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Alleviating poverty, improving livelihoods

The Resources for Improved Livelihoods project, supported by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is part of Fauna & Flora International’s Biodiversity and Human Needs programme.

It looks at Fauna & Flora International projects around the world and draws out best practice - looking for ways to ensure that conservation does not add to the already considerable burden of those living in poverty.

The projects seeks to remove the barriers - poverty, disadvantage and lack of voice - that stand in the way of local people using their natural resources sustainably and protecting biodiversity.

Focal projects:

• Securing land tenure and the sustainable use of mpingo for villagers in Kilwa District, Tanzania with the Mpingo Conservation Project;
• Influencing national policy decisions and working with local authorities in post-conflict Liberia to ensure that conservation and community needs are taken into account despite pressure from commercial logging and mining interests;
• Developing income generating activities to combat poverty and reduce poaching of the Critically Endangered saiga antelope in rural Kazakhstan where extreme poverty is driving poaching;
• Improving food security and promoting protection of the Critically Endangered Siamese crocodile among communities in Cambodia's Cardamom Mountains where crippling poverty threatens rural communities;
• In the aftermath of Hurricane Iris, helping local organizations and communities in Belize to manage and protect their forests and develop small scale businesses that rely on a healthy ecosystem;
• Ensuring that the needs of the rural poor are considered in talks about the conservation of and trade in endangered species at the international policy level.