A holistic framework for participatory conservation approaches

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 484-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Matarrita-Cascante ◽  
A. Sene-Harper ◽  
L. Ruyle
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Conservation

Just Aquatic Governance: The Amazon basin as fertile ground for aligning participatory conservation with social justice

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priscila F. M. Lopes ◽  
Carolina Tavares Freitas ◽  
Gustavo Hallwass ◽  
Renato A. M. Silvano ◽  
Alpina Begossi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Amazon Basin ◽  
Participatory Conservation ◽  
Fertile Ground

Participatory Conservation of Persian Qanats

2021 ◽  
pp. 185-201
Author(s):  
Ameneh Karimian ◽  
Narjes Zivdar ◽  
Bruno Ricard
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Conservation

The role of community participation in the effectiveness of UNESCO Biosphere Reserve management: evidence and reflections from two parallel global surveys

2010 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. STOLL-KLEEMANN ◽  
A. C. DE LA VEGA-LEINERT ◽  
L. SCHULTZ
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Biosphere Reserve ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Biosphere Reserves ◽  
Participatory Conservation ◽  
Reserve Management

SUMMARYBiodiversity management has traditionally followed two contradictory approaches. One champions ecosystem protection through rigorous law enforcement and exclusion of humans. The other promotes community-based sustainable use of natural resources. Participatory conservation, a major paradigm shift, nowadays strongly guides the concept of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves (BRs). In this paper, the rationale for community participation, and the perception of its effectiveness among BR managers are analysed. Within the World Network of BRs (553 sites in 107 countries) diverse participatory approaches are being tried to advance community-based natural resource management (CBNRM). Data from two parallel surveys, involving managers from 276 BRs worldwide, reveal how far this participation paradigm shift has really occurred, and its influence on managers’ self-evaluated effectiveness. There is substantial regional disparity, although in general BR managers endorse inclusive conservation, despite critical implementation hurdles. The process of participatory conservation carries new dangers for effective biosphere reserve management, when the aspirations of communities and other stakeholders do not ‘fit’ with a predetermined interpretation of sustainable development.

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