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CON-VIVA: Towards Convivial Conservation

CON-VIVA: Towards Convivial Conservation: Governing Human-Wildlife Interactions in the Anthropocene

The project is grounded in the premise that conservation is critical to transformations to sustainability but that its practices need to change radically. Conservation can be effective in protecting biodiversity in places, but in toto has failed to halt global biodiversity loss. Continued habitat fragmentation and reduced funding during times of austerity compound this problem. Many conservationists now acknowledge this, leading to vigorous ‘Anthropocene’ discussions on how to reconfigure human-wildlife relations, protected areas and the role of economic development in conservation.

CON-VIVA’s key objective is to conceptually refine and empirically test the prospects for one proposal emerging from these debates: ‘convivial conservation’. This new model moves beyond protected areas and faith in markets to build landscape, governance and funding pathways that integrate conservation and poverty reduction, while enhancing prosperity. CON-VIVA investigates the prospects for convivial conservation by comparing cutting-edge conservation cases that address human-wildlife conflict involving apex predators in Brazil, Finland, Tanzania and USA. Our hypothesis is that if ‘living with’ apex predators can be effectively combined with new forms of economic development, a broader transition to convivial conservation can be boosted significantly.

Project leaders: Prof. B. Büscher and Dr. R. Fletcher, Wageningen University and Research (the Netherlands)

Principal investigators: Prof. D. Brockington, University of Sheffield (United Kingdom), Prof. A. Nygren, University of Helsinki (Finland), Dr. K. Ferraz, University of São Paolo (Brazil), Dr. P. Alagona, University of California, Santa Barbara (United States), MSc. M. Bukhi, University of Dodoma (Tanzania)

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T2S Early-career researchers’ perspectives: Sanna Komi, University of Helsinki, Finland; CONVIVA
Interviews, Opinions & blogs
T2S Early-career researchers’ perspectives: Wilhelm Andrew Kiwango, The University of Dodoma, Tanzania; CONVIVA
Interviews, Opinions & blogs
Coexistence & convivial conservation
Briefs
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Dr. P. Alagona

University of California, Santa Barbara
United States

Prof. D. Brockington

University of Sheffield
United Kingdom

MSc. M. Bukhi

University of Dodoma
Tanzania

Prof. B. Büscher

Wageningen University and Research
The Netherlands

Dr. K. Ferraz

University of São Paolo
Brazil

Dr. R. Fletcher

Wageningen University and Research
the Netherlands

Prof. A. Nygren

University of Helsinki
Finland
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  • T2S Coordination Office

    Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
    Email: T2S@nwo.nl
    Postal address: PO Box 93461
    NL-2509 AL The Hague
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    Laan van Nieuw Oost-Indië 300
    NL-2593 CE  The Hague
    The Netherlands

  • Grant Agreement

    This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 730211.
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