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Abbott, James G., Campbell, Lisa M., Hay, Clinton J., Naesje, Tor F., and Purvis, John. 2007. Market-resource links and fish vendor livelihoods in the upper zambezi river floodplains. Human Ecology 35:559-574. Author's Keywords: livelihoods, markets, sub-saharan africa, artisanal fisheries, floodplains ACSC Keywords: management, conservation, africa, community, strategies, Ghana, dynamics, small-scale fisheries, diversification, Lake Chad
Adams, William M. and Hulme, David. 2001. "Conservation and community: Changing narratives, policies and practices in African conservation," in African wildlife and livelihoods: The promise and performance of community conservation. Edited by Hulme, D. and Murphree, M., pp. 9-23. Oxford: James CUrrey Ltd. ACSC Keywords: development, counter-narratives, CBC, Community-based Conservation, ICDPs, Integrated Conservation Development Projects
Adams, William M., Aveling, Ros, Brockington, Dan, Dickson, Barney, Elliott, Jo, Hutton, Jon, Roe, Dilys, Vira, Bhaskar, and Wolmer, William. 2004. Biodiversity conservation and the eradication of poverty. Science 306:1146-1149. ACSC Keywords: CBC, Community-based Conservation, costs, ecology, poverty, biodiversity, conservation, poor, rural, policy
Adams, William M. and Infield, Mark. 2003. Who is on the gorilla’s payroll? Claims on tourist revenue from a Ugandan national park. World Development 31:177-190. Author's Keywords: africa, Uganda, national parks, conservation and development, community conservation
Agrawal, A. 2000. Adaptive management in transboundary protected areas: The Bialowieza National Park and Biosphere Reserve as a case study. Environmental Conservation 27:326-333. Author's Keywords: biodiversity, conservation, population, adaptive management, transboundary protected areas, forest, Community-based
Agrawal, Arun. 2001. Common property institutions and sustainable governance of resources. World Development 29:1649-1672. Author's Keywords: resource management, sustainability, common-pool resources, property rights, institutions ACSC Keywords: conservation, South, institutions, collective action, watershed management, natural-resources, forest management, community, population, politics, history, CPRs
Agrawal, Arun. 2005. Environmentality: Community, intimate government, and the making of environmental subjects in Kumaon, India. Current Anthropology 46:161-351. ACSC Keywords: conservation, community, governmentality, environmentality, environment, local, India, Chipko, forestry
Agrawal, Arun and Gibson, Clark C. 1999. Enchantment and disenchantment: The role of community in natural resource conservation. World Development 27:629-649. ACSC Keywords: resource management, CBC, Community-based Conservation, conservation, community, norms
Agrawal, Arun and Gibson, Clark C. 2001. "Introduction: The Role of Community in Natural Resource Conservation," in Communities and the environment : ethnicity, gender, and the state in community-based conservation, pp. xiv, 205. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. ACSC Keywords: resource management, CBC, Community-based Conservation, conservation, community, norms, Nature conservation, natural resources, citizen participation, ICRAF seminar agroforestry
Agrawal, Arun and Redford, Kent. 2006. "Poverty, Development, and Biodiversity Conservation: Shooting In The Dark?," in Wildlife Conservation Society, pp. 1-50. Bronx. Author's Keywords: Community-based Conservation, governance, decentralization, sustainable development, environmental policy, ecotourism, extractive reserves
Alcorn, Janis B. 2005. "Dances around the fire: Conservation orgainzations and community-based natural resource management," in Communities and Conservation: Histories and Politics of Community-Based Natural Resource Management. Edited by Brosius, J. P., Tsing, A. L., and Zerner, C., pp. 37-68. New York: Rowman & Littlefield Pub. ACSC Keywords: Community-based Conservation, conservation, community, local, representation, community-based natural resource management, CBNRM, sustainable, environmental degradation, non-governmental organizations, donors, governments, CBC community-based conservation
Allen, T. F. H. and Hoekstra, T. W. 1990. The confusion between scale-defined levels and conventional levels of organization in ecology. Journal of Vegetation Science 1:5-12. Author's Keywords: scale, community, population, criteria for observation, ecosystem, hierarchy theory, landscape
Amituana'i, Allamanda and Sauafea, Fatima. Improving Community Skills and Knowledge to Build, Enhance and Promote Environmental Stewardship. :11-14. Author's Keywords: collaborative management, community participation stewardship, and network
Andrianandrasana, Herizo T., Randriamahefasoa, Jonah, Durbin, Joanna, Lewis, Richard E., and Ratsimbazafy, Jonah H. 2005. Participatory ecological monitoring of the Alaotra wetlands in Madagascar. Biodiversity and Conservation 14:2757-2774. Author's Keywords: biodiversity, Madagascar, ecological monitoring, fish, lac alaotra, lemurs, locally-based monitoring, participation, waterbirds, wetlands ACSC Keywords: CBC, Community-based Conservation, africa, Madagascar, wetlands, marine, monitoring and evaluation
Antona, Martine, Biénabe, Estelle Motte, Salles, Jean-Michel, Péchard, Géraldine, Aubert, Sigrid, and Ratsimbarison, Rivo. 2004. Rights transfers in Madagascar biodiversity policies: Achievements and significance. Environment and Development Economics 9:825-847. ACSC Keywords: resource management, policy, africa, decentralization, community, Madagascar, Secured Local management of Natural Resources, GELOSE
Archabald, Karen and Naughton-Treves, Lisa. 2001. Tourism revenue-sharing around national parks in Western Uganda: Early efforts to identify and reward local communitites. Environmental Conservation 28:135-149. Author's Keywords: Community-based Conservation, wildlife, ecotourism, Uganda, national parks, revenue-sharing ACSC Keywords: tourism, communities
Armitage, Derek R. 2005. Adaptive capacity and community-based natural resource management. Environmental Management 35:703-715. Author's Keywords: sustainability, resilience, adaptation, capacity, community-based management, collaboration, participatory management ACSC Keywords: scale, conservation, institutions, politics, fisheries management, central sulawesi, comanagement, indonesia, histories, lessons, Southeast Asia
Armitage, Derek R. 2003. Traditional agroecological knowledge, adaptive mangement and the socio-politics of conservation in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Environmental Conservation 30:79-90. Author's Keywords: resource management, sustainability, indigenous knowledge, environmental policy, community-based management, agroecosystems, ecosystems ACSC Keywords: conservation, indonesia, Sulawesi, adaptive management, traditional ecological knowledge
Ashley, Caroline and Roe, Dilys. 1998. Enhancing community involvement in wildlife tourism: Issues and challenges. International Institute for Environment and Development. ACSC Keywords: community
Attwell, C. A. M. and Cotterill, F. P. D. 2000. Postmodernism and African conservation science. Biodiversity and Conservation 9:559-577. Author's Keywords: ecology, conservation, africa, knowledge, deconstruction, science, sociology ACSC Keywords: CBC, Community-based Conservation, indigenous knowledge, IK, sustainable development, agriculture
Aumeeruddy-Thomas, Yildiz, Saigal, Sushil, Kooper, Navin, and Cunningham, Anthony B. 1999. Joint management in the making. People and Plants Initiative. ACSC Keywords: community
Austin, Rebecca L. and Eder, James F. 2007. Environmentalism, Development, and participation on Palawan island, Philippines. Society & Natural Resources 20:363-371. Author's Keywords: sustainable development, environmentalism, NGOs, participation, Philippines, costal resource management, community-based resource management, hybrid NGO's
Bajracharya, Siddhartha B., Furley, Peter A., and Newton, Adrian C. 2006. Impacts of community-based conservation on local communities in the Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal. Biodiversity and Conservation 15:2765-2786. Author's Keywords: wildlife, biodiversity, conservation, Nepal, protected area, Community-based, Crop damage ACSC Keywords: management, attitudes, people, livestock depredation, TIGER RESERVE, HUMAN-NEEDS, CHITWAN NATIONAL PARK
Balram, Shivanand, Suzana, Dragićević, and Meredith, Thomas. 2004. A collaborative GIS method for integrating local and technical knowledge in establishing biodiversity conservation priorities. Biodiversity and Conservation 13:1195-1208. Author's Keywords: biodiversity conservation, collaborative gis, data management, geographic information systems (gis), local and technical experts ACSC Keywords: management, community, indigenous knowledge, landscape, participation, decision-making, information, MODEL
Baral, Nabin, Stern, Marc J., and Heinen, Joel T. 2007. Integrated conservation and development project life cycles in the Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal: Is development overpowering conservation?. Biodiversity and Conservation 16:2903-2917. Author's Keywords: Community-based Conservation, Nepal, gender, ICDP, biodiversity conservation, protected area management, annapurna ACSC Keywords: management, parks, communities, developing countries, people, issues
Barrett, Christopher B., Brandon, Katrina, Gibson, Clark C., and Gjertsen, Heidi. 2001. Conserving tropical biodiversity amid weak institutions. Bioscience 51:497-502. ACSC Keywords: scale, CBC, Community-based Conservation, natural resource management, sustainability, africa, institutions, community, politics, lessons, integrated conservation, programs, networks, development projects
Becker, C. Dustin, Agreda, Ana, Astudillo, Evelyng, Costantino, Melina, and Torres, Pascual. 2005. Community-based monitoring of fog capture and biodiversity at Loma Alta, Ecuador enhance social capital and institutional cooperation. Biodiversity and Conservation 14:2695-2707. Author's Keywords: Community-based Conservation, ecological monitoring, locally-based monitoring, ecuador, important bird area, tropical biodiversity ACSC Keywords: CBC, forests, institutions, South America, marine, monitoring and evaluation, science
Berkes, Fikret. 2004. Rethinking community-based conservation. Conservation Biology 18:621-630. Author's Keywords: scale, common property, Community-based Conservation, social-ecological systems, participation, comanagement, adaptive management, traditional ecological knowledge ACSC Keywords: development, indigenous knowledge
Blaikie, Piers. 2006. Is small really beautiful? Community-based natural resource management in Malawi and Botswana. World Development 34:1942–1957. Author's Keywords: community-based natural resource management, central and southern Africa
Bowcut, F. 1999. Ecological restoration and local communities: A case study from Sinkyone Wilderness State Park, Mendocino County, California. Human Ecology 27:359368. ACSC Keywords: community, United States, restoration, California, local communities, Sinkyone Wilderness State Park
Bray, David Barton, Merino-Peréz, Leticia, Negreros-Castillo, Patricia, Segura-Warnoltz, Gerardo, Torres-Rojo, Juan Manuel, and Vester, Henricus F. M. 2001. Mexico's community-managed forests as a global model for sustainable landscapes. Conservation Biology :672-677. ACSC Keywords: management, sustainability, forests, community, local, forestry, Mexico, Oaxaca, timber, sustainable management, tropics
Bray, David Barton and Anderson, Anthony B. 2005. Global conservation non-governmental organizations and local communitites. Institute for Sustainability Science in Latin America and the Caribbean, Florida International University. ACSC Keywords: conservation, community, local, protected areas, WWF, NGOs, participation, TNC, CI
Bray, David Barton, Duran, Elvira, Ramos, Victor Hugo, Mas, Jean-Francois, Velazguez, Alejandro, McNab, R. B., Barry, Deborah, and Radachowsky, Jeremy. 2008. Tropical deforestation, community forests, and protected areas in the Maya forest. Ecology and Society 13. Author's Keywords: Mexico, Guatemala, protected areas, logging, community forest management, land-use and land cover change analysis
Brechin, Steven R., Wilshusen, Peter R., Fortwangler, Crystal L., and West, Patrick C. 2002. Beyond the square wheel: Toward a more comprehensive understanding of biodiversity conservation as social and political process. Society and Natural Resources 15:41-64. Author's Keywords: Community-based Conservation, governance, legitimacy, politics, accountability, conservation and development, learning, protected area management, biodiversity protection
Brockington, Daniel. 2004. Community conservation, inequality and injustice: Myths of power in protected area management. Conservation & Society 2:411-432. ACSC Keywords: poverty, conservation, africa, community, local, protected areas, human, Tanzania, inequality, power, integrated conservation and development, ICDP, injustice, Mkomazi Game Reserve, fortress conservation, participatory approaches, critique
Brockington, Daniel. 2007. Forests, community conservation, and local government performance: The village forest reserves of Tanzania. Society & Natural Resources 20:835-848. Author's Keywords: Tanzania, democracy, community conservation, corruption, devolution, local government performance, village forest reserves, village government ACSC Keywords: biodiversity, parks, protected areas, people
Bromley, Daniel W. 1994. "Economic dimensions of community-based conservation," in Natural connections: Perspectives in community-based conservation. Edited by Western, D. and Wright, R. M., pp. 428-447. Washington, D.C.: Island Press. ACSC Keywords: CBC, Community-based Conservation, biodiversity, economic
Brosius, J. P. and Russell, D. 2003. "Conservation from Above: An Anthropological Perspective on Transboundary Protected Areas and Ecoregional Planning," in Transboundary Protected Areas: The Viability of Regional Conservation Strategies. Edited by Goodale, U. M. and et. al., pp. 39-66. New York: Food Products Press. Author's Keywords: Community-based Conservation, transboundary protected areas, ecoregional planning, social research in conservation ACSC Keywords: CBC, conservation, anthropology, community, CBNRM, transboundary protected areas, transboundary conservation
Brosius, J. Peter. 1999. Analyses and interventions: Anthropological engagements with environmentalism. Current Anthropology 40:277-309. ACSC Keywords: management, conservation, anthropology, governance, political ecology, discourse, community, representation, environmentalism, NGOs, cultural-invention, world-system, third-world, identity, authenticity, resistance, nongovernmental organizations, agency, cultural production
Brosius, J. Peter, Tsing, Anna L., and Zerner, Charles. 1998. Representing communities: Histories and politics of community-based natural resource management. Society & Natural Resources 11:157-168. Author's Keywords: development, conservation, state, community-based natural resource management, NGOs, participation, indonesia, nongovernmental organizations, collective rights, environmental discourses, environmental justice, legal pluralism, nongovernmental organizations (ngos), territorialization ACSC Keywords: CBNRM, participatory
Brown, Katrina. 2003. Three challenges for a real people-centred conservation. Global Ecology and Biogeography 12:89-92. Author's Keywords: conservation, institutions, decision-making, conservation policy, community conservation, pluralism
Camargo, C., Maldonado, J., Alvarado, E., Moreno-Sanchez, R., Mendoza, S., Manrique, N., Mogollon, A., Osorio, J., Grajales, A., and Sanchez, J. 2009. Community involvement in management for maintaining coral reef resilience and biodiversity in southern Caribbean marine protected areas. Biodiversity and Conservation 18:935-956. Author's Keywords: conservation, social-ecological systems, comanagement, ecosystems, marine protected areas, Philippines, caribbean, coastal, colombia, coral reefs, management effectiveness, climate-change, reserve, zooxanthellae, symbiodinium, participatory methods, experimental economic games, community involvement, fish populations, building corals
Campbell, J. 1991. Land or peasants: The dilemma confronting Ethiopian resource conservation. African Affairs 90:5-21. Author's Keywords: conservation, participatory development, theory, praxis ACSC Keywords: development, CBC, Community-based Conservation
Campbell, LM, Haalboom, BJ, and Trow, J. 2007. Sustainability of community-based conservation: sea turtle egg harvesting in Ostional (Costa Rica) ten years later. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION 34:122-131. Author's Keywords: management, Community-based Conservation, wildlife, poverty, discourse, ecotourism, Costa Rica, attitudes, participation, biodiversity conservation, sustainable use, Growth, sea turtles, economic incentives, SQUARE WHEEL, LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPII
Carlsson, L. and Berkes, F. 2005. Co-management: concepts and methodological implications. Journal of Environmental Management 75:65-76. Author's Keywords: governance, community, environmental policy, co-management, cross-scale linkages, the state, decision-making ACSC Keywords: natural resource management, participation, communities, networks, power, implementation, mapping
Carney, J. 1993. Converting the wetlands, engendering the environment: The intersection of gender with agrarian change in the Gambia. Economic Geography 69:329-348. Author's Keywords: environment, gender, resistance, irrigation, community property regimes ACSC Keywords: political ecology, women
Chan, Kai M.A., Robert Pringle, Jai Ranganathan, Carol Boggs, Yvonne Chan, Paul Ehrlich, Peter Haff, Nicole Heller, Karim Al-Khafaji, and Dena Macmynowski. 2007. When Agendas Collide: Human Welfare and Biological Conservation. Conservation Biology 21:59-68. Author's Keywords: Community-based Conservation, poverty, conservation, ecosystem services, local communities, ethics, Transdisciplinarity, distribution of costs and benefits, mediation ACSC Keywords: management, ecology, integrated conservation, timber, ecosystem services, crop pollination, economic value, biodiversity hotspots, Biosphere Reserve, tropical forest conservation
Chan, KMA, Pringle, RM, Ranganatran, J, Boggs, CL, Chan, YL, Ehrlich, PR, Haff, PK, Heller, NE, Al-Krafaji, K, and Macmynowski, DP. 2007. When agendas collide: Human welfare and biological conservation. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 21:59-68. Author's Keywords: management, Community-based Conservation, ecology, poverty, integrated conservation, timber, ecosystem services, local communities, crop pollination, economic value, biodiversity hotspots, ethics, Biosphere Reserve, tropical forest conservation, Transdisciplinarity, distribution of costs and benefits, mediation
Charnley, S. and Poe, M. R. 2007. Community forestry in theory and practice: Where are we now?. Annual Review of Anthropology 36:301-336. Author's Keywords: governance, sustainability, forests, community-based forest management, forest communities ACSC Keywords: biodiversity, natural resource management, decentralization, Mexico, protected areas, tropical forests, poverty alleviation, livelihoods, United States, developing countries, conservation strategies
Chhatre, A. and Saberwal, V. 2005. Political Incentives for Biodiversity Conservation. Conservation Biology 19:310-317. Author's Keywords: India, community participation, conservation policy, electoral politics, Himalayas, hydroelectric projects, South Asia ACSC Keywords: biodiversity, conservation, India, communities