Diagnosing scaling bottlenecks in 10 community conservation initiatives in southern and eastern Africa

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dc.contributor.authorPienkowski, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorClark, Matt
dc.contributor.authorJagadish, Arundhati
dc.contributor.authorAlbert, Aklei
dc.contributor.authorBrar, Mohanjeet
dc.contributor.authorBreedveld, Tarn
dc.contributor.authorChinangwa, Linda
dc.contributor.authorGohil, Deepali
dc.contributor.authorIrumba, Deziderius
dc.contributor.authorKanaan, Ramzy
dc.contributor.authorKicheleri, Rose
dc.contributor.authorKihumuro, Phillip
dc.contributor.authorKiwango, Wilhelm
dc.contributor.authorMabele, Mathew
dc.contributor.authorMatiku, Paul
dc.contributor.authorMbeyale, Gimbage
dc.contributor.authorMbuvi, Musingo
dc.contributor.authorMugisha, Arthur
dc.contributor.authorMwango, Stanley
dc.contributor.authorMwanyoka, Iddi
dc.contributor.authorNyirenda, Robson
dc.contributor.authorPétursson, Jón Geir
dc.contributor.authorRusoke, Taddeo
dc.contributor.authorTuryahabwe, Nelson
dc.contributor.authorKazungu, Moses
dc.contributor.authorMandoloma, Lessah
dc.contributor.authorOula, Geoffrey
dc.contributor.authorMeshack, Charles
dc.contributor.authorMoombe, Kaala
dc.contributor.authorMoyo, Francis
dc.contributor.authorMuposhi, Victor
dc.contributor.authorOchieng, Amos
dc.contributor.authorSabuhoro, Edwin
dc.contributor.authorSpenceley, Anna
dc.contributor.authorSulle, Emmanuel
dc.contributor.authorTumusiime, David
dc.contributor.authorWilfred, Paulo
dc.contributor.authorBrehony, Peadar
dc.contributor.authorAssef, Elias
dc.contributor.authorMills, Morena
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-12T11:37:30Z
dc.date.issued2025-09-12
dc.descriptionSGD-2: Zero Hunger
dc.description.abstractScaling area-based conservation, including initiatives led or comanaged by Indigenous Peoples and local communities, is a flagship goal of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Conservationists often aspire to scale initiatives, but this is rarely achieved in practice. Identifying and addressing factors that limit initiative adoption (i.e., bottlenecks) could improve scaling strategies. We used insightsfrom 84 expert surveys to identify potential risk factors and bottlenecks to scaling 10 community, area-based initiatives in southern and eastern Africa. The number of reported potential risk factors and bottlenecks varied among initiatives. However, unfair benefit sharing, unequal decision-making, inflexible rules, and top-down leadership were frequently identified as bottlenecks. Although adopting initiatives had costs (e.g., increased local conflicts, reduced local access to natural resources and cropland), most experts believed these costs were offset by other benefits and thus did not constitute bottlenecks. Our results did not capture local perspectives, but they suggest scaling strategies that strengthen environmental governance may support more socially just and durable approaches to meeting area-based conservation goals.
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111%2Fcobi.70149
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.nm-aist.ac.tz/handle/123456789/3422
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCONSERVATION BIOLOGY
dc.subject30 by 30
dc.subjectadoption
dc.subjectcommunity-based conservation
dc.subjectcommunity-based natural resource management
dc.subjectengagement
dc.subjectother effective area-based conservation measures
dc.subjectscaling bottlenecks
dc.subjectscaling up
dc.subjectscaling out
dc.subjectand scaling deep
dc.titleDiagnosing scaling bottlenecks in 10 community conservation initiatives in southern and eastern Africa
dc.typeArticle

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