What's on the horizon for community-based conservation? Emerging threats and opportunities

Nafeesa Esmail; Jana M McPherson; Latoya Abulu; Thora Amend; Ronit Amit; Saloni Bhatia; Dominique Bikaba; Typhenn A Brichieri-Colombi; Jessica Brown; Victoria Buschman; Michael Fabinyi; Mohammad Farhadinia; Razieh Ghayoumi; Terence Hay-Edie; Vera Horigue; Vainuupo Jungblut; Stacy Jupiter; Aidan Keane; David W Macdonald; Shauna L Mahajan; Andrew McVey; Axel Moehrenschlager; Fred Nelson; Meher M Noshirwani; Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu; Jose Luis Postigo; Vatosoa Rakotondrazafy; Madhu Rao; Dilys Roe; José Antonio Sierra Huelsz; Sue Stolton; Alifereti Tawake; Bonnie Wintle

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2023.02.008

What's on the horizon for community-based conservation? Emerging threats and opportunities

Trends Ecol Evol. 2023 Jul;38(7):666-680. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2023.02.008. Epub 2023 Mar 17.

Authors

Nafeesa Esmail¹, Jana M McPherson², Latoya Abulu³, Thora Amend⁴, Ronit Amit⁵, Saloni Bhatia⁶, Dominique Bikaba⁷, Typhenn A Brichieri-Colombi⁸, Jessica Brown⁹, Victoria Buschman¹⁰, Michael Fabinyi¹¹, Mohammad Farhadinia¹², Razieh Ghayoumi¹³, Terence Hay-Edie¹⁴, Vera Horigue¹⁵, Vainuupo Jungblut¹⁶, Stacy Jupiter¹⁷, Aidan Keane¹⁸, David W Macdonald¹⁹, Shauna L Mahajan²⁰, Andrew McVey²¹, Axel Moehrenschlager²², Fred Nelson²³, Meher M Noshirwani²⁴, Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu²⁵, Jose Luis Postigo²⁶, Vatosoa Rakotondrazafy²⁷, Madhu Rao²⁸, Dilys Roe²⁹, José Antonio Sierra Huelsz³⁰, Sue Stolton³¹, Alifereti Tawake³², Bonnie Wintle³³

Affiliations

¹ Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo, 1300 Zoo Road NE, Calgary, AB, T2E 7V6, Canada. Electronic address: nafeesae@calgaryzoo.com.
² Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo, 1300 Zoo Road NE, Calgary, AB, T2E 7V6, Canada. Electronic address: janam@calgaryzoo.com.
³ Mongabay, 1259 El Camino Real #150, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
⁴ Conservation & Development, Bahnhofstr.9, 79725 Laufenburg, Germany.
⁵ School of Biology and Biodiversity and Tropical Ecology Research Center (CIBET), University of Costa Rica, 11501-2060, Montes de Oca, San Jose, Costa Rica.
⁶ Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Royal Enclave, Srirampura, Jakkur, Bangalore, India.
⁷ Strong Roots Congo, 84 Avenue du Gouverneur, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo.
⁸ Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo, 1300 Zoo Road NE, Calgary, AB, T2E 7V6, Canada.
⁹ New England Biolabs Foundation, 240 County Road, Ipswich, MA 01938, USA.
¹⁰ International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2160 Koyukuk Dr, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA; Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Kivioq 2, Nuuk 3900, Greenland.
¹¹ Climate, Society and Environment Research Centre, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia; Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia.
¹² Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK; Department of Biology, University of Oxford, 11a Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3SZ, UK.
¹³ Research Group of Biodiversity and Biosafety, Research Center for Environment and Sustainable Development, Department of Environment, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
¹⁴ UNDP/GEF Small Grants Programme, 304 East 45th Street, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10017, USA.
¹⁵ School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, 6 Wally's Walk, NSW 2109, Australia; Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association, Mizingani Street, House No. 734, Zanzibar, Tanzania.
¹⁶ Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), Avele Road, Apia, Samoa.
¹⁷ Wildlife Conservation Society, Melanesia Program, 11 Ma'afu Street, Suva, Fiji Islands.
¹⁸ School of GeoSciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FF, UK.
¹⁹ Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU), Department of Biology, University of Oxford, The Recanati Kaplan Centre, Tubney House, Tubney, OX13 5QL, UK.
²⁰ Global Science, World Wildlife Fund, 1250 24th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20037, USA.
²¹ World Wildlife Fund - Kenya, Mvuli Road, Nairobi, Kenya.
²² IUCN Species Survival Commission Conservation Translocation Specialist Group, 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada.
²³ Maliasili, 4 Carmichael St Suite 111-193, Essex, Junction, VT 05452, USA.
²⁴ Trust for Conservation of Coastal Resources (TCCR), 1 Bath Island Road, Clifton, Karachi 75530, Pakistan; IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy (CEESP), Rue Mauverney 28, 1196 Gland, Switzerland.
²⁵ Centre for Biodiversity Conservation Research, University of Ghana, PO Box LG67, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
²⁶ Department of Animal Biology, Universidad de Málaga. Boulevard Louis Pasteur 31, 29010 Málaga. Spain.
²⁷ MIHARI Network, Lot VC 2 B Ambanidia Villa Tsiriry, Madagascar; BEOLOBE, VA 26 NA Villa Mélodie Tsiadana, Madagascar.
²⁸ IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), Rue Mauverney 28, 1196 Gland, Switzerland; Wildlife Conservation Society, 2 Science Park Drive 01 03 Ascent, 118222, Singapore; Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Block S3 #05-01 16 Science Drive 4, 117558, Singapore.
²⁹ IUCN Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group (SULi), 235 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7LE, UK; International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), 235 High Holborn, Holborn, London, WC1V 7DN, UK.
³⁰ Centro de Investigaciones Tropicales, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, 91000 Veracruz, Mexico; People and Plants International, Bristol, VT 05443, USA.
³¹ Equilibrium Research, 47 The Quays, Cumberland Road, Spike Island, Bristol, BS1 6UQ, UK.
³² Locally Managed Marine Area (LMMA) Network International Trust, 41 Mukta Ben Road, Vatuwaqa, Suva, Fiji Islands.
³³ School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia.

PMID: 36935248
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2023.02.008

Abstract

Community-based conservation can support livelihoods and biodiversity, while reinforcing local and Indigenous values, cultures, and institutions. Its delivery can help address cross-cutting global challenges, such as climate change, conservation, poverty, and food security. Therefore, understanding trends in community-based conservation is pertinent to setting and implementing global goals. We undertook a horizon scan to prioritize 15 emerging threats and opportunities expected to impact the future effectiveness of community-based conservation. Topics relate to global biodiversity policy; human rights; shifting human geography; inclusion, diversity, equity, and access; conservation finance and income; and economic reforms. Our findings offer guidance on strengthening community-based conservation to achieve global environmental and development goals.

Keywords: biodiversity; community-led conservation; horizon scan; livelihoods; rights; threatened species.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Biodiversity*
Climate Change
Conservation of Natural Resources*
Forecasting
Geography
Humans