Unpacking equity for protected area conservation

Abstract

There have been numerous calls to ensure that protected areas are governed and managed in an equitable manner. While there has been progress on assessing management effectiveness, there has been less headway on defining the equitable part of the equation. Here we propose a framework for advancing equity in the context of protected area conservation that was developed through a process of expert workshops and consultation and then validated at 3 sites in East Africa. This work was supported by the Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) programme