Publication Date: February 5, 2014
Author: The Nature Conservancy, The Janegoodall Institute, Mahale, Katavi and Gombe National Parks, Members from Mpanda and Kigoma Districts
TNC collaborated with JGI and Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS) to launch a GME Steering Committee, which will among others coordinate the development of an Integrated Management Plan for the GME…
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Publication Date: February 5, 2014
Author: Joseph Letoole, Assistant grazing coordinator, Northern rangelands trust
A grazing by laws development workshop was conducted with the goal of harmonizing rules and rights on access to various rangeland resources, migration patterns, settlement patterns as well as management…
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Publication Date: February 5, 2014
Author: Emanuel Chibesakunda, with editorial support from Brian McBrearity of the African Wildlife Foundation
This reports presents two case studies including: The institutional and material needs to successfully operate a goat production value chain run by a community based organization, and The institutional and…
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Developing a Conservation Trust Fund For the Western Indian Ocean Coastal Challenge – interim report
Publication Date: December 30, 2013
Author: Jim Tolisano, Katy Mathias, Ray Victurine
The Western Indian Ocean Coastal Challenge (WIO-‐‑CC) is a governmental platform organized “to galvanize political, financial and technical commitments and actions at national and regional levels on climate change adaptation,…
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Publication Date: December 20, 2013
Author: Dwasi Jane Akinyi
This study seeks to examine the law and practice of private land use restrictions in Kenya to assess their usefulness for achieving biodiversity conservation outcomes. In the process, a number…
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Publication Date: December 19, 2013
Author: Compiled by The Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) working in collaboration with other partners from the Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group (ABCG) held a strategic and technical workshop designed to review and build responses…
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Publication Date: November 30, 2013
Author: Daulos Mauambeta, the Jane Goodall Institute
A training workshop on HIV and AIDS and Environment was organized for the Jane Goodall Institute and partners in Kigoma, Tanzania from 4th to 6th of November 2013. This was one…
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Publication Date: November 29, 2013
Author: Dr. Jane Dwasi; Peter Veit
WRI conducted research on compensation for property losses from private land-use restrictions. The research, conducted in partnership with Dr. Jane Dwasi at the University of Nairobi, focused on the law…
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Publication Date: November 29, 2013
Author: Maggi; Peter Veit, WRI
The primary focus of this report is on the potential environmental impacts of large-scale land acquisitions, particularly considering the dearth of knowledge on this relatively new and poorly regulated phenomenon. …
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Publication Date: November 22, 2013
Author: Janet Edmond and Colleen Sorto (Conservation International), Sarah Davidson (The Nature Conservancy), John Sauer (Water for People), Dennis Warner (Millennium Water Alliance), Marc Dettman (Global Env
Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) have traditionally been seen as incompatible with biodiversity conservation. But this perception has been sustained by the lack of a comprehensive approach to integrating the…
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