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Can democratic processes favour conservation outcomes in the tropics? This study focuses on local viewpoints within a forested landscape of high conservation significance in East Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo). Stakeholders received posters displaying results from a previous study; these posters ...


Padmanaba, M.Sheil, Douglas[Finding and promoting a local conservation consensus in a globally important tropical forest landscape]Finding and promoting a local conservation consensus in a globally important tropical forest landscape

Achieving effective conservation in the tropics is a global concern but implicates local people. Despite considerable rhetoric about local participation the vast majority of conservation initiatives continue to be devised and controlled by a small group of powerful, external voices. What is widel...


Vermeulen, Sonja J.Sheil, Douglas[Partnerships for tropical conservation]Partnerships for tropical conservation
Vermeulen, Sonja J.Sheil, Douglas[The possibility of common ground: a reply to Mavhunga and Robinson]The possibility of common ground: a reply to Mavhunga and Robinson

The urgency of the tropical biodiversity crisis continues to be a major justification for wildlife research and its funding. To examine the benefits of this research for on-the-ground conservation, we focused on Borneo, where conservation has a long history and we have direct experience. We compi...


Meijaard, E.Sheil, Douglas[Is wildlife research useful for wildlife conservation in the tropics?: A review for Borneo with global implications]Is wildlife research useful for wildlife conservation in the tropics?: A review for Borneo with global implications

There is a considerable body of ecological information relevant to the management of tropical forests, but in practice, little of this is used. It is demonstrated how ecology helps to understand forests and forest change and argued that there is an urgent need for a wider appreciation and utilisa...


Sheil, DouglasHeist, M. van[Ecology for tropical forest management]Ecology for tropical forest management

Monitoring and research activities may hinder rather than improce conservation in tropical countries. This paper identifies some critical threats to biodiversity and the limited resources for defending against them. It suggests various contributory factors, and a few common sense options for impr...


Sheil, Douglas[Conservation and biodiversity monitoring in the tropics: realities, priorities and distraction]Conservation and biodiversity monitoring in the tropics: realities, priorities and distraction
Sheil, DouglasBoissiere, M.[Local people may be the best allies in conservation: correspondence]Local people may be the best allies in conservation: correspondence

Monitoring and research activities may hinder rather than improve conservation in tropical countries. Those concerned with conservation - particularly academics and aid agencies - too often overlook the practical realities of achieving conservation in the tropics. As a result, many initiatives di...


Sheil, DouglasNasi, Robert[Recherche et conservation: realities, priorites et distraction]Recherche et conservation: realities, priorites et distraction

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