Scaling Out Community Conservation Initiatives: Experts Identify Economic and Social Benefits, Compatibility With Needs, and External Support as Key

ABSTRACT Community‐based natural resource management is a common strategy for conserving biodiversity, but little is known about how such initiatives can scale appropriately and widely. We interviewed 80 experts across 5 widely adopted community‐based initiatives (in Chile, Nepal, Namibia, Madagasca...

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Published in:	Conservation Letters
Main Authors:	Morena Mills, Marie V. Touchon, Elisa Denis, Sarah Milligan, Yasmeen Zuffetti, Zara Ahmad, Zoya Husain, Sushma Shrestha Sangat, Stefan Gelcich, Selma Lendelvo, Bharati Pathak, Alifereti Tawake, Michael B. Mascia, Solofo Nandrianina Ralaimihoatra, Thomas Pienkowski, Matthew Clark, Arundhati Jagadish
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2025-05-01
Subjects:	adoption community‐based conservation conservation decision‐making community‐based natural resource management (CBNRM) conservation policy diffusion of innovation theory
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.13100