As rates of deforestation continue to rise in many parts of the tropics, the international
conservation community is faced with the challenge of finding approaches which can reduce …

Existing global protected area networks have two shortcomings:(1) they do not cover certain
habitats, and (2) local people often resent their formal management. Here, we show that …

In 2010, the 192 State Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted a
Strategic Plan to halt biodiversity loss and ensure the sustainable and equitable use of …

Indigenous and sustainability sciences have much to offer one another regarding the
identification of techniques and methods for sustaining resilient landscapes. Based upon the …

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 …

The world is undergoing unprecedented changes in many of the factors that determine its
fundamental properties and their in-ence on society. These changes include climate; the …

Communities have an important role to play in biodiversity conservation. However,
community-based conservation as a panacea, like government-based conservation as a …

Adopting a'global value chain'approach, Value Chain Struggles investigates the impact of
new trading arrangements in the coffee and tea sectors on the lives and in the communities …

Sacred forests represent an important long-held tradition of conserving specific land areas
that have cultural, and often religious, significance. India, with its diversity of cultures and …

Sacred groves are tracts of virgin forest with rich diversity, which have been protected by the
local people for centuries for their cultural and religious beliefs and taboos that the deities …