Wendee, Community-based conservation as a concept has been around for a long time. It was widely practiced throughout the Pacific Islands prior to westernization of most of those societies. Some do still practice it at some level. In Hawaii the concept was called ahupua'a and it comes the closest I have seen to a true "integrated approach to ecosystem management."
I would also venture to guess that the first modern organized attempt of developing community-based approaches to solving anything most probably could be traced to the development of the Peace Corps in the 1960s. (Does anyone know when they started doing direct environmental conservation work?) Felix WENDEE HOLTCAMP wrote: > Does anyone have names for the people who first created community-based > conservation? I have seen (online) that it really started in the early > 1980s, but no mention of who those first people were, or who coined the > terms? > > > > I am writing an article about Proyecto Titi in Colombia and was told it was > one of the first community-based conservation projects > (http://www.proyectotiti.com). I just wanted to confirm that from an outside > source from the project. Anyone familiar with the project from an outsider > perspective? > > > > Happy Summer! > > Wendee > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Wendee Holtcamp * Freelance Writer * Photographer * Bohemian > > <http://www.wendeeholtcamp.com/> > http://www.wendeeholtcamp.com > Bohemian Adventures Blog * <http://bohemianadventures.blogspot.com/> > http://bohemianadventures.blogspot.com > > The Fish Wars: A Christian Evolutionist <http://thefishwars.blogspot.com/> > http://thefishwars.blogspot.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Online Writing Course! Starting Aug 4. Sign Up Online! > > > -- <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< Felix A. Martinez, Ph.D. NOAA/NOS/NCCOS Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research N/SCI2, SSMC4 Rm. 8326 ph: 301-713-3338 x153 1305 East-West Hwy. fax: 301-713-4044 Silver Spring, MD 20910 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: The content of this message does not reflect any position of the U.S. Government or of NOAA unless otherwise specified. The information therein is only for the use of the individuals or entities for which it was intended even if addressed incorrectly. If not the intended recipient, you may not use, copy, disseminate, or distribute the message or its content unless otherwise authorized. <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <><
