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Community-based conservation in a globalized world.

Fikret Berkes1

  • 1Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2N2. berkes@cc.umanitoba.ca

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
|September 21, 2007
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Community-based conservation is vital but requires multilevel governance and partnerships. Integrating conservation and development needs a complexity perspective and adaptive strategies for effective biodiversity protection.

Area of Science:

  • Conservation Science
  • Environmental Governance
  • Community-Based Natural Resource Management

Background:

  • Community-based conservation is crucial for biodiversity protection.
  • Existing approaches often overlook the necessity of multi-level governance and institutional interplay.
  • A holistic view is needed to integrate conservation with local development objectives.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To advocate for a multilevel governance framework in conservation.
  • To promote an interdisciplinary approach to conservation science aligned with the Convention on Biological Diversity.
  • To explore how a complexity perspective can improve conservation and development integration.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of conservation governance within a multilevel world.

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  • Application of a complexity perspective to conservation challenges.
  • Learning from commons research to develop diagnostic tools for conservation planning.

    • Main Results:

    • Effective conservation requires managing commons at multiple levels with vertical and horizontal institutional linkages.
    • Integrating conservation and development necessitates adaptive strategies, partnerships, and deliberative processes.
    • Community-based conservation functions best within a pluralistic governance framework, emphasizing bottom-up approaches and multi-level networks.

    Conclusions:

    • Conservation governance must adopt a pluralistic, multilevel approach rather than a blueprint strategy.
    • Rethinking conservation through complexity and adaptive management enhances integration with development goals.
    • Community-based conservation is a key component of a broader, multi-layered governance system for biodiversity protection.