Rules governing human behaviour are at the heart of every system of natural resource
management. Without compliance, however, rules are meaningless so effective enforcement is …

Massive overhunting of wildlife for meat across the humid tropics is now causing local extinctions
of numerous species. Rural people often rely heavily on wild meat, but, in many areas, …

Conservation interventions require evaluation to understand what factors predict success or
failure. To date, there has been little systematic investigation of the effect of social and …

Implementing any conservation intervention, including Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES),
in the context of weak institutions is challenging. The majority of PES programs have …

Conservationists are increasingly engaging with the concept of human well‐being to improve
the design and evaluation of their interventions. Since the convening of the influential …

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species
was increasingly used during the 1980s to assess the conservation status of species for …

Fundamental ecological research is both intrinsically interesting and provides the basic
knowledge required to answer applied questions of importance to the management of the …

When a wildlife population is threatened, deliberately killing individuals from it may seem
perverse. Yet some argue that, paradoxically, well-regulated sport hunting benefits wildlife …

From both conservation and development perspectives, there is a bushmeat crisis. Yet there
have been divergent opinions among conservation and development agencies in …

Environmental education is frequently undertaken as a conservation intervention designed
to change the attitudes and behaviour of recipients. Much conservation education is aimed at …