IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)

This guide is provides guidance on how to structure enabling investments and prepare the ground for asset investments that yield acceptable returns and reduced risk, not only for investors, but also for local forest right-holders, national governments and society at large. The volume sets out a framework for structuring investments with tactical advice for building the partnerships necessary for success.

A symposium on community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) for the conservation of CITES-listed species was organized by the Austrian Ministry of the Environment and the European Commission in Vienna, Austria, in May 2010. Its aim was to provide the necessary knowledge base for a broad policy discussion within the European Union on the relevance of local conservation programmes for CITES to achieve the goals as set out in its current Strategic Vision 2008-2013 (Res. Conf. 14.2).

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.

Ce document présente les expériences de six barrages construits en Afrique de l'Ouest entre la fin des années 1970 et la fin des années 1990 : Sélingué au Mali, Niandouba et Confluent au Sénégal, Moussodougou, Bagré et Kompienga au Burkina Faso. Des études rétrospectives ont été réalisées pour chacun d'eux et leurs conclusions ont été discutées lors d'ateliers nationaux multi-acteurs dans chacun des pays concernés.

This document examines the experiences of six dams built in West Africa between the late 1970s and late 1990s: the Niandouba and Confluent in Senegal, the Sélingué in Mali, and the Bagré, Kompienga and Moussodougou dams in Burkina Faso. Retrospective studies were conducted for each of these dams and their conclusions discussed in multi-stakeholder national workshops in each country.

Les Territoires Autochtones de Conservation et les Aires du Patrimoine Autochtone et Communautaire — en bref, les APAC — font l'objet d'une Note d'information de l'UICN/CEESP présentée à la réunion SBSTTA de la CBD en mai 2010. Ce document plus complet expose les exemples et analyses à l'origine des recommandations contenues dans ladite Note d'information. Ce document peut être lu conjointement à la Note, mais aussi indépendamment, car les principaux concepts y sont redéfinis.

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. El presente documento, más largo, ofrece algunos ejemplos y análisis que sustentan la asesoría sobre políticas contenida en esa Nota Informativa.

Indigenous conservation territories and areas conserved by indigenous peoples and local communities — ICCAs for short — are the subject of an IUCN/CEESP Briefing Note launched at CBD SBSTTA in May 2010. This larger document provides the examples and analysis underlying the policy advice contained in that Briefing Note. The document can be read in conjunction with the Briefing Note or as a stand-alone, as main concepts are described again here.

This briefing discusses the human rights impact of conservation policies and the role of non-governmental and international conservation organizations in protecting human rights while supporting conservation initiatives. The article includes information relating to the Conservation Initiative on Human Rights and a description of the IUCN resolutions and recommendations regarding human rights and conservation.