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Let the locals lead

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  • Robert J. Smith

    (Robert J. Smith, Diogo Veríssimo, Nigel Leader-Williams are at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NR, UK.)

  • Diogo Veríssimo

    (Robert J. Smith, Diogo Veríssimo, Nigel Leader-Williams are at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NR, UK.)

  • Nigel Leader-Williams

    (Robert J. Smith, Diogo Veríssimo, Nigel Leader-Williams are at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NR, UK.)

  • Richard M. Cowling

    (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth 6031, South Africa.)

  • Andrew T. Knight

    (Stellenbosch University, Matieland 7602, South Africa.)

Abstract

To save biodiversity, on-the-ground agencies need to set the conservation research agenda, not distant academics and non-governmental organizations, argue Robert J. Smith and colleagues.

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  • Robert J. Smith & Diogo Veríssimo & Nigel Leader-Williams & Richard M. Cowling & Andrew T. Knight, 2009. "Let the locals lead," Nature, Nature, vol. 462(7271), pages 280-281, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:462:y:2009:i:7271:d:10.1038_462280a
    DOI: 10.1038/462280a
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    2. James D. Langston & Rebecca A. Riggs & Yazid Sururi & Terry Sunderland & Muhammad Munawir, 2017. "Estate Crops More Attractive than Community Forests in West Kalimantan, Indonesia," Land, MDPI, vol. 6(1), pages 1-14, February.
    3. Vogdrup-Schmidt, Mathias & Abatayo, Anna Lou & Shogren, Jason F. & Strange, Niels & Thorsen, Bo Jellesmark, 2019. "Factors Affecting Support for Transnational Conservation Targeting Migratory Species," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 157(C), pages 156-164.
    4. Erin McCreless & Piero Visconti & Josie Carwardine & Chris Wilcox & Robert J Smith, 2013. "Cheap and Nasty? The Potential Perils of Using Management Costs to Identify Global Conservation Priorities," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 8(11), pages 1-1, November.
    5. Carissa J Klein & Natalie C Ban & Benjamin S Halpern & Maria Beger & Edward T Game & Hedley S Grantham & Alison Green & Travis J Klein & Stuart Kininmonth & Eric Treml & Kerrie Wilson & Hugh P Possing, 2010. "Prioritizing Land and Sea Conservation Investments to Protect Coral Reefs," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 5(8), pages 1-8, August.
    6. Nils Droste & Claudia Becker & Irene Ring & Rui Santos, 2018. "Decentralization Effects in Ecological Fiscal Transfers: A Bayesian Structural Time Series Analysis for Portugal," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 71(4), pages 1027-1051, December.
    7. Nelson, Katherine M. & Schlüter, Achim & Vance, Colin, 2016. "Funding conservation locally: Insights from behavioral experiments in Indonesia," Ruhr Economic Papers 652, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
    8. Watson, G.J. & Murray, J.M. & Schaefer, M. & Bonner, A., 2015. "Successful local marine conservation requires appropriate educational methods and adequate enforcement," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 52(C), pages 59-67.
    9. Nick Wills-Johnson, 2010. "Lessons for sustainability from the world’s most sustainable culture," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 12(6), pages 909-925, December.

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