversity Science (CABS)
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
- Oman, Sir Peter Scott IUCN/SSC Action Plan Fund
- Taiwan, Council of Agriculture
- WWF
Organization(s):
- World Resources Institute (WRI)
Organization(s):
- Wetlands International
- IUCN
- WWF
- Senegal, Ministère de l'environnement et de la protection de la nature
- United Kingdom, Department for International Development (DFID)
The impacts of oil palm plantations have been widely ignored, and given widespread promotion of these plantations throughout the tropics, the World Rainforest Movement decided to bring together research and local struggles in this book, aimed as a tool for action.
Organization(s):
- World Rainforest Movement
Author(s):
- Amanor, Kojo S.
- Diderutuah, Maxwell K.
Organization(s):
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development), Drylands Programme
- Groupe de Recherche et d'Echanges Technologiques (GRET), FR
Author(s):
- Kasanga, Kasim
- Kotey, Nii Ashie
Organization(s):
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development), Drylands Programme
- Groupe de Recherche et d'Echanges Technologiques (GRET), FR
- United Kingdom, Departement for International Development
Author(s):
- Devarajan, Shantayanan
- Dollar, David
- Holmgren, Torgny
Author(s):
- Bakaar, Mohamed I.
- Fonseca, Gustavo A. B. da
- Mittermeier, Russell A.
- Rylands, Anthony B.
- Painemilla, Kristen Walker
Organization(s):
- Conservation International, Center for Applied Biodiversity Science (CABS)
Author(s):
- Hofmann, Thomas
- Ellenberg, Hermann
- Roth, Harald H.
Organization(s):
- Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
The African elephant is the largest living land mammal. It once inhabited most of the continent, from the Mediterranean coast down to its south tip. This picture of elephant range today is one of scattered, fragmented populations south of the Sahara Desert.
Author(s):
- Barnes, R. F. W.
- Craig, G. C.
- Dublin, Holly T.
- Overton, Greg L.
- Simons, W.
- Thouless, C. R.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), African Elephant Specialist Group
- UNEP, Global Resource Information Database (GRID)
- Oman, Sir Peter Scott IUCN/SSC Action Plan Fund
- Chicago Zoological Society, US
- WWF
- Taiwan, Council of Agriculture
- United Kingdom, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
- United States, Fish and Wildlife Service
Author(s):
- Abaza, Hussein
- Rietbergen-McCracken, Jennifer
Organization(s):
- UNEP, Economics, Trade and Environment Unit
Organization(s):
- Unesco, Division of Ecological Sciences, South-South Cooperation Programme
- UNESCO, Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB)
Organization(s):
- Managing the Environment Locally in Sub-Saharan African
- World Bank
- Norway, Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Sweden, SIDA
- European Union, Commission
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