Meanings, drivers, and motivations for community-based conservation in Latin America

Indigenous and rural communities have developed strategies aimed at supporting their livelihoods and protecting biodiversity. Motivational factors underlying these local conservation strategies, however, are still a largely neglected topic. We aimed to enrich the conceptualization of community-based...

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Autores: Ruiz Mallén, Isabel|||0000-0002-9679-3329, Schunko, Christoph|||0000-0001-6910-3209, Corbera, Esteve|||0000-0001-7970-4411, Rös, Matthias, Reyes-García, Victoria|||0000-0002-2914-8055
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Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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Palavra-chave:Biodiversity
Commons
Governance
Latin America
Protected areas
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Meanings, drivers, and motivations for community-based conservation in Latin America
title Meanings, drivers, and motivations for community-based conservation in Latin America
spellingShingle Meanings, drivers, and motivations for community-based conservation in Latin America
Ruiz Mallén, Isabel|||0000-0002-9679-3329
Biodiversity
Commons
Governance
Latin America
Protected areas
title_short Meanings, drivers, and motivations for community-based conservation in Latin America
title_full Meanings, drivers, and motivations for community-based conservation in Latin America
title_fullStr Meanings, drivers, and motivations for community-based conservation in Latin America
title_full_unstemmed Meanings, drivers, and motivations for community-based conservation in Latin America
title_sort Meanings, drivers, and motivations for community-based conservation in Latin America
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ruiz Mallén, Isabel|||0000-0002-9679-3329
Schunko, Christoph|||0000-0001-6910-3209
Corbera, Esteve|||0000-0001-7970-4411
Rös, Matthias
Reyes-García, Victoria|||0000-0002-2914-8055
author Ruiz Mallén, Isabel|||0000-0002-9679-3329
author_facet Ruiz Mallén, Isabel|||0000-0002-9679-3329
Schunko, Christoph|||0000-0001-6910-3209
Corbera, Esteve|||0000-0001-7970-4411
Rös, Matthias
Reyes-García, Victoria|||0000-0002-2914-8055
author_role author
author2 Schunko, Christoph|||0000-0001-6910-3209
Corbera, Esteve|||0000-0001-7970-4411
Rös, Matthias
Reyes-García, Victoria|||0000-0002-2914-8055
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Biodiversity
Commons
Governance
Latin America
Protected areas
topic Biodiversity
Commons
Governance
Latin America
Protected areas
description Indigenous and rural communities have developed strategies aimed at supporting their livelihoods and protecting biodiversity. Motivational factors underlying these local conservation strategies, however, are still a largely neglected topic. We aimed to enrich the conceptualization of community-based conservation by exploring trigger events and motivations that induce local people to be engaged in practical institutional arrangements for successful natural resource management and biodiversity conservation. By examining the history and development of three community conservation initiatives in Brazil, Mexico, and Bolivia, we have illustrated and discussed two main ways of understanding community-based conservation from the interaction between extrinsic and intrinsic motivations. First, incentive-based conservation policies can stimulate people's economic interests and mobilize individual and collective behavior toward the formalization of conservation-oriented actions. Second, environmental justice concerns, such as international and national movements for the recognition of indigenous peoples' rights, can support local people's sense of autonomy and result in increased control over their territory and resources, as well as a renewed conservation commitment. The results are useful from a policy perspective because they provide insight into the governance of conservation development by bridging the gap between communities' culturally based motivations for conservation, which are still embedded in customary institutions, and broader political and socioeconomic contexts.
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