This list contains 194 entry(ies).
This edited collection assesses governance in forestry programmes and projects, including REDD+ governance.
PANORAMA is a partnership initiative to facilitate learning from success in conservation. It promotes examples of inspiring solutions that showcase how nature conservation can benefit society.
Author(s):
- Clamote Rodrigues, Diana
- Fischborn, Marie
Organization(s):
- Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
- Global Environment Facility (GEF)
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- IUCN, Global Protected Areas Programme
Organization(s):
- IUCN Uganda
- Uganda, Ministry of Water and Environment
The objective of this publication is to present lessons learned throughout the process of ‘making the case for ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) ’ to government and other stakeholders, encouraging them to include EbA approaches in broader adaptation strategies, and to bring about the required shif
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)
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)
Climate change is the most significant moral and environmental issue of our time.
Author(s):
- Brown, Donald A.
- Taylor, Prue
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC)
- IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL)
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
This study entailed extensive literature review of linkages between adaptation and mitigation at the global policy level, through analysis of relevant policies and protocols in the context of climate change in general and forest landscape restoration (FLR) in particular.
Author(s):
- Baig, Saima
- Barrow, Edmund G. C.
- Kumar, Chetan
- Rizvi, Ali Raza
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Forest and Climate Change Programme
The full range of economic, social and environmental costs and benefi ts of large scale mining (LSM) and artisanal and small scale mining (ASM) remain unclear in Karamoja.
Author(s):
- Houdet, Joël
- Muloopa, H.
- Ochieng, C.
Organization(s):
- Integrated Sustainability Services (ISS)
- Ireland, Irish Aid
- IUCN Uganda
- IUCN, Eastern and Southern Africa Programme
- SYNERGIZ
Author(s):
- Hesselink, Frits
- Nakanuku-Diggs, Louisa
Organization(s):
- Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC), AT
- IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)
- IUCN, Eastern and Southern Africa Programme
This book documents the "Implementing a Resilience Framework to Support Climate Change Adaptation in the Mt. Elgon Region of the Lake Victoria Basin" project, which was funded by USAID and implemented by the IUCN Uganda Office.
Author(s):
- Hesselink, Frits
- Nakanuku-Diggs, Louisa
Organization(s):
- IUCN Uganda
- IUCN, Eastern and Southern Africa Programme
This publication presents 18 case studies to demonstrate how Protected Areas (PAs) can be better managed for disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA).
Author(s):
- Buyck, Camille
- Murti, Radhika
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Blue Solutions
- IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
Participatory Learning and Action is the world's leading informal journal on participatory approaches and methods.
Organization(s):
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
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)
This report brings together a broad range of new and existing information on 2,358 plant and animal species of the Albertine Rift (AR) region of East and Central Africa.
Author(s):
- Carr, Jamie Anthony
- Outhwaite, Willow
- Goodman, Gemma
- Oldfield, Thomasina
- Foden, Wendy B.
Organization(s):
- BirdLife International
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, US
- TRAFFIC International
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 paper is a UNISDR contribution towards effective Drought Contingency Planning (DCP) for stakeholders and partners implementing drought risk reduction programmes in the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA).
Organization(s):
- United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR)
- European Commission
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
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 examines how interventions intended to improve functionality and productivity of forested landscapes to improve livelihoods of the poorest populations, might actually yield co-benefits in terms of biodiversity conservation.
Author(s):
- Barrow, Edmund G. C.
- Fisher, R. J.
- Gordon, James
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
- IUCN, Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy (LLS)
- Netherlands, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
This paper focuses on interventions in the Benet landscape of Uganda which sought to improve the income opportunities for inhabitants through efforts to rehabilitate the degraded landscape.
Author(s):
- Awadh, Chemangei
- Kelleher, Stephen
- Nakangu, Barbara
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
- IUCN, Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy (LLS)
- Netherlands, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
A knowledge management study was undertaken in the IUCN Eastern and Southern Africa Region by Rod Abson, Science and Knowledge Management Officer in the Science and Knowledge Management Unit of IUCN from the 18th of June to 1st of July 2011.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Science and Knowledge Management Unit
Le chimpanzé de Schweinfurth est classé En danger et est lobjet dune attention particulière au niveau global pour sa conservation.
Author(s):
- Amsini, F.
- Bennett, E.
- Beyers, R.
- Didier, K.
- Furuichi, T.
- Greer, D.
- Griffin, B.
- Hart, J.
- Hashimoto, C.
- Hernandez, A.
- Hicks, C.
- Idani, G.
- Kamenya, S.
- Kanamori, M.
- Makana, J. R.
- McClennan, M.
- McNeilage, Alastair
- Moore, J.
- Mulindahabi, F.
- Nakamura, M.
- Nangendo, G.
- Nixon, S.
- Ogawa, H.
- Piel, A.
- Pintea, Lilian
- Plumptre, Andrew J.
- Rose, R.
- Sakamaki, T.
- Stewart, F.
- Tranquilli, S.
- Vosper, A.
- Williamson, Elizabeth A.
- Yoshikawa, M.
- Zamma, K.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
This report summarises the findings of a study, conducted between 2001 and 2002, which aimed to test the effectiveness of these strategies in reconciling biodiversity conservation and socio-economic development interests, in particular through interventions that both improved livelihoods and resu
Author(s):
- Blomley, Tom
- Namara, Agrippinah
- McNeilage, Alastair
- Franks, Phil
- Rainer, Helga
- Donaldson, Andrew
- Malpas, Robert C.
- Olupot, William
- Baker, Julia
- Sandbrook, Chris
- Bitariho, Robert
- Infield, Mark
Organization(s):
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
The eastern chimpanzee is classified as endangered and of global conservation concern. This publication offers a 10-year plan which, if fully implemented, will go a long way to ensuring the maintenance of viable populations of the eastern chimpanzee across much of its existing range.
Author(s):
- Amsini, F.
- Bennett, E.
- Beyers, R.
- Didier, K.
- Furuichi, T.
- Greer, D.
- Griffin, B.
- Hart, J.
- Hashimoto, C.
- Hernandez, A.
- Hicks, C.
- Idani, G.
- Kamenya, S.
- Kanamori, M.
- Makana, J. R.
- McClennan, M.
- McNeilage, Alastair
- Moore, J.
- Mulindahabi, F.
- Nakamura, M.
- Nangendo, G.
- Nixon, S.
- Ogawa, H.
- Piel, A.
- Pintea, Lilian
- Plumptre, Andrew J.
- Rose, R.
- Sakamaki, T.
- Stewart, F.
- Tranquilli, S.
- Vosper, A.
- Williamson, Elizabeth A.
- Yoshikawa, M.
- Zamma, K.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
This paper synthesizes the findings of a study carried out by Ecoagriculture Partners and the International Institute for Environment and Development on behalf of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation to explore opportunities for sustainable development in East Africa.
Author(s):
- Bass, Stephen
- Renard, Yves
- Scherr, Sara J.
- Shames, Seth
Organization(s):
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
- Ecoagriculture Partners, US
Author(s):
- Thorn, Erik
- Kerbis Peterhans, Julian
Organization(s):
- Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, DE
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Eastern Africa
Organization(s):
- Institute of Development Studies, UK
Author(s):
- Reynolds, Vernon
- Goodall, Jane
At the occasion of the 9th Conference of Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (8-15 November 2005), Uganda took great pride in sharing its experiences in wetland management with the world. These experiences are based on a partnership between the Government of Uganda, the World Conservatio
Author(s):
- Bos, Elroy
- Muhweezi, Alex
- West, Kelly
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Eastern Africa Regional Programme
- Uganda, National Wetlands Programme
- Uganda, Wetlands Inspection Division
- Royal Netherlands Embassy, UG
Water ecosystems have long been perceived by decision makers as having little value simply because their economic value is poorly understood and rarely articulated.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Water and Nature Initiative (WANI)
- IUCN, Ecosystem and Livelihoods Group, Asia
Author(s):
- Nunan, Fiona
- Scullion, Jim
Organization(s):
- United Kingdom, Department for International Development (DFID)
- Marine Resource Assessment Group (MRAG)
- CARE International
IGAD and IUCN-EARO collaborated to develop a Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) project for the IGAD region. As a result six detailed country studies were undertaken for Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda, and a regional analysis.
Author(s):
- Awimbo, Janet
- Barrow, Edmund G. C.
- Karaba, Maina
Organization(s):
- Intergovernemental Agency on Development (IGAD), DJ
- IUCN, Regional Office for Eastern Africa
IGAD and IUCN-EARO collaborated to develop a Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) project for the IGAD region. As a result six detailed country studies were undertaken for Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda, and a regional analysis.
Author(s):
- Awimbo, Janet
- Barrow, Edmund G. C.
- Karaba, Maina
Organization(s):
- Intergovernemental Agency on Development (IGAD), DJ
- IUCN, Regional Office for Eastern Africa
This book contains a selection of papers on various legal issues of interest to developing countries which have been prepared by Fellows from InWent who came to Germany between 2002 and 2004 from Africa, Asia, and Latin America to research and write about subjects of their choice at the IUCN Envi
Author(s):
- Burhenne-Guilmin, Françoise
- Cedeño, Marianela
- Fernández Fernández, Edgar
- Jemaiel, Sondes
- Mwebaza, Rose
- Zhandeyeva, Dana
Organization(s):
- Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung (InWent), DE
- IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC)
This book describes the 12 years of Kibale and Semliki Conservation and Development Project, and how in the projects early days conservation and development activities tended to be separate and discrete activities.
Author(s):
- Barrow, Edmund G. C.
- Chhetri, Purna B.
- Muhweezi, Alex
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Eastern Africa
- Uganda, Uganda Wildlife Authority
Author(s):
- Hofstede, Robert
- Mena V., Patricio
- Segarra, Pool
Organization(s):
- EcoCiencia Fundación Ecuatoriana de Estudios Ecológicos, EC
- Global Peatland Initiative
- IUCN National Committee of The Netherlands
Organization(s):
- Uganda, Uganda Wildlife Authority
- IUCN
- International Gorilla Conservation Programme
Author(s):
- Cadena, Rosaura
- Carabias, Julia
- Maza, Javier de la
Organization(s):
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- Nature Conservancy, US
Author(s):
- Cadena, Rosaura
- Carabias, Julia
- Maza, Javier de la
Organization(s):
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- Nature Conservancy, US
Author(s):
- Petkova, Elena
- Maurer, Crescencia
- Henninger, Norbert
- Irwin, Frances
- Coyle, John
- Hoff, Gretchen
Organization(s):
- World Resources Institute (WRI)
Author(s):
- Carder, Nanny
- Tindimubona, Laura
Author(s):
- Hill, Catherine M.
- Osborn, Ferral V.
- Plumptre, Andrew J.
Organization(s):
- Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), US
There is growing recognition that centralized forest regimes, which exclude local knowledge and customary practices, have not achieved sustainable forest management.
Author(s):
- Kigenyi, Fred
- Gondo, Peter
- Mugabe, John
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Eastern Africa
- Natural Resources International
- IUCN, Eastern Africa Programme
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