What's on the horizon for community-based conservation? Emerging threats and opportunities

N Esmail, JM McPherson, L Abulu, T Amend… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2023 - cell.com
Community-based conservation can support livelihoods and biodiversity, while reinforcing
local and Indigenous values, cultures, and institutions. Its delivery can help address cross …

Firefly tourism: Advancing a global phenomenon toward a brighter future

SM Lewis, A Thancharoen, CH Wong… - … Science and Practice, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Fireflies are charismatic beetles with attractive bioluminescent courtship displays that have
recently been swept onto the global stage of nature tourism. Here, we provide the first …

[HTML][HTML] A multi-level analysis of links between government institutions and community-based conservation: insights from Iran

R Ghayoumi, A Charles, SM Mousavi - Ecology and Society, 2023 - ecologyandsociety.org
Community-based conservation (CBC) is widely recognized as an important strategy
(locally, nationally, and internationally) in efforts to conserve biodiversity. This article …

Wildlife impacts and changing climate pose compounding threats to human food security

J Salerno, FR Stevens, AE Gaughan, T Hilton, K Bailey… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
High-level policy debates surrounding elephant management often dominate global
conservation headlines, yet realities for people living with wildlife are not adequately …

How community forest management performs when REDD+ payments fail

AC Collins, MN Grote, T Caro, A Ghosh… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The reduced emissions in deforestation and degradation (REDD+) initiative uses payments
for ecosystem services as incentives for developing countries to manage and protect their …

From media campaign to local governance transition: Lessons for community‐based conservation from an Amur falcon hunting ban in Nagaland, India

S Kudalkar, D Veríssimo - Conservation Science and Practice, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Media campaigns can spur conservation action but may alienate local communities.
Transforming such action into self‐sustaining community‐based conservation involves …

Community-based conservation of freshwater resources: learning from a critical review of the literature and case studies

W Zhang, H ElDidi, YJ Masuda… - Society & Natural …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Freshwater resources (FWRs) are under enormous stress due to human activities and
climate change. Given the centrality of local communities in managing natural resources …

Cultivating collaborative resilience to social and ecological change: an assessment of adaptive capacity, actions, and barriers among Collaborative Forest Restoration …

TA Beeton, AS Cheng, MM Colavito - Journal of Forestry, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Collaboration is increasingly emphasized as a tool to realize national-level policy goals in
public lands management. Yet, collaborative governance regimes (CGRs) are nested within …

New land tenure fences are still cropping up in the Greater Mara

M Løvschal, M Juul Nørmark, JC Svenning, J Wall - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Expanding and intensifying anthropogenic land use is one of the greatest drivers of changes
of biodiversity loss and political inequality worldwide. In the Greater Mara, Kenya, a trend of …

Challenges in assessing the effects of environmental governance systems on conservation outcomes

RA Ayambire, T Rytwinski, JJ Taylor… - Conservation …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Effective governance is crucial for the success of conservation projects aimed at protecting
wildlife populations and supporting human well‐being. However, few large‐scale …