National Parks are a cornerstone for biodiversity conservation in Africa. Two approaches are
commonly used to sustain biodiversity in National Parks. Past and current studies show that …

Protected areas are considered key to conserving ecosystems and safeguarding biodiversity
worldwide. Local stakeholders' involvement in decision-making in area-based conservation …

We analyze how governments and the international community expand protected areas
(PAs) to reduce biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation at a cost to indigenous peoples …

Perceptions provide an important means of assessing the performance of conservation
projects so that better policies may be developed for effective biodiversity protection and the …

The concept of sustainability lies at the core of the challenge of environment and
development and the way governments, business and environmental groups respond to it …

Human-wildlife conflict is a major issue in conservation. As people encroach into natural
habitats, and as conservation efforts restore wildlife to areas where they may have been …

'Conservation in the 21st century needs to be different and this book is a good indicator of
why.'Bulletin of British Ecological Society Against Extinction tells the history of wildlife …

The dominant approach to conservation in the 20th century was the establishment of
protected areas from which people were excluded. However, in the 1980s, decentralised …

Many rural communities in Africa are characterized by their remoteness, high levels of
poverty and unemployment, low level of skills and education, and a high dependency on …

Proponents of community conservation present it as a means of reconciling conservation
and development objectives by ensuring that the interests of local people are taken into …