BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk//
X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:First Line of Defence: engaging communities in tackling illegal wi
 ldlife trade - Dr Dilys Roe\, IIED
DTSTART:20190320T170000Z
DTEND:20190320T180000Z
UID:TALK110629@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:E Allen
DESCRIPTION:The London Conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT)\, held i
 n October last year - along with a multitude of other international and re
 gional policy forums and proclamations on IWT - emphasised the important r
 ole of local communities in tackling IWT. Princes\, politicians and pop st
 ars all talked about the importance of communities and governments from a 
 wide range of countries have made numerous commitments to supporting commu
 nity engagement as part of their efforts to tackling IWT. Despite this\, t
 he major focus of anti-IWT strategies to date has been\, and remains\, on 
 law enforcement. One problem is that there is no “one-size-fits-all” a
 pproach to community engagement and a limited evidence base on effective a
 pproaches.  In this presentation I will discuss the rationale for communit
 y engagement\, the commitments that have been made\, and the limited progr
 ess that has been made against those commitments. I will then present some
  initiatives that IIED has been involved in to enhance community engagemen
 t and some of the lessons learned from those efforts.  One of these is a 
 “Theory of Change” framework for engaging communities that IUCN and II
 ED have tested in community conservancies in Kenya. Another is a project i
 n Uganda where we are working to build the capacity of the wildlife author
 ity to engage communities living around the edges of national parks. Final
 ly I will present some perspectives from community representatives themsel
 ves\, on how best to tackle IWT and the support they need to do so. \n\n
LOCATION:Large Seminar Room\, Level 1\, The David Attenborough Building
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR