Social Policy Resources

Social Equity in Conservation

IUCN’s “Policy on Social Equity in Conservation and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources” adopted by IUCN Council Meeting in February 2000.

Gender Equity in Conservation

Towards the Equity Series: a project of the Social Program of IUCN's Regional Office for Mesoamerica

IUCN's website on Gender and Environment

IUCN’s “Gender Policy Statement” adopted in April 1998.

People and Protected Areas: Tenure and Participation

Collaborative Management Of Protected Areas: Tailoring The Approach To The Context. Issues in Social Policy by Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend

"Indigenous and Local Communites and Protected Areas Guidelines - Guidance on policy and practice for Co-managed Protected Areas and Community Conserved Areas" by Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend, Ashish Kothari and Gonzalo Oviedo, 2004.

"Local communities and protected areas", PARKS, Volume 12 No. 2, 2002 (a joint issue of the WCPA magazine with CEESP / TILCEPA).

Principles And Guidelines On Indigenous And Traditional Peoples And Protected Areas developed by IUCN / WCPA and WWF in May 1999.

Indigenous Peoples and Conservation

Discussion note on Indigenous Peoples Issues in IUCN by Gonzalo Oviedo, November 2006. Download Annexes.

Mining and Indigenous Peoples: A Brief Assessment from IUCN’s Social Policy Perspective, June 2003

Indigenous Peoples Specialist Group set up by Commission on Environmental Law

Powerpoint presentation on IUCN's work with indigenous peoples.1.9 MB

Cultural Diversity and Traditional Knowledge in Relation to Biodiversity Conservation

Briefing notes on Community Conserved Areas (updated version for the World Conservation Congress, November 2004)

Protecting the Sacred Natural sites of the world

A UNESCO webpage on The Importance of Sacred Natural Sites and Cultural Landscapes for Biodiversity Conservation.

Poverty Alleviation, Rights, Human Wellbeing and Livelihood Security

The Conservation Poverty Reduction website, an IUCN initiative to support the Millenium Development Goals

Poverty and Conservation: Landscapes, People and Power
by R.J. Fisher, Stewart Maginnis, W.J. Jackson, Edmund Barrow and Sally Jeanrenaud, 2005

Poverty and Conservation Project that links Sustainable Livelihoods and Ecosystem Management.

Social Aspects of Environmental Security and Vulnerability

BIOLOG: Newsletter of Regional Biodiversity Programme, Asia, May 2004
This issue focusses on the relevance of biodiversity in achieving or contributing to health security.

IUCN’s Working Group on Environment and Security

Human rights and the environment: civil, political, socio-economic and environmental rights, environmental justice

Social Aspects of Environmental Governance

"Sharing Power: Learning by doing in Co-Management of Natural Resources throughout the World", 2004. Click here for downloading and ordering information

Beyond Fences: Seeking Social Sustainability in Conservation by Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend, 1997.

Participatory Management Clearinghouse established jointly by IUCN, WWF and the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. View the Spanish Version SIMP.

Population Dynamics and the Environment

Our People, Our Resources: Supporting Rural Communities in Participatory Action Research on Population Dynamics