Community-based Conservation

Community-based conservation is a biodiversity conservation approach distinguished by the active participation of local communities as primary agents in decision-making and resource management, integrating local and indigenous knowledge through bottom-up governance structures rather than centralized protectionist strategies.

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2017–2026

907

Parents

Biodiversity Conservation

Children

Common-pool Resource GovernanceCommunity ConservanciesFisheries Co-managementHuman-wildlife ConflictIndigenous Ecological KnowledgeIndigenous KnowledgeLocal KnowledgeNatural Resource ManagementProtected Area Co-management

Publications

2.4K

Enchantment and Disenchantment: The Role of Community in Natural Resource Conservation

Arun Agrawal, Clark C. Gibson · World Development · 1999 · 2.9K citations

Natural Resources, Environmental Management, Human Dimensions Of Natural Resources +12

The performance and potential of protected areas

James Watson, Nigel Dudley, Daniel B. Segan et al. · Nature · 2014 · 2.3K citations

Natural Resources, Biodiversity Conservation, Conservation Biology +12

Coverage‐based rarefaction and extrapolation: standardizing samples by completeness rather than size

Anne Chao, Lou Jost · Ecology · 2012 · 2.2K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Ecology, Biodiversity Monitoring +16

Rethinking Community‐Based Conservation

Fikret Berkes · Conservation Biology · 2004 · 1.9K citations · Full text

Natural Resources, Ecology, Environmental Sciences +11

Assessing, mapping, and quantifying cultural ecosystem services at community level

Tobías Plieninger, Sebastian Dijks, Elisa Oteros‐Rozas et al. · Land Use Policy · 2013 · 1.2K citations · Full text

Natural Resources, Ecology, Environmental Sciences +14

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Fikret Berkes
University of Manitoba, Canada
9 publications · 3.3K citations
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Carlos A. Peres
University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
9 publications · 1.8K citations
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Susan K. Jacobson
University of Florida, United States
9 publications · 462 citations
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E.J. Milner‐Gulland
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
9 publications · 649 citations
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Dan Brockington
University of Manchester, United Kingdom
8 publications · 1.2K citations
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Conservation Biology
74 publications · 9K citations
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Biological Conservation
58 publications · 6.9K citations
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Environmental Conservation
60 publications · 4.8K citations
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Oryx
58 publications · 3.1K citations
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Society & Natural Resources
50 publications · 3.9K citations
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See also Community-based Conservation
Core Methods	Citizen Science Community-based Research Adaptive Management Participatory Modeling Participatory Action Research Monitoring Conservation Prioritization Participatory Data Collection Participatory Conservation Education Conflict Resolution
Governance Models	Co-management Decentralization Participatory Governance
Evaluation	Community-based Monitoring Adaptive Management Social Impact Assessment Monitoring Triple Bottom Line Assessment
Applications	Ecotourism Fisheries Management Community Forest Management Human-wildlife Conflict Monitoring Mangrove Conservation Community Conserved Area Design Artisanal Fisheries Policy
Limitations	Power Imbalances Technical Reading Digital Divide Inequality