Getting Biodiversity Projects to Work: Towards More Effective Conservation and Development

by McShane, Thomas O.

• ISBN13: 9780231127653
• ISBN10: 0231127650
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-01
• Publisher: COLUMBIA UNIV PRESS

Summary

Parks and reserves are on the front line in the campaign to conserve biodiversity on our planet. It is increasingly clear that these protected areas have limited future prospects without the cooperation and support of local people, especially in developing countries. Integrated Conservation and Development Projects (ICDPs) set out to reconcile park management with local needs and aspirations -- by emphasizing social and economic development among local communities -- and have managed to attract the lion's share of the funding for biodiversity. But so far the results have been disappointing. Important unanswered questions remain, and there is little consensus on when or where an ICDP approach to protected area management is appropriate and likely to be effective. Some conservationists argue that the ICDP focus on development dilutes biodiversity conservation goals, whereas others argue that the inward-looking protectionist alternative is doomed to failure. As the struggle to balance conservation and development continues, the need to evaluate what works and what doesn't becomes increasingly important. This book draws on the lessons from the ICDP experience to inform the next generation of biodiversity conservation programs, including those concerned with the alleviation of poverty as well as those working at landscape scale. The contributors explore the theoretical and practical challenges to better inform conservationists and decision makers of the role that conservation and development approaches can and should play in conserving biodiversity.

Table of Contents

Foreword, by Claude Martin	vii
Preface	xi
Contributors	xvii
Part One The Challenge of Linking Conservation and Development
1. Integrated Conservation and Development?	3	(7)
Thomas O. McShane and Michael P. Wells
2. Jack of All Trades, Master of None: Inherent Contradictions Among ICD Approaches	10	(25)
John G. Robinson and Kent H. Redford
3. The Pathology of Projects	35	(14)
Jeffrey Sayer and Michael P. Wells
4. Expecting the Unattainable: The Assumptions Behind ICDPs	49	(28)
Thomas O. McShane and Suad A. Newby
Part Two Applications and Issues
5. Fitting ICD Into a Project Framework: A CARE Perspective	77	(21)
Phil Franks and Thomas Blomley
6. Making Biodiversity Conservation a Land-Use Priority	98	(26)
Agnes Kiss
7. Yellowstone: A 130-Year Experiment in Integrated Conservation and Development	124	(30)
Dennis Glick and Curtis Freese
8. Parks, Projects, and Policies: A Review of Three Costa Rican ICDPs	154	(27)
Katrina Brandon and Michelle O'Herron
9. Indigenous Peoples and Protected Areas: The Case of the Sibuyan Mangyan Tagabukid, Philippines	181	(27)
Edgardo Tongson and Marisel Dino
10. Land Tenure and State Property: A Comparison of the Korup and Kilum ICDPs in Cameroon	208	(24)
Steve Gartlan
11. Trade-off Analysis for Integrated Conservation and Development	232	(24)
Katrina Brown
12. Transforming Approaches to CBNRM: Learning from the Luangwa Experience in Zambia	256	(34)
Brian Child and Barry Dalal-Clayton
13. Ecodevelopment in India	290	(31)
Shekhar Singh and Arpan Sharma
14. Conservation Landscapes: Whose Landscapes? Whose Trade-Offs?	321	(19)
Stewart Maginnis, William Jackson, and Nigel Dudley
15. Poverty and Forests: Sustaining Livelihoods in Integrated Conservation and Development	340	(32)
Gill Shepherd
16. Using Adaptive Management to Improve ICDPs	372	(25)
Nick Salafsky and Richard Margoluis
Part Three Conclusion
17. The Future of Integrated Conservation and Development Projects: Building on What Works	397	(26)
Michael P. Wells, Thomas O. McShane, Holly T. Dublin, Sheila O'Connor, and Kent H. Redford
Index	423