Enabling conditions for conservation on indigenous and community lands: a systematic map
<p>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 conse...
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| description | <p>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 carried out a systematic mapping to explore the enabling conditions and ecological outcomes of conservation that are measured or reported in the literature on forested lands held by IP&LC, and to identify gaps and biases in the current knowledge base.</p>
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<p>We searched three bibliographic databases and screened the results for relevance against predefined inclusion criteria, reviewing a total of 182 articles. Articles examined the effects of 20 enabling conditions on 11 ecological outcomes. The more frequently explored links were between enabling
conditions ‘governance’, ‘law & policy’ and outcomes ‘forest cover’ and ‘forest quality’. Key knowledge gaps were the impacts of enabling conditions on species-level outcomes and certain ecosystem services, such as soil and water quality, and on carbon sequestration.</p>
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<p>Priorities for future systematic reviews include in-depth examinations of the linkages identified in this map, and the quality of evidence that exists. Understanding how Indigenous Peoples and local communities can best be supported is a critical step in promoting rights-based approaches, as set out
in the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:4ba3eb3f-4291-4630-ae3b-7aa5a9db07cf2025-02-07T11:01:04ZEnabling conditions for conservation on indigenous and community lands: a systematic mapJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:4ba3eb3f-4291-4630-ae3b-7aa5a9db07cfEnglishSymplectic ElementsWiley2025Brittain, SAlatorre, ABullough, L-ANewing, H<p>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 carried out a systematic mapping to explore the enabling conditions and ecological outcomes of conservation that are measured or reported in the literature on forested lands held by IP&LC, and to identify gaps and biases in the current knowledge base.</p> <br> <p>We searched three bibliographic databases and screened the results for relevance against predefined inclusion criteria, reviewing a total of 182 articles. Articles examined the effects of 20 enabling conditions on 11 ecological outcomes. The more frequently explored links were between enabling conditions ‘governance’, ‘law & policy’ and outcomes ‘forest cover’ and ‘forest quality’. Key knowledge gaps were the impacts of enabling conditions on species-level outcomes and certain ecosystem services, such as soil and water quality, and on carbon sequestration.</p> <br> <p>Priorities for future systematic reviews include in-depth examinations of the linkages identified in this map, and the quality of evidence that exists. Understanding how Indigenous Peoples and local communities can best be supported is a critical step in promoting rights-based approaches, as set out in the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.</p> |
| spellingShingle | Brittain, S Alatorre, A Bullough, L-A Newing, H Enabling conditions for conservation on indigenous and community lands: a systematic map |
| title | Enabling conditions for conservation on indigenous and community lands: a systematic map |
| title_full | Enabling conditions for conservation on indigenous and community lands: a systematic map |
| title_fullStr | Enabling conditions for conservation on indigenous and community lands: a systematic map |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enabling conditions for conservation on indigenous and community lands: a systematic map |
| title_short | Enabling conditions for conservation on indigenous and community lands: a systematic map |
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