Background Women often use natural resources differently than men yet frequently have
minimal influence on how local resources are managed. An emerging hypothesis is that …

Conservation organizations often invest considerable resources in education and outreach
activities in and around marine protected areas (MPAs). The expectation is that such efforts …

Restoring tree cover in tropical countries has the potential to benefit millions of smallholders
through improvements in income and environmental services. However, despite their …

MARINE AREAS, PROTECTED AREAS, NATURE CONSERVATION, RURAL DEVELOPMENT,
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, CASE STUDIES, …

There is evidence from the development and humanitarian sectors that purposeful engagement
of women can increase the impact of development. We conducted a literature review to …

There is growing use of household surveys by conservation organizations as they seek to
measure the social impacts of conservation initiatives, especially in developing countries. …

Using six years of remote sensing data, we estimated land and forest degradation inside
1788 protected areas across 19 countries in Latin America. From 2004–2009, the rate of land …

We assessed a donor-funded grassland management project designed to create both
conservation and livelihood benefits in the rangelands of Mongolia's Gobi desert. The project ran …

Within conservation, the need to measure the impacts on people from conservation
initiatives such as projects and programs is growing, but understanding and measuring the …

In 1987, the former prime minister of Norway, Gro Harlem Brundtland, chaired a UN commission
that produced the report entitled Our Common Future. The report stated that ‘‘poverty is …