Engagement, Education and Empowerment

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Through presentations made by numerous knowledgeable professionals during the 2018 Communities, Conservation, and Livelihoods conference, valuable insight and personal experiences were shared on topics such as structures of governance, sustainable livelihoods, rights and conflict, Indigenous peoples (and...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Community-based monitoring has become a growing dimension of research and policy; many different case studies and insights about best practice are emergent in relation to freshwater ecosystems and fishing livelihoods in Canada and globally. The conceptualization, methodological...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]This page centers around means of increasing youth engagement in conservation by addressing challenges, providing opportunities and instilling a sense of empowerment and ability to solve problems collaboratively. With the goal of determining the most advantageous learning...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore has fought many battles to protect its natural resources and way of life. In a discussion of these local experiences, community members raised concerns regarding issues such as open-pen finfish aquaculture (which is...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Our worldviews shape how we interact with each other, our environments, and other species with whom we share the Earth. Indigenous peoples all over the Earth have maintained harmony with nature for many thousands of years with...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Win-wins for people and biodiversity are elusive. Conservation programs have traditionally focused on material poverty and livelihoods, yet such approaches have fallen short of revealing the complex connections between ecosystems and the wellbeing of different interest groups...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Many success stories have been produced worldwide through the efforts of local place-based communities to conserve their environment and maintain sustainable livelihoods and local economies. A series of studies carried out by the Community Conservation Research Network...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Challenges surrounding fisheries management in areas such as Madagascar, Cambodia, Brazil, Mexico, and Canada are discussed through the resources found to the right of this page. The need to support sustainable fishing practices is heavily emphasized throughout...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Issues of power and politics are at the heart of community conservation, and in turn influence its ultimate success or failure. Power is central to understanding processes and structures associated with resource and environmental conservation. This may...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Empowering communities in resources management and conservation has now become a trend. However, due to remoteness and isolation, many rural communities have limited opportunities to communicate and share with each other. Not only are they facing different...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]There have been many calls for greater inclusion of Indigenous and Local Knowledge (ILK) in global environmental policy, but the difficulties of bridging epistemological differences between science and ILK while addressing existing power asymmetries has proved elusive....