Strategies to protect biodiversity in the face of a global crisis must be place‐based and
sensitive to context. A failure to consider the socioeconomic and political circumstances, as …

Despite the global scale of gillnet bycatch, universal measures that effectively reduce
bycatch of seabirds in gillnets have not been found. Bycatch in coastal gillnet fisheries is an …

Climate change impacts island communities all over the world. Sea-level rise, an increase in
the frequency and intensity of severe weather events, and changes in distribution and health …

This article explores the concept of “other effective area-based conservation
measures”(OECMs) in the context of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Aichi …

Globally, marine protected area (MPA) objectives have increasingly shifted from a primary
focus on maintaining ecosystems through prohibiting extractive activities, to more equitable …

Informal small-scale mangrove wood harvesting has received limited attention, though it is a
widespread threat to mangroves in many parts of the tropics. We investigated wood use and …

Overview Eight years of octopus fishery records from southwest Madagascar reveal
significant positive impacts from 36 periodic closures on:(a) fishery catches and (b) village …

While the participatory management of small scale fisheries has been widely promoted, we
have limited understanding of the factors influencing its effectiveness. Here, we highlight …

In this paper, we advocate a collaborative approach to investigating past human–
environment interactions in southwest Madagascar. We do so by critically reflecting as a …

Aim Strong social‐ecological trade‐offs between resource extraction and protection have
created challenges for large, protected area management in natural resource‐dependent …