• Local support for biodiversity conservation in community-based protected area governance 

      Engen, Sigrid (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2018-06-13)
      Worldwide there have been many attempts to implement community-based conservation to gain a more inclusive protection of biological diversity. Reducing human pressures on ecosystems is necessary for favorable ecological outcomes of protected areas, but conservation initiatives that rely on strict enforcement without local support are vulnerable to rule-violations, public protests and a reduced ...