Information for X00162
Developing a theory of change for a community-based response to illegal wildlife trade
Duan Biggs, Rosie Cooney, Holly Dublin, James R Allan, Dan Challender, Diane Skinner
Report/paper
The escalating illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is one of the most high profile conservation challenges today. There is growing recognition among practitioners and policy makers of the need to engage rural communities that neighbour or live with wildlife as key partners in tackling IWT. However, a framework to guide such community engagement is lacking. Here, we present a Theory of Change (ToC) to guide policy-makers, donors, and practitioners in partnering with communities to combat IWT. Our ToC serves to guide actions to tackle IWT and to inform the evaluation of policies; and serves as a tool to foster dialogue among IWT stakeholders.
Publication information
- External: X00162
- Published: Jul 2016 - Wiley
- Themes: Biodiversity, Monitoring, evaluation and learning
- Source pub: Conservation Biology
- Journal ref: DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12796
- Language:
English
Project information
Since mid-2014, IIED has co-organised a series of events to highlight the importance of local communities in efforts to tackle illegal wildlife trade, and the impact of heavy-handed approaches to law enforcement on these communities and on their incentives to engage in conservation.
More at www.iied.org:
Beyond enforcement