An initiatives database – with more than 30 initiatives listed - describes significant international initiatives designed to explore the links between conservation and poverty reduction, from broad poverty-environment programmes to focused single-issue agendas. The database can be searched by key word or by implementing organisation. The initiatives are displayed in this page in reverse order from the one most recently entered into the database.
The CARE International Poverty, Environmental and Climate Change Network (PECCN) is a programme development, programme quality and advocacy network that is based on horizontal and largely informal relationships across CARE, and between CARE and peer...
The Central African Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE) is a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) initiative aimed at promoting sustainable natural resource management in the Congo Basin. The Congo Basin forest is the...
The International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP) is a joint initiative of WWF, Fauna and Flora International (FFI) and the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF). Its aim is to ensure the conservation of mountain gorillas and their regional...
The Executive Director of UNEP convened the 1st Ad Hoc Intergovernmental and Multi-Stakeholder meeting on an Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) in Malaysia, in November 2008. There was a general...
In 2008, a number of partners met to discuss the project concept previously named 'Vision 2020', which aimed to build an understanding of the costs and benefits of protected areas, particularly with regard to human well-being and the livelihoods of...
Indigenous and Community Conserved Areas (ICCAs) are a globally significant type of managed area governed by local or indigenous communities for conservation and cultural purposes. Their contributions to biodiversity conservation, sustainable...
The Environment for Development (EfD) initiative is an environmental economics programme focused on international research collaboration, policy advice, and academic training. The overall objective is to support poverty alleviation and sustainable...
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) represented a major international effort to assessing ecosystem changes and the consequences for human well-being, at scales from the global to the local. This initiative was funded by GEF and other donors, and...
At the meeting of the environment ministers of the G8 countries and the five major newly industrialising countries that took place in Potsdam in March 2007, the German government proposed a study on 'The economic significance of the global loss of...
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment showed that the loss of services from ecosystems (for example deforestation, soil degradation, water purification) is a significant barrier to reducing poverty, hunger and disease. Tackling this set of problems...
Due to its expertise and ability to widely disseminate information, the SCBD has established, with the support of the French and German governments, an initiative that specifically demonstrates the benefits of biodiversity to development and poverty...
TGER is a network of over 325 volunteers from over 100 countries whose membership comes from conservation organisations, community and indigenous peoples organisations, NGOs and grassroots organisations, governments, independent researchers and...
The challenge to develop a systematic and comprehensive approach to facilitating livelihood change is the focus of IMM’s Sustainable Livelihood Enhancement and Diversification (SLED) Initiative. SLED builds on a series of research projects over recent...
The International Union of Forestry Research Organizations (IUFRO) constituted in 2007 a special Task Force on ‘Improving the Lives of People in Forests’. The Task Force is composed of respected researchers and activists addressing issues of human...
The Poverty and Conservation Learning Group is a project coordinated by IIED.
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