Efforts to realize conservation are often met with stakeholders contending that particular
conservation actions are unfair for conflicting with their basic interests. A useful lens through …

In an era of massive biodiversity loss, the greatest conservation success story has been the
growth of protected land globally. Protected areas are the primary defense against …

Sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA's) iconic biodiversity is of immense potential global value but is
jeopardized by increasing anthropogenic pressures. Elevated consumption in wealthier …

Indigenous Peoples are custodians of many of the world's least-exploited natural areas.
These places of local and global socio-ecological importance face significant threats from …

Protected areas (PAs) play an important role in conserving biodiversity and providing
ecosystem services, yet their effectiveness is undermined by funding shortfalls. Using lions …

Millennia of human conflict with wildlife have built a culture of intolerance toward wildlife
among some stakeholders. We explored 2 key obstacles to improved human–wildlife …

The influence of protected areas on the growth of African savannah elephant populations is
inadequately known. Across southern Africa, elephant numbers grew at 0.16% annually for …

Tourism has boomed in Indonesia in recent years and is already one of the main sources of
foreign-currency earnings. Indonesia has rich and diverse natural assets, whose tourism …

Globally, the number and extent of terrestrial protected areas (PAs) are expanding rapidly.
Nonetheless, their impacts on preventing forest loss and the factors influencing the impacts …

Ecotourism is often promoted for its potential to act as a conservation mechanism by:
mobilising political, financial and social support for conservation; increasing environmental …