This is a collection of manuals and guides from other organizations about different aspects of working with communities that resonate with our approach. All of these approaches have much in common. All of them place community members at the center of the conservation process.
- Guidelines for Conservation through Community Involvement. Prepared by Vernon Reynolds and Tammie Bettinger (2008) http://internationalprimatologicalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Guidelines_Conservation_through_Community_Involvement.pdf
- Primate-focused with short and to the point guidelines: “[W]e realized that as conservationists, our task is the conservation of primates and their habitat, with a recognition that this can only be successful if the community is involved and supportive. Additionally, conservationists working in the field should become knowledgeable of local traditions and events and, as appropriate, involved with the local community.”
- SEED-SCALE: A theory of social change. Future Generations University. Website: https://seed-scale.org/overview/
- The approach is a framework for community projects: “Unlike other frameworks that presuppose outside-driven change by money, accepting of values, mandating skills, or first getting government or money support, SEED-SCALE shows change can emerge from in communities. It provides a process any community can follow. It gathers into collective decision, and from that collaborative action. What results are locally-fitted new behaviors.”
- The partners principles for community-based conservation. The Snow Leopard Conservancy (2016). Online version https://snowleopard.org/partners-principles/ PDF version https://snowleopard.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/THE-PARTNERS-PRINCIPLES_-2016.pdf
- In-depth description of how to work with communities in terms of basic principles and best practices: “[This guide] is aimed at sharing experiences in community-based conservation efforts focused around the snow leopard in Central Asia, but is expected to have wider relevance. It is an attempt to distil our experiences – together with insights from various disciplines such as ecology, sociology, social psychology and negotiation theory – into a set of principles that together constitute an approach to community-based conservation.”
- They also have a guide for trainers of the approach: https://snowleopard.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Guide-for-Trainers.pdf
- Theory of Change for Community-Based Conservation. RARE (2014). https://www.europarc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2014-Theory-of-Change-Theory-of-Change.pdf
- Conservation planning and threats-based approach: “This booklet is intended to help conservationists create a plan to preserve their local environment by changing community behaviors. This booklet won’t cover everything that needs to be done to run an effective project. Instead, it provides the first initial six steps that will help you plan a campaign to change behaviors in your community and benefit the local environment.”
- From Seed to Success: A Guide for Community Conservation Projects. Department of Conservation (2003). https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/getting-involved/in-your-community/community-conservation-guidelines/seed-to-success-guide.pdf
- A guide from New Zealand, which has a long history of working with indigenous peoples: “This Guide is designed for people involved in community conservation projects. It provides advice about establishing, maintaining, improving and evaluating community conservation projects, particularly those involving partnerships.”
- A toolkit to support conservation by indigenous peoples and local communities: building capacity and sharing knowledge for indigenous peoples’ and community conserved territories and areas (ICCAs). UNEP-WCMC (2013). https://sgp.undp.org/images/ICCA_toolkit_FINAL_18may2013.pdf
- Toolkit specifically for the context of indigenous peoples: “This toolkit presents a selection of practical resources, developed by numerous organisations, making them readily accessible to community-based organisations who manage ICCAs.”