Participatory policies for natural resource management and poverty reduction have been
implemented worldwide. Inclusive participation and empowerment potentially enhances …

The global environmental conservation community recognizes that the participation of local
communities is essential for the success of conservation initiatives; however, much work …

Conservation success is contingent on assessing social and environmental factors so that
cost‐effective implementation of strategies and actions can be placed in a broad social …

Traditionally, the criteria used to measure conservation success or failure are based on
biological factors. Biological factors include changes in the amount of targeted conserved …

Community-based conservation (CBC) is widely recognized as an important strategy
(locally, nationally, and internationally) in efforts to conserve biodiversity. This article …

Conservation organizations often adopt the normative value of “whole community”
participation, predicated on the idea that broad community involvement across categories of …

The desire to simultaneously address the well-being of local people while also mitigating the
destruction of ecosystems resulted in a variety of win-win approaches, including popular …

Abstract Knowledge co‐production and boundary work offer planners a new frame for
critically designing a social process that fosters collaborative implementation of resulting …

The experience of integrated conservation and development projects (ICDPs) in the last two
decades has demonstrated that there are very few win-win solutions. In integrating …

Community-based conservation projects implemented in conjunction with protected area
management often struggle to meet expectations. This article argues that outcomes will …