Finding solutions in nature for climate change
On the recent International Day of Biological Diversity, IIED hosted a multi-stakeholder webinar on how to work with nature to mitigate and adapt to climate change and halt biodiversity loss. IIED senior researcher Xiaoting Hou Jones chaired the event, and shared some highlights from the discussions in a follow-up blog.
Read her comments and watch a full recording of the webinar
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Nature 4 Development: improving evidence and dialogue on biodiversity and development
Biodiversity is being lost at alarming rates. But the so-called biodiversity crisis is also a development crisis. IIED and partners are assessing the evidence that investing in nature delivers development outcomes for poor people, and enhancing dialogue between conservation and development communities.
Find out about the Nature 4 Development project and contribute to the evidence review
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Blog by Natalie Lartey and Immaculate Yossa Daisy
Protecting indigenous foods, preserving biodiversity – the solutions are in nature
Natalie Lartey and Immaculate Yossa Daisy discuss how advocacy to protect Uganda’s indigenous food is simultaneously preserving the nation’s biodiversity.
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Our partners' perspectives
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Blog by Stephanie Brittain
The COVID-19 response and wild meat: a call for local context
In recognition of the importance of wild meat for food security and livelihoods, global conservation policy has focused on the need for sustainable use of species hunted for wild meat, and many experts agree that using wild species sustainably may still be the best way to save them. Yet, following the COVID-19 outbreak, we are seeing a growing number of calls to ban the trade and consumption of wildlife globally.
Read the blog from Stephanie Brittain of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science (ICCS)
Find out more in the recent edition of BBC Radio 4's The Food Programme: Why Eat Wild Meat? which features Professor E.J. Milner-Gulland, director of ICCS.
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The Communities and IWT Learning Platform
People not poaching
People Not Poaching is an IIED-led initiative that features partners’ work, with over 100 case studies on the learning platform. The platform lets people share their experiences of community-based initiatives being used to combat poaching, the strategies used and the successes achieved. Learn what worked, what didn’t and why.
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New projects and publications
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Project
Site-level assessment of governance and equity (SAGE)
Led by IIED, the Site-level Assessment of Governance and Equity (SAGE) initiative aims to improve the governance and equity of protected areas, other conservation measures, and conservation-related actions. It is based on the relatively simple SAGE methodology, which enables stakeholders to assess the status of governance, plan actions to improve, and monitor progress.
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Discussion paper, 44 pages
Putting indigenous foods and food systems at the heart of sustainable food and nutrition security in Uganda
Promoting indigenous plant and animal foods is a means to enhance nutrition and resilience to climate change. This report, from the Sustainable Diets for All advocacy programme, documents the status and importance of indigenous foods and food systems in Uganda in order to inform policies, programmes and action at the local and national level.
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