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Reducing the costs of conservation in low and middle income countries

REF Impact Case Study 2021
Submitted to UoA 7 - Earth Systems and Environmental Science

Submitted title: An evidence-based approach reduces the local costs of biodiversity conservation in low- and middle-income countries. 

 

Summary

Conservation

Bangor-led research has demonstrated the negative social impacts that conservation can have for some of the poorest people in the world.  

It has profoundly altered how governments, industry and donors implement conservation: one of the world’s largest nickel mines (Ambatovy, Madagascar) has changed how it approaches biodiversity offsets, the Ugandan government has incorporated recommendations into its national offset strategy, and the US government has used research findings in funding decisions for a mine in Myanmar.  

Conservation

In Madagascar, Bangor-led research has influenced how the government and donors implement safeguards to reduce negative impacts of protected areas on the poor. 

Researchers