Story | 04 Nov, 2008

Indigenous and Local Communites and Protected Areas Towards Equity and Enhanced Conservation

Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend, Ashish Kothari & Gonzalo Oviedo

Best Practice Protected Areas Guidelines No.11.

Photo: Cardiff IUCN

An open and flexible guide to engaging indigenous peoples and local communities in protected area management. It includes clear concepts and concrete advice for policy at the national, landscape and site level, and ushers better recognition and protection of existing Community Conserved Areas – a marvellous world--wide conservation asset in great jeopardy today.

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