This introduction provides a review of articles published in the special section on community
conservation in the Wallacea region. As editors to the special section, we worked with …

In their report Whose Common Natural Resources? Whose Common Good? Lynch and
Harwell (2002: xxvi) seek to 'articulate a new paradigm that emphasizes local community …

The adverse effects that conservation can have on Indigenous Peoples and local
communities have been known for decades. In recognition, governments and conservation …

Nongovernmental organizations active in the field of biodiversity conservation such as the
World Wildlife Fund (WWF), have contributed to the legitimation of “unproven assumptions” …

Reconciling conservation and livelihoods is a concern wherever forests are important in
local people's lives. We plead for engaging these people in survey activities to clarify what is …

The Lembata region is known for complex environmental conflicts between local institutions
and external interests to protect endangered species such as the dugong and sperm whale …

Both realism and justice demand that efforts to conserve biological diversity address human
needs as well. The most promising hope of accomplishing such a goal lies in locally based …

Regional governments are increasingly developing conservation policy initiatives that are
framed alongside the empowerment of Indigenous Peoples. This paper examines the case …

Can democratic processes favour conservation outcomes in the tropics? This study focuses
on local viewpoints within a forested landscape of high conservation significance in East …

Introduction Questions of biodiversity conservation, national parks, ecoregions and social
development are often pursued through transnational collaboration. Rather than a flow of …