Berkes, Fikret (2004) Rethinking community-based conservation. Conservation Biology.
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Community based conservation (CBC) is based on the idea that if conservation and development could be simultaneously achieved, then the interests of both could be served. It has been controversial because community development objectives are not necessarily consistent with conservation objectives in a given case. First, CBC can be seen in the context of paradigm shifts in ecology and applied ecology-towards a system view, towards the inclusion of humans in the ecosystem, and towards participatory approaches to ecosystem management-that are interrelated and pertain to an understanding of ecosystems as complex adaptive systems in which humans are an integral part. These fields-common property, traditional ecological knowledge, environmental ethics, political ecology and environmental history-provide insights for CBC. They may contribute to the development of an interdisciplinary conservation science with a more sophisticated understanding of socio-ecological interactions. The lessons from these fields include the importance of cross-scale conservation, adaptive co-management, the question of incentives and multiple stakeholders, the use of traditional ecological knowledge, and the development of a cross-cultural conservation ethic.
| Item Type: | Documents |
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| Class Number: | 500.RET003 |
| Keywords: | Adaptive Management, Co-management, Property Rights, Ecology, Socio-economic Aspects, Community Based Management, Commons, Conservation, Traditional Knowledge, Ecosystem Based Management |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Chitti Babu ICSF |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Feb 2022 07:14 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Feb 2022 07:14 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/9457 |
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