Conservation with Equity (Co-WE): A Framework for UNESCO Biosphere Regions in Canada
Learn more about the amazing work on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures that PhD Candidate Gilbert Adum (supervised by Dr. Maureen Reed) is doing and which was recently included in the UNESCO Report "Sharing tools for biodiversity conservation and sustainable development in UNESCO-designated sites."
The Co-WE Framework presented in the report, and based on Gilbert's work, encompasses four pillars: recognition, procedure, distribution, and ecological reconciliation. Each pillar advances equitable and sustainable relationships between communities, lands, and resources. This framework can be adapted to settings where multiple knowledge systems converge and adds ecological reconciliation to it.
Read the whole report here.