Classifying conservation targets based on the origin of motivation: implications over the success of community-based conservation projects.
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Community-based conservation (CBC) projects represent one approach to biodiversity conservation when working with indigenous and local people. This method aims to achieve conservation and development goals simultaneously, however whether both types of goals can be met or whether competition between the two precludes success is an issue of much discussion. Conservation targets are one of the most important elements upon which a conservation project is built. We propose that one way to link biodiversity conservation with human development goals is to consider people’s needs and interests in the selection of the conservation target. Here, we present three categories of conservation targets that vary according to the origin of motivation that drives indigenous and local people to conserve the target. According to the type of target selected, the level of participation, integration of traditional ecological knowledge, level of external intervention and long-term sustainability will vary. We encourage conservation practitioners to understand the motivations that lead indigenous and local people to participate in conservation projects, and to develop and design CBC projects from these incentives.
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Effective bottom-up, community-based conservation projects must be built around a viable conservation target, but targets vary from community to community and even within communities.
“Effective bottom-up, community-based conservation projects must be built around a viable conservation target, but targets vary from community to community and even within communities (Souto et al., 2014;Wilkins et al., 2019).”
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- Authors
- Souto, T., Deichmann, J. L., Núñez, C., & Alonso, A.
- Affiliations
- Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (US)
- Corresponding author
- Souto, Tamia
- Venue
- Biodiversity and Conservation
- Published
- 2014-03-07
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1331-1337
- ISSN
- 0960-3115 (ISSN-L)
- 1572-9710
- OpenAlex
- W2051916933
- Cited by
- 30
- References
- 27
- Citations by year
- 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 3.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Biodiversity and Conservation (publishedVersion)
- Smithsonian Digital Repository (Smithsonian Institution) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Socioeconomics of Resources and Conservation
- Keywords
- community-based conservation, conservation targets, indigenous peoples, local communities, biodiversity conservation, human development, traditional ecological knowledge, community participation, external intervention, sustainability
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