Journal article
Indigenous-led conservation improves outcomes in protected areas
Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Vol.1(6), pp.411-412
06/2025
Abstract
We were very pleased with the editor’s decision to publish the Comment by Rakotonarivo et al. (Rakotonarivo, O. S., Shyamsundar, P., Kramer, R. & Hockley, N. Conservation practice must catch up with commitments to local people for 30 × 30 success. Nat. Revs Biodivers. 1, 84–85 (2025)). The authors put forwards a very strong argument for Indigenous and local involvement in the designation, design, monitoring and management of protected areas, and admirably declare the need for a ‘culture shift’ within the biodiversity and environmental protection arenas. Yet, we would like to take up an opportunity that they miss, to acknowledge that environmental health in protected areas provides numerous documented benefits to Indigenous communities, and that these benefits are achieved through proven Indigenous-led institutional approaches. Benefits can be monitored and targeted for amplification, and approaches can be disseminated from nation to nation for local adaptation and optimization.
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- Title
- Indigenous-led conservation improves outcomes in protected areas
- Creators
- Jeffrey Wall - Washington State University, Department of HorticultureFaisal Moola - University of GuelphJessica Lukawiecki - University of GuelphRobin Roth - University of Guelph
- Publication Details
- Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Vol.1(6), pp.411-412
- Academic Unit
- Department of Horticulture
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group UK
- Number of pages
- 2
- Identifiers
- 99901299294401842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article