I guess I should better define what I meant by community-based conservation. I don't mean efforts going back to native peoples that live integrated with the land/ecology etc. I was trying to get at the concept that I believe started around the 1980s where Western conservationists recognized that to make conservation (most) effective, efforts should explicitly consider the livelihoods of the people living there (typically in 3rd world nations), and get them invested in conservation and somehow increase their livelihood or give them tangible reasons for wanting to conserve - usually monetary like jobs in parks etc. So instead of just going into African countries and setting aside a park and displacing people, to instead hire locals as guides, naturalists, guards etc - they have to be able to make more money in conservation than they were making poaching or ranching (cutting down forets, degrading land) and I guess this also goes hand in hand with teaching ranching methods that don't lead to desertification etc so even though outside influences are coming into a locale, they're simultaneously needing to win the hearts and minds of the local people and convince them that they are actually helping them have better lives in the long run. It may also include teaching people to appreciate rare, local, and unique/indigenous species for various reasons - part of their history/culture, unique to their area of the world, etc. This is what I think of as community-based conservation. I always thought of it as starting in Africa but now I'm hearing of several efforts in South America around the same time so that's why I was asking - who was the first? Was there a single pioneer or a summit/conference where the conference emerged, etc. Someone mentioned a 1991 Summit but that is too late for it to be its origin.
My sort of rough history is that in the 50s and 60s it was sort ofmore of an imperialist sort of conservation - just go in and make a park. But somewhere along the line, some pioneers recognized the above things should be ultimately more effective. However I don't have any book that I know of that outlines this history or has dates or people. I don't have time to do a big great literature review because in all honesty this is just a single sentence in a longer piece on a specific project. However I was sort of interested in whether it was common knowledge among those working in conservation (doesnt seem to be) or if anyone just knew offhand some person who was a clear pioneer here (or a handful of people). Thanks! Wendee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wendee Holtcamp * Freelance Writer * Photographer * Bohemian http://www.wendeeholtcamp.com Bohemian Adventures Blog * http://bohemianadventures.blogspot.com The Fish Wars: A Christian Evolutionist http://thefishwars.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Online Writing Course! Starting Aug 4. Sign Up Online! -----Original Message----- From: Felix Martinez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 8:20 AM To: [email protected] Cc: WENDEE HOLTCAMP Subject: Re: community-based conservation Wendee, Community-based conservation as a concept has been around for a long time. It was widely practiced throughout the Pacific Islands prior to westernization of most of those societies. Some do still practice it at some level. In Hawaii the concept was called ahupua'a and it comes the closest I have seen to a true "integrated approach to ecosystem management." I would also venture to guess that the first modern organized attempt of developing community-based approaches to solving anything most probably could be traced to the development of the Peace Corps in the 1960s. (Does anyone know when they started doing direct environmental conservation work?) Felix WENDEE HOLTCAMP wrote: > Does anyone have names for the people who first created community-based > conservation? I have seen (online) that it really started in the early > 1980s, but no mention of who those first people were, or who coined the > terms? > > > > I am writing an article about Proyecto Titi in Colombia and was told it was > one of the first community-based conservation projects > (http://www.proyectotiti.com). I just wanted to confirm that from an outside > source from the project. Anyone familiar with the project from an outsider > perspective? > > > > Happy Summer! > > Wendee > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Wendee Holtcamp * Freelance Writer * Photographer * Bohemian > > <http://www.wendeeholtcamp.com/> > http://www.wendeeholtcamp.com > Bohemian Adventures Blog * <http://bohemianadventures.blogspot.com/> > http://bohemianadventures.blogspot.com > > The Fish Wars: A Christian Evolutionist <http://thefishwars.blogspot.com/> > http://thefishwars.blogspot.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Online Writing Course! Starting Aug 4. Sign Up Online! > > > -- <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< Felix A. Martinez, Ph.D. NOAA/NOS/NCCOS Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research N/SCI2, SSMC4 Rm. 8326 ph: 301-713-3338 x153 1305 East-West Hwy. fax: 301-713-4044 Silver Spring, MD 20910 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: The content of this message does not reflect any position of the U.S. Government or of NOAA unless otherwise specified. The information therein is only for the use of the individuals or entities for which it was intended even if addressed incorrectly. If not the intended recipient, you may not use, copy, disseminate, or distribute the message or its content unless otherwise authorized. <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <><
