Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) recognises that local communities are often best placed to conserve natural resources, as long as they stand to gain more than they lose from doing so. This study draws on the experience of the AWF and other organisations to assess what effect conservation enterprises can have on the livelihoods of local communities and how effective such initiatives are at poverty reduction.
Elliott, J. and Sumba, D. (2012). Conservation Enterprise: What Works, Where and for Whom?. In Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Alleviation: Exploring the Evidence for a Link (eds W. Cooper, D. Roe, J. Elliott, C. Sandbrook and M. Walpole). doi:10.1002/9781118428351.ch13
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