Building from the ground up: Opportunities to scale locally-led monitoring of the social impacts of conservation

Neil Dawson, Thomas Worsdell, Aditi Bhardwaj, Kate Massarella, Yannick Ndoinyo, Malena Oliva, Sindy Martinez Callejas, Lea M. Scherl, Jocelyne Sze, Holly Dublin, Juan Morea, Sue Stolton, Claudia Munera, Nathan James Bennett, Helen Suich, Warren G. Lavey, Salam Rajesh, Fabiola Monty, Brendan Coolsaet, Paul CawseyYoko Lu, Galeo Saintz, Catherine Clarke, Noelia Zafra-Calvo, Karen Mustin, Mathilde Gingembre, Kamaljit Sangha

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Abstract

Existing monitoring frameworks, both led by international organizations and emerging through the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), largely overlook the social components of the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), particularly those related to equitable governance, Free Prior Informed Consent (FPIC), participation, traditional knowledge, and land tenure security. Monitoring efforts led or co-led by Indigenous Peoples and local communities are crucial for addressing existing gaps in monitoring of the social implications of conservation, both to guide methodologies and contribute grounded, applicable data. Existing monitoring frameworks, both led by international organizations and emerging through the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), largely overlook the social components of the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), particularly those related to equitable governance, Free Prior Informed Consent (FPIC), participation, traditional knowledge, and land tenure security. Monitoring efforts led or co-led by Indigenous Peoples and local communities are crucial for addressing existing gaps in monitoring of the social implications of conservation, both to guide methodologies and contribute grounded, applicable data. Existing monitoring frameworks, both led by international organizations and emerging through the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), largely overlook the social components of the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), particularly those related to equitable governance, Free Prior Informed Consent (FPIC), participation, traditional knowledge, and land tenure security. Monitoring efforts led or co-led by Indigenous Peoples and local communities are crucial for addressing existing gaps in monitoring of the social implications of conservation, both to guide methodologies and contribute grounded, applicable data. Extensive, detailed and robust local-level monitoring of the social dimensions of conservation already occurs, with data and information being collected at large scales and widely distributed across regions, geographies and types of conservation: these initiatives demonstrate the feasibility and benefits of community-based or locally-led monitoring and could provide considerable complementary data for evaluating governance and social outcomes.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherForest Peoples Programme
Number of pages10
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2025

Publication series

NameTransforming Conservation: from conflict to justice Briefing Paper
PublisherForest Peoples Programme
No.7

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