Africa
Geographies
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.
Alternative Sustainable Livelihoods for Coastal Communities: A Review of Experience and Guide to Best Practice
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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?
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Community-Based Forest Enterprises: Their Status and Potential in Tropical Countries
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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.
Community-Based Tree and Forest Product Enterprises: Market Analysis and Development
The manual defines the Market Analysis and Development (MA&D) process, and provides planners with the information necessary to prepare for and to implement the MA&D process with respect to community-based enterprise development.
Conservation Enterprise Planning Checklist
This checklist can be used by practitioners to help plan their conservation enterprise approach.
Conservation Enterprise: What Works, Where and for Whom?
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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.
Democratising forest business: a compendium of successful locally controlled forest business organisations
The main purpose of this book is to present 19 case studies from 14 developing countries that show how local people have been democratising forest business.
Development AND Gorillas? Assessing Fifteen Years of Integrated Conservation and Development in South-Western Uganda
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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.
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.
Enterprise Strategies for Coastal and Marine Conservation: Review of Best Practices and Lessons Learned
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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.
Global Sustainable Tourism Alliance (GSTA) Performance Evaluation Final Report
This evaluation focused on global issues and Washington core support for the GSTA Project.
Integrated Conservation and Development Projects and Efforts around Amani Nature Reserve, Tanzania, and Their Effects on Livelihoods and Forest Conservation
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Integrating Conservation & Livelihood Goals
Using a database of World Bank project evaluations, E3/FAB’s new study called “Integrating Livelihood and Conservation Goals: A Retrospective Analysis of World Bank Projects” aims to contribute to building the evidence base around the integration of biodiversity conservation and livelihood goals.
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.
Lessons on Community Enterprise Interventions for Landscape/Seascape Level Conservation: Seven Case Studies from the Global Conservation Program
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