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Innovation case study: Turning legal analysis and information into a catalyst for change

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 12 p.

Author FAO; CIFOR-ICRAF; CIRAD; WCS;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Synopsis (short abstract) Appropriate and effective policies and legislation underpin all efforts to achieve sustainable food production and responsible management of natural resources, including wildlife. In many countries, however, legislative reform is urgently needed to keep pace with changing environmental and social conditions, needs, norms and requirements. Sustainable wildlife management typically involves many different sectors, such as hunting and fishing, land tenure, ecosystem management, food safety and animal production. Consequently, policies and legislation may need to be strengthened or updated within and between these sectors.This publication aims to spark new ways of working to strengthen community-based sustainable wildlife management worldwide.The SWM Programme, which is funded by the European Union with co-funding from the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) and the French Development Agency (AFD), seeks to improve community-based sustainable wildlife management. What does this mean in practice? The initiative is working on ways to respect, strengthen and protect the rights of communities who live near wildlife and depend on wildlife resources for food and income, while ensuring the conservation and sustainability of wildlife populations. The SWM Programme supports communities’ efforts to secure formal rights to govern access to, and use of, wildlife within their traditional territories, and to strengthen their capacity to determine how they regulate use of wildlife.

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