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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Coastal Communities Face the Future is a new short film looking at how Canada’s coastal communities face the future, create solutions and take action, inspiring a way forward for all of us.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="50px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left"...

16 May, 2023

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Watch the webinar to hear from Basile van Havre, co-chair to the open-ended working group, discuss the development of the GBF.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/808763802"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left"...

16 March, 2023

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] For those without suitable internet for streaming this film, but with capability to download it (including those wishing to show the film in a rural location, or a classroom, community meeting or other gathering with limited internet), please...

05 March, 2023

Tara bandu is the customary law that manages the relationship between humans and between humans and natural resources in Timor-Leste. After successfully implementing Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and Locally Managed Marine Areas (LMMAs) through tara bandu traditional rules, Atauro Island’s community members, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)...

07 December, 2022

In early August 2022, a group of indigenous community members of the Carcross / Tagish First Nation from Yukon, Canada visited the Maasai of Ngorongoro and Elerai in Tanzania. The visit came about as part of a project led by University of Victoria in Canada...

28 September, 2022

As we move along toward the end of this very tough year, we at the Community Conservation Research Network would like to celebrate an enduring feature of society: the power of local communities, the world over, to make a positive difference. For those in the...

10 December, 2020

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/422003687"][vc_empty_space height="12px"][vc_column_text] For those without suitable internet for streaming this film, but with capability to download it (including those wishing to show the film in a rural location, or a classroom, community meeting or other gathering with limited...

04 April, 2020

This film looks at how coastal communities across Canada and around the world are preparing for, and responding to, a range of climate change impacts and other hazards hitting the coast....

11 October, 2019

Nakatuenita: Respect is a documentary film about the Innu First Nation of Labrador taking back control of its land, government, schools, social services and resources....

17 March, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Here is the 2nd of CCRN’s animation videos… focusing on the ingredients of success for local communities engaged in environmental conservation, to make their communities, and their livelihoods, more sustainable for current and future generations. This animation video explores what it...

30 November, 2020

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]This animation video explores how local communities take action to conserve the natural environment they depend on, and sustain their local economies and livelihoods. Focusing on the experiences of two communities, the Eastport Peninsula in Canada and Koh...

30 January, 2020

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]This animation video explores how local communities take action to conserve the natural environment they depend on, and sustain their local economies and livelihoods. Focusing on the experiences of two communities, the Eastport Peninsula in Canada and Koh...

24 January, 2020

[caption id="attachment_9216" align="alignright" width="232"] View the CCRN’s Mozambique Community Story as a PDF[/caption] KEY MESSAGES People who practice traditional ceremonies of evocation of ancestral spirits inhabit rural communities in the Limpopo district in Mozambique Places where the residences of the founders of the communities were once...

28 October, 2020

Innu of all ages are concerned with preserving their culture and language - inseparable from Innu identity. However many Innu youth are less immersed in their culture and language as they face pressures to seek “…work opportunities, often outside of their communities.”...

14 September, 2020

Produced by Cintia Nascimento, this video focuses on coastal conservation in Timor Leste....

06 March, 2020

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]  All Sessions  [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] This page offers an alphabetical listing of all sessions held at the 2018 Communities, Conservation & Livelihoods international conference. These sessions are also available by theme, accessible in the sidebar to the right of the screen. To...

04 June, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]As pressure on wildlife and habitat continue to increase, we need to find sustainable and effective ways to develop and implement conservation solutions. Many wildlife conservation programs and projects work to improve equitable benefit sharing of the...

24 May, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]This session explored how community-scientist teams around the world are changing the process of science by working closely together on conservation and livelihoods issues. We call this approach ‘transformative science with society’. This new science brings together...

24 May, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) offers a valuable yet under-utilized approach for climate change adaptation and mitigation, complementing traditional actions such as infrastructure development. EbA uses biodiversity and ecosystem services as part of an overall strategy to help communities...

24 May, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]In striving toward a future which supports both sustainable conservation and human well-being, Conservation International (CI) has developed a draft Environmental and Social Management Framework. This framework is being designed to ensure systematic and transparent management of...

24 May, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]An intergenerational panel (consisting of a member from the Statutory Māori Advisory Committee, the Manahautū (General Manager Māori) and a Youth member of the Māori Policy and Operations Unit at the Environmental Protection Authority) discussed the influence...

24 May, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]This workshop centered around the fact that fish conservation and resource sustainability are at a crossroads in the current century, and that it is therefore necessary to engage broad societal participation. The session engaged with academia, fishers,...

24 May, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]This session focused on the varying dimensions of vulnerabilities of resources dependent local communities in the landscapes harboring iconic species such as the tiger. The human dominated landscapes of South Asia are also the home to rich...

24 May, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Dispossession and restricted access of Indigenous Peoples to traditional lands and waters are a common feature in many of the world’s coastal areas due to the economic value of resources found in the coastal zone (e.g., mineral...

23 May, 2019