Three Challenges for a Real People-centred Conservation
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| Author(s) | Brown, K. |
| Date | March 2003 |
| Reference type | Journal Article |
| Source name | Global Ecology and Biogeography |
| Journal | Vol 12 No 2 |
| Pages | pp. 89–92 |
| Publisher | Blackwell Publishing |
Summary
Many commentators attest to a paradigm shift in biodiversity conservation, away from exclusive protected areas towards more people-centred or community-based conservation. This has been referred to as 'new conservation'. However, new conservation could be thought of as an attempt to re-label and re-package conservation and to 'get people on board' existing strategies. According to its critics even so-called new conservation policy, practice and institutions remain expert-driven, undemocratic and autocratic. The author argues that for new conservation to become reality, then more fundamental changes in priority-setting, decision-making and organization are required. This paper presents three challenges for a real people-centred conservation: a more pluralist approach to understanding knowledge and values of different actors, greater deliberation and inclusion in decision-making, and a remodelling of institutions to support conservation.
Themes
Conservation (general)
DOI
10.1046/j.1466-822X.2003.00327.x
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