Enabling conditions for conservation on Indigenous and community lands.

ABSTRACT: Despite increasing evidence and general acceptance in global environmental policy of the significant role of Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IP&LC) in biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation, an implementation gap remains between global policy and how conservation plays out on the ground. One reason for this discrepancy may be the lack of a coherent evidence base on how best to support the contributions of IP&LC to conservation. Enabling conditions are often discussed in conservation policy, but the diverse factors that may enable or disable Indigenous and community conservation are frequently not considered in empirical studies of conservation outcomes. We explored the enabling conditions and ecological outcomes of conservation that are measured or reported in th

SUBMITTER: Brittain S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12856806 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature