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This K4DD Rapid Evidence Review explores the effectiveness of different approaches to community-based conservation (CBC) in East Africa and their role in strengthening nature outcomes, with particular attention to models of community governance, and evidence for the effective alignment of incentives to promote biodiversity.

• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Biodiversity / Ecosystem Conservation and Management (Terrestrial and Marine)
• Knowledge for Development and Diplomacy Programme (K4DD)
• 2024

It is critical to build a high-quality evidence base to support the efficacy of investments in nature-based interventions. The review aims to address three key questions: 1. What evidence exists on the effectiveness and trade-offs of a selected subset of nature-based interventions – for poverty alleviation, climate change mitigation and adaptation, nature and its biodiversity conservation, sustainable management or restoration, and cost? 2. Where are the evidence gaps? 3. What, broadly, does the evidence conclude?

• United Kingdom
• Biodiversity / Ecosystem Conservation and Management (Terrestrial and Marine)
• Nature based solutions
• Nature Facility
• 2024

The magnitude of environmental crime in the Amazon is underestimated because of poor data. As a result, environmental crime is not fully considered in the design of conservation programmes, weakening efforts to achieve effective and sustainable management of the Amazonian ecosystem. The impact of illegal economies in the Amazon lies not only in their economic value but also in their social effects and their capacity to generate norms that legitimise activities that harm ecosystems.

• Peru
• Bolivia
• Colombia
• Venezuela
• Guyana
• Suriname
• Ecuador
• Biodiversity / Ecosystem Conservation and Management (Terrestrial and Marine)
• Nature Facility
• 2024

This K4DD Rapid Evidence Review covers the emerging evidence from the integration of climate change concerns into peacebuilding and humanitarian programming.

• Mali
• Somalia
• Humanitarian
• Knowledge for Development and Diplomacy Programme (K4DD)
• 2024

This K4DD Rapid Evidence Review provides an overview of the existing evidence on Senegal’s progress in terms of its carbon finance, legal, and governance framework under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

• Senegal
• Low Carbon Growth and Mitigation
• Knowledge for Development and Diplomacy Programme (K4DD)
• 2024

FCDO’s Position Paper sets out the case for taking a more integrated approach to tackling education and climate and environmental change. It identifies a two-way relationship whereby climate and environmental change disrupt education access and systems, but quality education, especially for girls, leads to better climate resilience, adaptation, and mitigation. The paper argues that without making education systems resilient to climate and environmental change, we will not achieve education goals.

• United Kingdom
• Education
• Biodiversity / Ecosystem Conservation and Management (Terrestrial and Marine)
• Gender Equity
• 2022

This review is the first in a series of three reports prepared in support of a Knowledge for Development and Diplomacy (K4DD) evidence and policy clinic on public financial management (PFM). The first part of the review addresses the proactive management of fiscal risks, public asset management, and liabilities associated with climate change for PFM.

• Finance and Insurance
• Knowledge for Development and Diplomacy Programme (K4DD)
• 2024

This K4DD Rapid Evidence Review covers four facets of Lebanon’s water resources. The first is an overview of water sustainability issues in Lebanon, ranging from policies to politics affecting the use, treatment and distribution of water. The second section considers the question of equality of access to water, focusing particularly on affordability, refugees, and water rights.

• Lebanon
• Water Resources Management
• Knowledge for Development and Diplomacy Programme (K4DD)
• 2024

The mountainous northern Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand regularly experience devastating landslides due to their topography and monsoon climate. Flows of mud and rock have killed and injured thousands of people, damaged property and displaced vulnerable communities. The landslides pose a significant societal challenge, not only in terms of immediate destruction but also because of their long-term impacts on livelihoods, infrastructure and regional development. Over time, they degrade biodiversity and ecosystem services.

• India
• Biodiversity / Ecosystem Conservation and Management (Terrestrial and Marine)
• Nature Facility
• 2024

Uganda is renowned for its rich biodiversity. However, its growing population and high poverty rates are driving encroachment into protected areas and other biodiverse landscapes, leading to habitat destruction, human-wildlife conflict, spread of zoonotic diseases, and over-exploitation of natural resources.

• Uganda
• Biodiversity / Ecosystem Conservation and Management (Terrestrial and Marine)
• Nature Facility
• 2024