Sharing research findings with communities is a pathway to empower them, in that individuals have the chance to meaningfully contribute to the research process....
Ecology Action Centre's CCRN Researcher Sadie Beaton has been coordinating a weekly interview show called “Shades of Green” that explores the questions: What is Environmental Justice? And what could it look like where we live?...
The purpose of this workshop was to share knowledge about the possible effects of climate change on coral reef ecosystems, the impacts on coastal communities and the importance of conservation....
Academic researchers may use the jargon of social capital and social cohesion, but others around the world talk of the community they live in. Those researchers, studying social capital and social cohesion, are discovering what so many people already know – the power of community....
The Community Conservation Research Network (CCRN) shares Community Conservation and Sustainable Livelihood insights from over 25 study sites in over 15 countries around the world. This video from 2014/2015 shares insights from eleven different study sites....
What does Uu-a-thluk or “taking care of” the environment, mean to you?...
Uu-a-thluk coordinated a storybook project with the Ehattesaht First Nation. A one-day storytelling workshop was held with Ehattesaht youth with the support of elders and knowledge holders....
In the summer of 2014, in partnership with the Community Conservation Research Network and the University of Victoria’s Science Venture program, Uu-a-thluk hosted science camps in several Nuu-chah-nulth communities with stewardship as a focus. Equipped with cameras, the children and youth went into their territories...
The following case study of a Brazilian mangrove community located in an industrial area, Vila dos Pescadores (Fishers' Village), analyzes the impact that environmental degradation has on fishers' livelihoods....
Promoting Environmental Conservation and Cooperation (PECC) is a project of the Kesho Trust in cooperation with 6 villages adjacent to Saadani National Park, Tanzania. The project is focused on building relationships between park management and communities through improved mutual understanding and open communication....