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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Enabling conservation theories of change
Nature Sustainability, Year 2023
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Global theories of change (ToCs) can provide broad, overarching guidance for conservation and sustainable use of Earth’s ecosystems. However, broad guidance alone cannot inform how conservation actions will lead to desired socioecological outcomes. Here we develop a framework for translating a global-scale ToC into focused, ecosystem-specific ToCs that consider feasibility of actions, as determined by national socioeconomic and political contexts (that is, enabling conditions). We used coastal wetlands as a case study for developing the framework and identified six distinct multinational profiles of enabling conditions (‘enabling profiles’) for their conservation. For countries belonging to profiles with high internal capacity to enable conservation, we described plausible ToCs that involved strengthening policy and regulation. Alternatively, for profiles with low internal enabling capacity, plausible ToCs typically required formalizing community-led conservation. Our ‘enabling profile’ framework can be applied to other ecosystems to help operationalize the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and meet sustainable development goals. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.
Authors & Co-Authors
Buelow, Christina A.
Australia, Brisbane
Griffith University
Connolly, Rod M.
Australia, Brisbane
Griffith University
Griffiths, Laura L.
Australia, Brisbane
Griffith University
Holgate, Briana
Australia, Brisbane
Griffith University
Lee, ShingYip
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Mackey, Brendan G.
Australia, Brisbane
Griffith University
Maxwell, Paul S.
Australia, Brisbane
Alluvium Consulting
Pearson, Ryan M.
Australia, Brisbane
Griffith University
Rajkaran, Anusha
South Africa, Bellville
University of the Western Cape
Sievers, Michael
Australia, Brisbane
Griffith University
Sousa, Ana I.
Portugal, Aveiro
Universidade de Aveiro
Tulloch, Vivitskaia J.D.
Australia, Brisbane
Griffith University
Canada, Vancouver
The University of British Columbia
Turschwell, Mischa P.
Australia, Brisbane
Griffith University
Villarreal-Rosas, Jaramar
Australia, Brisbane
Griffith University
Brown, Christopher James
Australia, Brisbane
Griffith University
Australia, Hobart
University of Tasmania
Statistics
Authors: 15
Affiliations: 8
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1038/s41893-023-01245-y
ISSN:
23989629
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Study Design
Case Study
Study Approach
Qualitative