Uganda has abundant energy resources, especially renewable resources, yet there is widespread energy poverty throughout the country. The country’s energy sector faces considerable challenges including high costs for renewable energy technologies, rising international oil prices and an increased demand for power. This report explores key issues in each of the sub-sectors, the potential for renewable energies, and gives an overview of the legal and institutional frameworks for the sector.
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CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) provides a global regulatory system of permits and certificates for transboundary trade for over 34.000 species of animals and plants. A symposium on community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) for the conservation of CITES-listed species was organized with the aim of providing the necessary knowledge base for a broad policy discussion within the European Union on the relevance of local conservation programmes for CITES. |
PLA 64 explores ways of communication, appraisal, monitoring and research which are involving young people in decision-making. This special issue, developed and written by and with young people, reflects on these questions and challenges. |
This is the first paper in the new IIED Climate Change Working Paper series. As adaptation to climate change becomes the focus of increasing attention and the target of significant spending, there is a growing need for frameworks and tools that enable organisations to track and assess the outcomes of adaptation interventions. This paper presents a framework for climate change adaptation programming, including potential indicators, for tracking and evaluating the success of adaptation support and adaptation interventions. |
Many remote rural communities rich in agrobiodiversity are facing growing economic hardship, climatic stress and biodiversity loss. This publication shows how an inter-community agreement developed by the six communities of the Potato Park in the Andes provides the basis for a strong and equitable local economy founded on conservation principles. This community protocol also provides an example or model for implementing the Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit- sharing. |
Over 150 large dams have been built in West Africa over the last 50 years. Many more are in the planning stages to meet the region’s demands for energy, water and food and their reservoirs will displace many thousands of local people. Success in resettling affected people and in rebuilding their livelihoods has been mixed in the region. This publication reviews detailed experience from six dams through the lens of “benefit sharing” with local populations. The lessons learned from these experiences can guide future decision making. |