Unaddressed or poorly addressed conflicts present increasingly difficult obstacles to
effective conservation and management of many wildlife species around the world. The …

Tropical forests and peatlands provide important ecological, climate and socio‐economic
benefits from the local to the global scale. However, these ecosystems and their associated …

People are inseparable from natural ecosystems, and understanding how people think
about, experience, and interact with nature is crucial for promoting environmental …

Developing and enhancing societal capacity to understand, debate elements of, and take
actionable steps toward a sustainable future at a scale beyond the individual are critical …

Implementing any conservation intervention, including Payments for Ecosystem Services
(PES), in the context of weak institutions is challenging. The majority of PES programs have …

Dogs are the world's most common and widespread carnivores and are nearly ubiquitous
across the globe. The vast majority of these dogs, whether owned or un-owned, pure-bred or …

The worldwide development of ecotourism—including adventures such as mountain
climbing and whitewater rafting, as well as more pedestrian pursuits such as birdwatching …

In conservation projects in and around protected areas (PAs), a suite of policy instruments
are used to promote conservation behavior in local people. Few studies have related …

Conservation in urban areas faces growing financial challenges and inadequate
stakeholder involvement. Conservation psychology can mitigate these challenges in many …

Adaptive governance must work “on the ground,” that is, it must operate through structures
and procedures that the people it governs perceive to be legitimate and fair, as well as …