By Engels Del Rosario, Erik Thulin, Sania Ashraf, and Philipe Bujold (Rare’s Center for Behavior and the Environment). Imagine you’re tasked with conducting a baseline assessment in a remote coastal community. How can you ensure your survey sample represents the broader community without reliable local population data or a complete Read more
By Simona Lippi from NGO Na.Di.R for Conservation Sitting on the Ta’ Ċenc cliffs in Gozo Island (Malta Archipelago) during a moonless spring night, I listened to the haunting calls of the Yelkouan shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan), one of the seabird species listed as ‘threatened’ in the IUCN red list of Read more
Paul Hasan Thung, Planet Indonesia The social sciences are increasingly seen as essential for conservation success. However, the focus should not just be on generating knowledge about local communities; otherwise, there is a risk that the conservation social sciences will reproduce historical injustices. In Indonesia, residents of resource-rich areas are Read more
Amit Kaushik and Rocio Lopez de la Lama A Tibetan prayer flag in the Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary, Ladakh, India (Picture credits: Amit Kaushik) Over the years, the importance of social sciences has become increasingly recognized among conservation scientists, academics, and practitioners, highlighting conservation as a deeply interdisciplinary field. However, effective Read more