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Integrating economics into resource and environment management: some recent experiences from the Pacific
Integrating economics into resource and environment management: some recent experiences from the Pacific …
29 Nov 2011 | Downloads - publication
Strengthening capacity for economic approaches to conservation in Asia
IUCN, in collaboration with the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Mercuria Energy Group, organized a regional workshop in China to raise awareness and build capacity in the use of economic tools for biodiversity conservation. …
09 Jun 2011 | Event
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Southern Africa regional workshop on the economics of biodiversity
IUCN, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and the Mercuria Energy Group joined forces to strengthen capacity and support economic approaches to biodiversity conservation and sustainable use in developing countries. …
26 Apr 2011 | Event
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Forests and poverty: the latest thinking
Gill Shepherd, IUCN Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy Thematic Adviser on Poverty and Landscapes, speaks on the latest thinking on forests and poverty, drawing from lessons that have come out of IUCN's innovative 'Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy' (LLS). …
27 Jan 2011 | Video
arborvitae Issue 42 - Communicating Forest Values
- What is a forest? ...at best something nice to look at, somewhere to walk their dog, a refuge from the hurly-burly of daily life.
- How sexy are forests? as a forest expert...you have to realise that most people take decisions not based on the head, but on the heart, guts and sex.
- Perspective: ...kill the extinction message. The 'Love' message trumps the 'Loss' message for grabbing the public's attention.
21 Jan 2011 | Downloads - publication
Ecosystems, Biodiversity and Agri-business
On December 13, the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI) Platform and IUCN held a workshop on: Ecosystems & Biodiversity and Economic Implications for Agri-business. …
22 Dec 2010 | Event
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Tenure foncière et forestière au Burkina Faso : Une plate forme de plaidoyer mise en place
Sous le patronage du Ministère de l’Agriculture, de l’Hydraulique et des Ressources Halieutiques du Burkina Faso, le forum national des « Champions en tenure foncière et forestière » s’est déroulé à Ouagadougou le 22 septembre 2010. …
04 Oct 2010 | Downloads - document
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arborvitae Issue 41 - Forest finance
Forest finance
- Livelihoods and landscapes: So far, the expectations of PES as a market-based solution for conservation and development have not been met.
- Feature: Do public goods always have to remain public?
- REDD: We cannot wait to act on REDD-plus.
- Local forests: Why, despite their global significance, has so little external investment flowed to local forest enterprises – especially in the South?
17 Jun 2010 | Downloads - publication
A gateway to PES: using payments for ecosystem services for livelihoods and landscapes
The main objective of this work is to provide an introduction and sense of direction (i.e. a “Gateway”) into the complicated world of Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES). It by no means intends to serve as a comprehensive overview of this vast field. It provides one entry point for engaging in PES, and was designed to fit into the broader Livelihoods and Landscapes (LLS) strategy, as developed by IUCN’s Forest Conservation Programme. …
29 Apr 2010 | Downloads - publication
