IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP)

This report first reviews the available methods, tools and approaches that have been designed to assess and document the social impacts of conservation interventions, and second, offers guidance for practitioners on good practice for designing studies and facilitating processes for such assessmen

Governance is a critical determinant of the social equity, effectiveness and sustainability of natural resource use and conservation. Improving natural resource governance, including securing rights and sharing power and responsibilities, benefits both people and nature.

Small-scale fisheries provide food security, livelihoods and income to millions of people but their management still presents a challenge to managers and other stakeholders due to problems in gathering suitable information and its incorporation in fisheries policy.

Este libro busca: 1. examinar las dimensiones política, económica, cultural y ecológica de la soberanía alimenticia 2. generar e intercambiar conocimiento técnicamente informado y aplicable prácticamente 3. Facilitar la formación de alianzas entre culturas entre los EE.UU.

This book was written in Bribri narrative. Words and teachings are presented just as elders have shared them. The format of this work is simple but profound.

The interdisciplinary situation analysis (ISA) presented in this document is the first of its kind and pilots various analyses of secondary data that may be drawn upon to inform the second phase of the landscape assessment, which involves primary data collection.

In this discussion paper, we undertook an analysis guided by three questions relevant to food and nutritional security for the project site of Sixaola on the Costa Rica – Panama border.

The objective of this background paper is to report on qualitative social sciences frameworks, and mixed methodologies, that could be incorporated into the HDNF assessment tool.

L’ouvrage Conservation de biodiversité des zones arides vise à sensibiliser toutes les parties prenantes et à galvaniser une action plus large afin de booster la conservation et le développement des zones arides.

This paper provides an analytical framework for assessing the impact of international trade in wildlife and wildlife products on conservation and local livelihoods.

This report is a summary of the discussions that took place during the workshop, presenting the main outcomes both generally on bioenergy and then specifically in relation to IUCN. Full details of the discussions are available in the annexes.

Conventional approaches to managing protected areas have often seen people and nature as separate entities. They preclude human communities from using natural resources and assume that their concerns are incompatible with conservation.

O guia que tem em mãos inspira-se e segue a linha de trabalho da importante obra «Sharing Power» publicada pela UICN/CEESP e pelo IIED.

There are two principles here, both reflecting the natural world. The first is that natural systems are based on cycles, for example water, nitrogen and carbon. Secondly, there is very little waste in natural systems.

This publication, produced in the context of the Regional Programme for West African Marine and Coastal Conservation (PRCM), is a successor to a 2005 volume entitled "Environmental management of offshore oil exploitation and maritime oil transport." The book helped us to better understand the env

Los territorios indígenas de conservación y las áreas conservadas por pueblos indígenas y comunidades locales — ICCA para abreviar — son el tema de una Nota Informativa de la UICN/CEESP presentada en el CDB SBSTTA en mayo de 2010.

Se espera que la presente Nota Informativa los oriente de manera sensible y respetuosa teniendo en cuento los muchos temas involucrados.

This Briefing Note is intended to assist countries and policy-makers to recognise and support ICCAs (territories and areas conserved by indigenous peoples and local communities) in a manner that is sensitive to and respectful of the many issues involved.

Les Aires Marines Protégées (AMPs) d’Afrique de l’Ouest tiennent enfin, avec ce guide pratique, leur outil d’émancipation. Il est temps de structurer les approches et passer à la vitesse supérieure en matière de gouvernance partagée et gestion conjointe des aires protégées.

Despite endorsements of the concept of sustainable development and the linking of sustainable development with the Millennium Development Goals, progress towards the eradication of poverty has been disappointing.