Natural Connections: Perspectives In Community-Based Conservation

Natural Connections focuses on rural societies and the conservation of biodiversity in rural areas. It represents the first systematic analysis of locally based efforts, and includes a comprehensive examination of cases from around the world where the community-based approach is used. The book provides:

• an overview of community-based conservation in the context of the debate over sustainable development, poverty, and environmental decline
• case studies from the developed and developing worlds -- Indonesia, Peru, Australia, Zimbabwe, Costa Rica, the United Kingdom -- that present detailed examples of the locally based approach to conservation
• a review of the principal issues arising from community-based programs
• an agenda for future action