Despite broad recognition of the value of social sciences and increasingly vocal calls for
better engagement with the human element of conservation, the conservation social …

Community-based conservation programs often target local communities with the aim of
altering their behaviours to achieve conservation outcomes. However, these programs can …

A commonly held belief is that if people can benefit financially from enterprises that depend
on nearby forests, reefs, and other natural habitats, then they will take action to conserve …

Local rural and indigenous communities have assumed increasing responsibility for
conservation within and between areas buffering the impacts of agricultural or resource …

Our review highlights how traditional ecological knowledge influences people's adaptive
capacity to socialecological change and identifies a set of mechanisms that contribute to …

Citizen science—the partnering of scientists with members of the public to do research—is
increasingly utilized in environmental research, having been credited with enabling studies …

We compared and integrated marine protected areas proposed through community and
scientific assessments in 2 regions of British Columbia, Canada. The community priorities …

Community‐based conservation is experiencing a crisis of identity and purpose as a result
of a disappointing track record and unresolved deficiencies. The latter include over …

Based on ethical, theoretical and practical concerns, community-based conservation
projects have developed over the past 2 decades as alternatives to traditional protected …

Conservation science is a rapidly developing discipline, and the knowledge base it
generates is relevant for practical applications. It is therefore crucial to monitor biases and …