In 2016, the Nepalese government announced its fourth year of zero rhino poaching as well as increases in the population. Two primary factors are said to have led to this achievement:

1. Institutional and legislative changes allowing strict law enforcement

In 1992, the non-governmental organisation Conservation International do Brasil (CI-Brasil) began a conservation and development project with the Kayapó community of A’Ukre with the objective of providing economic alternatives to logging so to protect a population of mahogany trees.

This paper explores how local people, who are often part of the problem of wildlife decline in Southeast Asia, can also be part of the solution. The authors offer practical methodologies to initiate and develop collaborative wildlife conservation at the local level, illustrating these ideas with

In 2016, Lulingu was saved by the Gorilla Rehabilitation and Conservation Education Center (GRACE), the world's only sanctuary for Grauer’s gorillas, a Critically Endangered ape that only lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

This article describes how a participatory action research project, the Zambezi Valley Advocacy Project, assisted the process of improving the autonomy of communities over wildlife management issues in the Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe.

This Biodiversity Research Paper explores the roles communities do and should play in countering wildlife crime, motivations, and benefits for individuals and communities to engage in anti-poaching and anti-trafficking efforts, and risks and mitigation of risks associated with involvement.

The authors look at the success in two protected areas in India, the Gorumara National Park and Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary. Since 1990 the rhino populations have continued to rise, with 43 and 150 rhinos respectively, and poaching of the greater one-horned rhino extremely low.

The roles citizens should play in preventing crime, enforcing laws, apprehending criminals, and promoting citize safety have long been debated and have changed over time.

The ‘holy grail’ of sustainable development conjures up an image of an informed community, not just managing their own natural resources well but also proactively engaged in driving a conservation agenda, which yields benefits for both the people and wildlife supported by that environment.