Biodiversity and Forestry Seminars
Conservation and Law Enforcement in Gorongosa and Niassa: A Study of the Criminal Justice Process for Wildlife Crime, from Apprehension to Incarceration
In July 2019, USAID/Mozambique released a comprehensive study of the wildlife criminal justice process in Mozambique and identified key areas for improvement. Successful enforcement of wildlife trafficking laws requires apprehending perpetrators and shepherding them through the criminal justice system. This…
The transboundary displacement of deforestation under REDD+: Problematic intersections between the trade of forest-risk commodities and land grabbing in the Mekong region
The fragmentary adoption of REDD+ across forest nations leaves room for the displacement of deforestation from early-adopters and countries with more rigorous carbon-related regulatory regimes to late-adopters of REDD+. While this displacement is expected to be substantial, our empirical understanding…
Making Gender Count: Leveraging M&E to Mainstream Gender
South Asia is one of the most water-scarce regions of the world. The Himalayan river basins that supply much of the region’s water, traverse national boundaries and are under increasing pressure due to industrialization, urbanization and a rapidly-growing population. Water…
Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group Quarterly News Digest July 2017
Recent Publications, News Highlights, Upcoming Events, and Past Event Resources
Making sense of research for sustainable land management
This publication is based on the work of more than 600 scientists and synthesizes experiences and practice-relevant results from a 7-year German-funded international research programme on interactions between land management, climate change, and ecosystems and their services.
Protected Area Staff Training: Guidelines for Planning and Management
This guide from the IUCN is designed to help protected area managers to develop, implement, and evaluate targeted training programs to build and maintain staff competencies.
Competence Standards for Protected Area Jobs in South East Asia
This guide by the ASEAN Regional Centre for Biodiversity Conservation provides suggested competence standards for protected area jobs, including enforcement agents.
Proceedings of the International Expert Workshop on the Enforcement of Wildlife Trade Controls in the EU, 5-6 November 2001, Frankfurt, Germany
Conference proceedings from “International Expert Workshop on the Enforcement of Wildlife Trade Controls in the EU” held by TRAFFIC Europe and the IUCN Environmental Law Center.
Mid-Term Performance Evaluation of Asia’s Regional Response to Endangered Species Trafficking (ARREST) Program
This report is a mid-term performance evaluation of Asia’s Regional Response to Endangered Species Trafficking (ARREST), authored by MSI, and used “a mixed-methods evaluation design that combined qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection: document review, key informant interviews, and…
ABCG Event: Getting Consumers to Care: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Urban Bushmeat Demand in Congo
The speakers of this ABCG seminar will describe the interdisciplinary framework of a two year pilot project to identify the key drivers behind urban bushmeat consumption in Pointe Noire, Republic of Congo, and present preliminary criminology, social, and market research…
Supporting Small Forest Enterprises: A Facilitator’s Toolkit; Pocket Guidance Not Rocket Science!
Systematic Approaches to Livelihoods Enhancement and Diversification: A Review of Global Experiences
Fish, Forks, and Food Security: The Importance of Wild Fisheries to Food and Job Security
Wild fisheries were highlighted in a recent Ag Sector Council Seminar hosted by Agrilinks.
Community-based Natural Resource Management and Poverty Alleviation in Namibia: A Case Study
Through community-based natural resource management (CBNRM), Namibians who form conservancies now have legal rights to manage wildlife and benefit from tourism. With these secure rights, and with help from NGOs and the government, something extraordinary is happening: wildlife numbers, which…
USFS Mission Report on the Development of MaMaBay Ecotourism Trail for the Wildlife Conservation Society
This mission is one part of a larger collaboration between WCS, the USFS, and other technical and financial partners in the development of coordinated ecotourism opportunities. This report focuses on one component of the original vision for collaboration on a…
Manuel de mesure, notification et verification (MNV) de la REDD+ version 2.0
La réduction des émissions résultant de la déforestation et de la dégradation des forêts, de la conservation des stocks de carbone, de la gestion durable des forêts et du renforcement des stocks de carbone forestier (REDD +) est devenue un…
USAID Biodiversity Report 2010
This report summarizes biodiversity conservation and forestry programs supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in ½scal year (FY) 2009. Biodiversity and forestry are reported together because they are highly interrelate
Participatory Learning and Action 59 - Change at hand: Web 2.0 for development
Web 2.0 tools and approaches are radically changing the ways we create, share, collaborate and publish digital information through the Internet. Participatory Web 2.0 for development – or Web2forDev for short – is a way of employing web services to int
REDD+ Measurment, Reporting and Verification (MRV) Manual Version 2.0
The purpose of this Manual is to provide an overall review of the data, models, techniques and accounting methods that could be part of a Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) system for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and…