Institutions that focus on fewer activities strictly targeting conservation or development are more likely to achieve their goals, according to a new book looking at both successes and failures of conservation and development projects in Southeast Asia.

And collaborations between like-minded organisations with different skill sets may be the best way to preserve biodiversity and meet livelihood goals in forest conservation areas.

“Collaborations could help meet the targets of state, private and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), while enhancing the participation among local forest users and forest-dwellers,” says Luke Preece, a PhD student at Charles Darwin University who co-authored several chapters of Evidence-based Conservation: Lessons from the Lower Mekong.

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