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Restoring forests to improve livelihoods - four years of success and influence
In almost four years of existence, IUCN's Livelihoods and Landscape Strategy (LLS) has changed the lives of poor communities around the world by restoring forest services, improving livelihoods and creating means of income. Jamie Gordon, Knowledge Management Officer for LLS, describes a few of those success stories and explains how LLS experience has been adopted as a model by governments and donor organizations for new strategies. …
31 Jan 2010 | Audio
Superposición de territorios indígenas y áreas protegidas en América del Sur
El documento surge del primer levantamiento de información y discusión sobre la situación de traslape entre áreas protegidas y territorios indígenas. Incluye un análisis acerca de las condiciones de gobernanza, estudios de caso en Perú y Bolivia y recomendaciones para un buen gobierno. …
12 Mar 2010 | News story
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Improving lives and protecting biodiversity in Guatemela
Central America is rich in natural and cultural diversity. But this ‘bio-cultural’ wealth is a stark contrast to the poor management of the region’s ecosystems, economic and social inequalities and some of the worlds’s highest rates of deforestation. As a response, IUCN is working through its Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy (LLS) to sustain the flow of goods and services from forest landscapes for the benefit of local people and biodiversity. In Guatemala, LLS is underway at two sites, Lachua and Tacanà. This nine-minute video describes these two projects and the impact they are having.
The movie is currently in Spanish, but a version with English subtitles will be available soon on this site.
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26 Feb 2010 | Video
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Improving livelihoods in Guatemalan landscapes
In Guatemala, IUCN is working through its Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy (LLS) to sustain the flow of goods and services from forest landscapes for the benefit of local people and biodiversity conservation. Wildtalk speaks to Jose Arturo Santos, coordinator of the Biodiversity and Sustainable Use Unit in IUCN’s country office in Guatemala, to learn more. …
23 Feb 2010 | Audio
Drawing the future for forest communities
Forest communities are using art to stake a claim on their future. As part of IUCN's Livelihoods and Landscapes Initiative, Intu Boedhihartono encourages local people to draw how they see the areas that they live in now and how they imagine they could change in a few years' time. …
01 Feb 2010 | Audio
Drylands are richer than you think
Drylands produce much more than people - and governments - generally give them credit for. IUCN's Senior Social Policy Advisor Gonzalo Oviedo explains how rich drylands can be, both in terms of biodiversity and the vast wealth of traditional knowledge their inhabitants have accumulated. Having learned to adapt to the harsh climate of drylands, he says we have a lot to learn from them about how to cope with such conditions. …
16 Sep 2009 | Audio
Drylands explained
With more than 2 billion people living in dryland areas, the importance of drylands for development and conservation cannot be overstated. …
11 Sep 2009 | Video
All we need is water
Extreme water scarcity is not the only problem Jordan is currently facing. Combined with poor water management though, it might be the worst. When both water quantity and quality are inadequate, health and environmental hazards can reach alarming levels. …
03 Dec 2008 | Video
