Poverty and Conservation Learning Group

The Poverty and Conservation Learning Group is convened and facilitated by International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). "IIED acts as a secretariat to the Group, organizing and facilitating learning events and activities in consultation with the Group and moderating discussions and other information exchanges within the Group.

"The IIED Secretariat is supported by an advisory group currently comprising:


 * Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend/Taghi Farvar: IUCN Commission on Economic, Environmental and Social Policy
 * Gonzalo Oviedo: IUCN
 * Kent Redford: Wildlife Conservation Society
 * Kule Chitepo: Resource Africa
 * Maria Berlekom: SwedBio
 * Minnie Degawan: International Alliance of of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests
 * Steve Bass: Poverty Environment Partnership and IIED

"The following organisations have participated to date:


 * A Rocha International
 * African Wildlife Foundation (AWF)
 * Anthropology Department at University College London (UCL)
 * Arcus Foundation
 * Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP)
 * Bees for Development
 * BirdLife International
 * Blue Ventures
 * Bushmeat Crisis Task Force (BCTF)
 * CAFOD (Catholic Agency for Overseas Development)
 * CARE Ethiopia
 * CARE International
 * Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI)
 * Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
 * Centre for Coastal Environmental Conservation (CCEC)
 * Centre for Environment Education (CEE)
 * Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
 * Centre for Sustainable Development & Environment (CENESTA)
 * Chibememe Earth Healing Association (CHIEHA)
 * Conservation International (CI)
 * Conservation through Poverty Alleviation International (CPALI)
 * Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), UK
 * Department for International Development (DFID), UK
 * Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGIS)
 * Ecoagriculture Partners (EP)
 * Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF)
 * European Commission (EC)
 * Excellent Development Limited
 * Fauna & Flora International (FFI)
 * Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN)
 * Ford Foundation
 * Forest Peoples Programme (FPP)
 * Forest Trends
 * Foundation of the Peoples of the South Pacific International (FSPI)
 * Friends of the Earth (FOE) Netherlands (Milieudefensie)
 * Global Environment Facility (GEF)
 * Guyana Marine Turtle Conservation Society (GMTCS)
 * IMM
 * Indigenous Peoples' Biodiversity Network (IPBN)
 * Innovative Resources Management (IRM)
 * International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests (IAITPTF)
 * International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
 * International Indian Treaty Council (IITC)
 * International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
 * Irish Aid
 * Itambya Community Based Organization
 * IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature)
 * IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (IUCN CEESP)
 * IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Regional Office for Eastern Africa (EARO)
 * IUCN National Committee of the Netherlands (IUCN NL)
 * Kalinga Mission for Indigenous Children and Youth Development (KAMICYDI)
 * Kalpavriksh
 * KfW Entwicklungsbank (KfW development bank)
 * Laboratorio de Etnoecología
 * Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)
 * Norwegian Ministry of the Environment
 * Poverty and Conservation Working Group (PCWG)
 * Pro-Biodiversity Conservationists in Uganda (PROBICOU)
 * Progressio
 * Regional Community Forestry Training Centre (RECOFTC)
 * ResourceAfrica
 * Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
 * Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Tanzania
 * Standing Committee of the Dana Declaration on Mobile Peoples and Conservation
 * Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
 * Taka Bonerate National Park
 * Talamanca Initiative
 * Tanzania Natural Resources Forum (TNRF)
 * Tanzania Specialist Organization on Natural Resources and Biodiversity Conservation (TASONABI)
 * Tebtebba Foundation
 * The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
 * The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
 * he Oikos Trust for Environmental Management (TOTEM)
 * Toledo Institute for Development and Environment (TIDE)
 * United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
 * United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
 * United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
 * United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
 * United Nations Environment Programme-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
 * United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)
 * United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
 * Via Campesina
 * Wetlands International
 * Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
 * World Alliance of Mobile Indigenous Peoples (WAMIP)
 * World Association of Soil and Water Conservation (WASWC)
 * World Bank
 * World Resources Institute (WRI)
 * WWF Australia
 * WWF European Policy Office
 * WWF Netherlands
 * WWF UK