How do community-based conservation programs in developing countries change human behaviour? A realist synthesis

D Nilsson, G Baxter, JRA Butler, CA McAlpine - Biological Conservation, 2016 - Elsevier
Community-based conservation programs often target local communities with the aim of
altering their behaviours to achieve conservation outcomes. However, these programs can …

Unintended feedbacks: challenges and opportunities for improving conservation effectiveness

C Larrosa, LR Carrasco… - Conservation …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Human reactions to conservation interventions can trigger unintended feedbacks resulting in
poor conservation outcomes. Understanding unintended feedbacks is a necessary first step …

Effect of local cultural context on the success of community‐based conservation interventions

KA Waylen, A Fischer, PJK McGowan… - Conservation …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Conservation interventions require evaluation to understand what factors predict success or
failure. To date, there has been little systematic investigation of the effect of social and …

Local residents perception of benefits and losses from protected areas in India and Nepal

KK Karanth, SK Nepal - Environmental management, 2012 - Springer
High densities of people living around protected areas (PAs) in South Asia require
management strategies to balance conservation goals and livelihood needs. Based on a …

Local perspectives of ecotourism development in Tawushan Nature Reserve, Taiwan

PH Lai, SK Nepal - Tourism Management, 2006 - Elsevier
This paper examines local responses to potential ecotourism development in the Tawushan
Nature Reserve located in southeastern Taiwan. Community attitude and intention toward …

Key principles of community-based natural resource management: a synthesis and interpretation of identified effective approaches for managing the commons

JS Gruber - Environmental management, 2010 - Springer
This article examines recent research on approaches to community-based environmental
and natural resource management and reviews the commonalities and differences between …

Farm ponds in southern China: Challenges and solutions for conserving a neglected wetland ecosystem

W Chen, B He, D Nover, H Lu, J Liu, W Sun… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Farm ponds, which are sometimes numerous and widely distributed in agricultural regions,
have faced widespread degradation in recent decades. Although conservation strategies for …

Improving rural health care reduces illegal logging and conserves carbon in a tropical forest

IJ Jones, AJ MacDonald, SR Hopkins… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Tropical forest loss currently exceeds forest gain, leading to a net greenhouse gas emission
that exacerbates global climate change. This has sparked scientific debate on how to …

Drivers and socioeconomic impacts of tourism participation in protected areas

W Liu, CA Vogt, J Luo, G He, KA Frank, J Liu - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Nature-based tourism has the potential to enhance global biodiversity conservation by
providing alternative livelihood strategies for local people, which may alleviate poverty in …

Distribution of economic benefits from ecotourism: a case study of Wolong Nature Reserve for Giant Pandas in China

G He, X Chen, W Liu, S Bearer, S Zhou… - Environmental …, 2008 - Springer
Ecotourism is widely promoted as a conservation tool and actively practiced in protected
areas worldwide. Theoretically, support for conservation from the various types of …