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From displacement-based conservation to place-based conservation [1]

The viability of biodiversity conservation based uniquely upon a model of protected areas is being questioned in the developing world, and new evidence is emerging on the social and ecological costs of displacing people in order to 'impose wilderness' (Neumann 2002; Igoe 2004; Rodr?gues 2006). This re-evaluation of the strict protected areas model is driven in part by new data showing that some human-dominated regimes of land use and tenure are effective complementary conservation strategies that can achieve both sustainable livelihoods and biodiversity conservation, although there are tradeoffs in all forms of conservation land use (Vel?zquez et al . 2003a; Zimmerer 2006).

Publication Date: 
01/01/2009
David Barton Bray [2], Alejandro Velazquez [3]
Conservation & Society [4]
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Tags:
Displacement [5], Wildlife [6], Protected Area Conservation [7], Biodiversity [8], Biodiversity Conservation [9], Benefit Sharing [10], Developing Countries [11]
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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/david-barton-bray
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/alejandro-velazquez
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/conservation-society
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/displacement
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/protected-area-conservation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity-conservation
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/benefit-sharing
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/developing-countries