Low-tech, bottom-up, place-based approaches to addressing environmental degradation
Looks at the evidence and builds the case for including ‘low-tech, bottom-up and place-based approaches’.
Abstract
The 2019 Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystems is clear: biodiversity is declining faster than at any time in human history but declining less rapidly on land managed by Indigenous Peoples than on other lands.
This study looks at the evidence and builds the case for including ‘low-tech, bottom-up and place-based approaches’ more prominently in efforts to address poverty and environmental degradation. It outlines the critical role of local communities and Indigenous Peoples in driving locally-led action and considers how to create an enabling environment where top-down and bottom-up approaches work synergistically.
This is an output from the Reversing Environmental Degradation in Africa and Asia (REDAA) programme.
Citation
Holland E. ‘Low-tech, bottom-up, place-based approaches to addressing environmental degradation’ International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) London 2022
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Low-tech, bottom-up, place-based approaches to addressing environmental degradation