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Conservation Enterprise Impact Lab 2022: Using a Theory of Change to Learn Across Conservation Enterprises Webinar Presentation
From May to August 2022, seven activity teams, including USAID staff and implementing partners, from five Missions around the globe joined the second round of the Conservation Enterprises Impact Lab to share with each other their successes and challenges in implementing conservation enterprises.
Conservation Enterprise Impact Lab 2022 : Using a Theory of Change to Learn Across Conservation Enterprises Posters
From May to August 2022, seven activity teams, including USAID staff and implementing partners, from five Missions around the globe joined the second round of the Conservation Enterprises Impact Lab to share with each other their successes and challenges in implementing conservation enterprises.
Conservation Enterprises: Using a Theory of Change Approach to Examine Evidence for Biodiversity Conservation
In this brief, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Economic Growth, Education, and Environment (E3) Office of Forestry and Biodiversity (FAB) Measuring Impact (MI) project examined the evidence presented in the studies included in Roe et al.
Are Alternative Livelihood Projects Effective at Reducing Local Threats to Specified Elements of Biodiversity and/or Improving or Maintaining the Conservation Status of Those Elements?
Key points in this document.
Learning our Lessons: A Review of Alternative Livelihood Projects in Central Africa
The study found that a range of different livelihood alternatives (for both protein and income) is currently being offered.
Enterprise Strategies for Coastal and Marine Conservation: A Summary of Best Practices
This summary of best practices in coastal conservation based enterprises is meant to assist coastal practitioners and local government officials who currently use, or are interested in using, enterprise as a strategy for the conservation of biological diversity in rural coastal communities and to benefit local populations and their natural environment.
Evaluating Linkages Between Business, the Environment, and Local Communities Final Analytical Results from the Biodiversity Conservation Network
This paper presents the core analysis of linkages between business environment and the local communities.
A Global Assessment of Community Based Natural Resources Management: Addressing the Critical Challenges of the Rural Sector
CBNRM: An assessment with recommendations for the future.
Elephant Pepper: Establishing Conservation-Focused Business
This case study examines the development of a commercial product at the intersection of biodiversity conservation, economic development, and improvement in the livelihoods of poor African farmers.
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.
Tmatboey Community-Based Ecotourism Project, Cambodia
Case study of the Tmatboey Ibis Project which aims to conserve the globally threatened large waterbirds found at Tmatboey, Cambodiam using the ibises as ‘flagships’, by establishing a local community-based tourism enterprise that directly links revenue received to long-term species conservation.
Case Studies: Bundling Agricultural Products with Ecosystem Services
This paper examines how bundling of ecosystem services into agricultural products (BESAP) markets are actually being set up on the ground, drawing lessons learned from six cases in Africa and Latin America.
USAID Support to the Community-Based Natural Resource Management Program in Namibia: LIFE Program Review
Since 1992 USAID has contributed to the support of Namibia’s Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) program through the Living in a Finite Environment (LIFE) program.
Global Sustainable Tourism Alliance (GSTA) Performance Evaluation Final Report
This evaluation focused on global issues and Washington core support for the GSTA Project.
Conservation Marketing Equation: A Manual for Conservation and Development Professionals
Key points in document.
Nature, Wealth, Power 2.0: Leveraging Natural and Social Capital for Resilient Development
This volume is a sequel to the original Nature, Wealth, & Power framework paper (NWP1), produced in 2002.
Measuring Impact: Lessons Learned from the Forest, Climate and Communities Alliance
The Forest, Climate, and Communities Alliance (FCCA) was an initiative funded by USAID’s Bureau for Economic Growth, Education, and the Environment/Office of Forestry and Biodiversity (E3/FAB) under the USAID Global Development Alliance (GDA) between 2009 and 2013.
Final Evaluation of the Sustainable Conservation Approaches in Priority Ecosystems Program
This final evaluation of the Sustainable Conservation Approaches in Priority Ecosystems (SCAPES) program assesses conservation strategies used by four implementing partners to address priority threats and strengthen local capacity to conserve biodiversity.
Does Conserving Biodiversity Work to Reduce Poverty: A State of Knowledge Review
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