Indigenous Peoples' protected and conserved areas have gained global attention due to
growing interest in protecting biodiversity during a time of Indigenous resurgence. We …

Background Oaxaca is one of the most diverse states in Mexico from biological and cultural
points of view. Different ethnic groups living there maintain deep and ancestral traditional …

Sacred Ecology examines bodies of knowledge held by indigenous and other rural peoples
around the world, and asks how we can learn from this knowledge and ways of knowing …

Issues of sustainability and increased competition over coastal resources are changing
practices of resource management. Societal concerns about environmental degradation and …

Conversion of land cover is one of the main causes of global environmental change and
identifying the regions where sustained trends of land change are occurring provides useful …

Community-based conservation is being increasingly recognised as a major global force in
the protection and sustainable management of ecosystems and species. Yet documentation …

Indigenous and rural communities have developed strategies aimed at supporting their
livelihoods and protecting biodiversity. Motivational factors underlying these local …

Payments for ecosystem services (PES) are increasingly employed to address a range of
environmental issues, including biodiversity conservation, watershed protection, and climate …

The use of camera traps and mammal track search are complementary methods to
monitoring species of which is not well documented their natural history, as in the case of …

The road to sustainable forest management and stewardship has been debated for
decades. Some advocate for governmental control and oversight. Some say that the only …