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 staff reporters Shreya Dasgupta and Mike Gaworecki, and a team of conservation scientists led by tropical forest ecologist Zuzana Burivalova from Princeton University.
This page includes detailed methodology we’ve used, references to all studies included in the stories and links to downloadable data for each conservation strategy.
Detailed methodology
– How we reviewed the evidence for stories on forest certification, payments for ecosystem services, community-based forest management and terrestrial protected areas.
– How we reviewed the evidence for story on marine protected areas.
Downloadable data
- Data on forest certification (pdf)
- Data on payments for ecosystem services (PES) (pdf)
- Data on community-based forest management (pdf)
- Data on terrestrial protected areas (pdf)
- Data on marine protected areas (pdf)
References
- Studies reviewed for story on forest certification
- Studies reviewed for story on payments for ecosystem services (PES)
- Studies reviewed for story on community-based forest management
- Studies reviewed for story on terrestrial protected areas
- Studies reviewed for story on marine protected areas
Infographics
- Visualization of evidence on forest certification
- Visualization of evidence on payments for ecosystem services (PES)
- Visualization of evidence on community-based forest management
- Visualization of evidence on terrestrial protected areas
- Visualization of evidence on marine protected areas
Articles
- Sri Lanka replanting bid begins after minister is held liable for deforestation
28 February 2021, 6:52 am - Declaring key ocean habitats off-limits to human activities protects biodiversity and guards against climate change (commentary)
26 February 2021, 4:58 pm - Jaguars in Suriname’s protected parks remain vulnerable to poaching
26 February 2021, 4:47 pm - Forest patches amid agriculture are key to orangutan survival: Study
26 February 2021, 2:18 pm - ‘The river will bleed red’: Indigenous Filipinos face down dam projects
26 February 2021, 10:33 am - The perils of relying on high-tech networks in a warmer world (commentary)
25 February 2021, 8:40 pm - ‘A disgrace’: Luxury housing plans threaten Cambodia’s Bokor National Park
25 February 2021, 7:43 pm - Mystery bird not seen in 172 years makes surprise reappearance in Borneo forest
25 February 2021, 4:59 pm - Why do zebras have stripes? Candid Animal Cam visits the Serengeti
25 February 2021, 8:43 am - We’re killing those tropical trees we’re counting on to absorb carbon dioxide
24 February 2021, 10:52 pm - Human impacts leave reefs short on sharks and long on moray eels
24 February 2021, 9:26 pm - Podcast: Is ecosystem restoration our last/best hope for a sustainable future?
24 February 2021, 7:18 pm - The Kalunga digitally map traditional lands to save Cerrado way of life
24 February 2021, 6:33 pm - Only 1 of 52 pilot whales survives mass stranding in Indonesia
24 February 2021, 5:30 pm - Agroforestry and land reform give Brazil cacao farmers sweet taste of success
24 February 2021, 11:28 am - When seas turn rough, gleaning keeps the fish on the table for some communities
24 February 2021, 3:41 am - As Amazon forest-to-savanna tipping point looms, solutions remain elusive
23 February 2021, 5:48 pm - Electronic ears listen to poachers in a key Central American jaguar habitat
23 February 2021, 3:16 pm - “Securing Indigenous guardianship of vital ecosystems”: Q&A with Nia Tero CEO Peter Seligmann
23 February 2021, 3:04 pm - On a Philippine volcano, an eruption-proof mouse rules the roost
23 February 2021, 12:27 pm
Commentaries