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The following videos and short documentaries show how local communities around the world engage in conservation activities supporting sustainable livelihoods. The films provide crucial insights and experiences through stories from the perspective of the communities themselves. The first six are flagship videos, documentaries and animations of the Community Conservation Research Network. Following these are videos from our many locations around the world, then the third and fourth groupings contain a range of related topical and background videos.

Highlighted

This film looks at how coastal communities across Canada and around the world are preparing for, and responding to, a range of climate change impacts and other hazards hitting the coast....

Nakatuenita: Respect is a documentary film about the Innu First Nation of Labrador taking back control of its land, government, schools, social services and resources....

The Community Conservation Research Network (CCRN) is an international initiative to understand and support the links between communities, conservation and livelihoods. This video explores the CCRN, our innovative approach, and our unique goals....

CCRN Sites

Produced by Cintia Nascimento, this video focuses on coastal conservation in Timor Leste....

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

In the summer of 2014, in partnership with the Community Conservation Research Network and the University of Victoria’s Science Venture program, Uu-a-thluk hosted science camps in several Nuu-chah-nulth communities with stewardship as a focus. Equipped with cameras, the children and youth went into their territories......

This video from one of our study sites in South Africa focuses on local communities that demonstrate the importance of indigenous knowledge and river management practices in a community that depends on fisheries for its livelihoods....

This beautiful documentary by Steve De Neef and Gord More for HAKAI Magazine  features CCRN Partner and Researcher Dr. Juan Carlos Seijo. In Punta Allen, Mexico, a lobster fishing cooperative supports the community and the environment. Perched aside the sparkling Caribbean Sea, Ascension Bay in Punta Allen, Mexico, is the site......

A video report on the inhabitants of the scenic Koh Pitak island and their efforts to manage local ecotourism...

Promoting Environmental Conservation and Cooperation (PECC) is a project of the Kesho Trust in cooperation with 6 villages adjacent to Saadani National Park, Tanzania. The project is focused on building relationships between park management and communities through improved mutual understanding and open communication....

Background

Learn about the community-based conservation and sustainable livelihoods initiatives of coastal and inland communities taking place at our study sites across Canada....

This video shares insights of our sites in Indonesia, Thailand, Japan and Kyrgyzstan. Check out how communities in these countries attempt to better improve their local environment and sustain their livelihoods. This video focuses on a community-based fishery, tourism and culture preservation programs in Asia....

Find out more on how our work in Mexico, Chile, Brazil, The Gambia and South Africa has helped in balancing and promoting sustainable community development in these local communities. This video focuses on various local challenges: such as, balancing environmental conservation, water management, and community livelihoods-based programs on fisheries, tourism and cultural preservation. ...

The Community Conservation Research Network (CCRN) shares Community Conservation and Sustainable Livelihood insights from over 25 study sites in over 15 countries around the world. This video from 2014/2015 shares insights from eleven different study sites....