Conservation Effectiveness

Conservation Effectiveness is a multi-part series investigating whether conservation strategies work or not. The series is the result of a collaboration between Mongabay and a team of conservation scientists led by tropical forest ecologist Zuzana Burivalova from University of Wisconsin, Madison. Visit ConservationEffectiveness.org for the latest information and to get involved with on-going analysis of different conservation strategies.

How effective is the EU’s marquee policy to reduce the illegal timber trade?

How sharing and learning from failures can transform conservation (commentary)

Examining ‘What Works In Conservation’

Is planting trees as good for the Earth as everyone says?

Failure in conservation projects: Everyone experiences it, few record it

The nature of conservation evidence: Imperfect, but good enough (commentary)

Conservation Effectiveness series sparks action, dialogue

Response to critique on Conservation Effectiveness series (commentary)

Seek higher standards to honestly assess conservation effectiveness (commentary)

Do environmental advocacy campaigns drive successful forest conservation?

The ups and downs of marine protected areas: Examining the evidence

Do protected areas work in the tropics?

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