Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Conservation and Society
Abstract
Community-based conservation is being increasingly recognised as a major global force in the protection and sustainable management of ecosystems and species. Yet documentation of its main achievements and shortcomings, and the key issues it faces, is still at a nascent stage. This paper introduces the concept and experience of two forms of community-based conservation: Collaborative Management of Protected Areas (CMPA), and Indigenous Peoples' and Local Community Conserved Territories and Areas (ICCAs). It explores the emergence of these approaches in the context of global international conservation policy. Reviewing four case studies that were presented at a symposium convened at the Bowdoin College (Maine, USA, in November 2008), and drawing from the discussion during that session, it identifies some key lessons and principles that are likely to be applicable to community-based conservation across the world.
First Page
1
Last Page
15
DOI
10.4103/0972-4923.110937
Publication Date
1-1-2013
Recommended Citation
Kothari, Ashish; Camill, Philip; and Brown, Jessica, "Conservation as if people also mattered: Policy and practice of community-based conservation" (2013). Earth and Oceanographic Science Faculty Work. 56.
https://digitalcommons.bowdoin.edu/eos-faculty-publications/56