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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Issues of power and politics are at the heart of community conservation, and in turn influence its ultimate success or failure. Power is central to understanding processes and structures associated with resource and environmental conservation. This may...

14 March, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are one proven way to protect ocean ecosystems and increase fish abundance. But without strong support from Indigenous nations and communities, MPAs may be ignored and risk failure. Our study of experiences from other...

14 March, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Facilitator: Climate Change Network Nigeria The Africa Conservation Court Hearing (ACCH) is a gathering of diverse rural and urban communities from Africa (predominantly Nigerian communities), where progress and challenges regarding community conservation efforts, resource conservation/management, economic and social...

12 March, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Environmental change along with a range of economic, social and political factors (such as conflict and chronic poverty) drive displacement and migration. People are as likely to migrate to places of environmental vulnerability as from them. Subsequently, these movements can impact...

12 March, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]The role of participation and collaboration in development, implementation, and management of marine protected areas (MPAs) can be explored as a central theme throughout the documents provided to the right of this page. Other topics discussed include sustainability...

06 March, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Empowering communities in resources management and conservation has now become a trend. However, due to remoteness and isolation, many rural communities have limited opportunities to communicate and share with each other. Not only are they facing different...

05 March, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]There have been many calls for greater inclusion of Indigenous and Local Knowledge (ILK) in global environmental policy, but the difficulties of bridging epistemological differences between science and ILK while addressing existing power asymmetries has proved elusive....

04 March, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]With a focus on livelihood diversification, community well-being, and adaptive strategies, this page focuses on means of identifying factors which contribute to the success of conservation initiatives and changing local perceptions toward environmental management policies - while...

27 February, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Here, the case of the Amazon River Dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) is presented along with how Community-Based Tourism (CBT) efforts in Brazil have not only contributed to ongoing conservation of the species and its habitat, but has also...

26 February, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]This collection of resources centers around the socio-spatial dynamics of communities in or near conserved areas. Potential conflicts such as those between stakeholders, and those in implementing and enforcing regulations in protected areas - as well as potential...

22 February, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]The themes of collaboration and conflict resolution are explored through the resources found on this page. The relationship between governance, stakeholder engagement, and the challenge of balancing development/conservation needs among divergent interests is discussed through a collection...

22 February, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Ongoing efforts to protect wildlife through means such as increasing habitat connectivity, reducing dependency on bushmeat through agriculture and livestock initiatives, and collaboration at the local level are examined within the presentations available on this page. These...

19 February, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Indigenous peoples, their culture, traditions, knowledge, and challenges faced both today and historically are discussed as key themes within the selection of resources found to the right of this web page. Traditional resource use and conservation are...

19 February, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]"A key challenge in community-based conservation lies in fulfilling the dual goals of benefiting nature and people. Considerable risk exists in both the short and long-term that one goal eclipses the other, with either conservation objectives or...

23 January, 2019

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]The resources within this section center around topics such as community level coastal protection and empowerment of local stakeholders. A collection of observations, interview data detailing local perspectives, and findings from a diverse set of study sites...

23 August, 2018

People who practice traditional ceremonies of evocation of ancestral spirits inhabit rural communities in the Xai-Xai Region of Mozambique. Places where the residences of the founders of the communities were once located, currently host traditional ceremonies – i.e., these are sacred natural sites. The sacred natural...

27 September, 2022

** NEW ** In 1994, in an effort to resolve an escalating environmental campaign known as the ‘War in the Woods’, the British Columbia provincial government announced the creation of the Scientific Panel for Sustainable Forest Practices....

22 March, 2018

The story of the coastal communities of the Tsitsikamma and their relationship with the National Park and Marine Protected Area....

20 February, 2018

For the past several years, West Coast Aquatic has been working on a tool to support decision-making that is ecosystem-based and inclusive of multiple knowledge systems (indigenous, local and scientific). The tool is called the Marine Ecosystem Reference Guide (MERG)....

31 January, 2018

Several rural and urban Nova Scotian communities face issues with accessing healthy and sustainable foods. Many communities began initiating self-sustaining food projects, such as community gardens, in an attempt to improve food security. ...

19 December, 2017

This book became the foundation for the dissemination of the discourse of coastal and marine resource management based on Indigenous peoples found throughout Indonesia....

12 December, 2017

This webinar presents some of the insights coming from the work of the Community Conservation Research Network (CCRN) over the past six years. Tony Charles, CCRN Director, explores the linkages of Communities, Conservation and Livelihoods by drawing on the network's case studies of communities around...

23 November, 2017