Objective The COMBIOSERVE consortium aims to identify the conditions and principles of successful community-based conservation in selected locations in Mexico, Brazil and Bolivia, working in partnership with local Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and indigenous communities. Many Latin American and Caribbean rural and indigenous communities have historically developed strategies to regulate land use and conserve biodiversity whilst enhancing livelihoods and reducing conflicts. This has occurred while new panaceas for conservation and development, such as ecotourism, payments for environmental services, and biodiversity derivatives, have emerged and impacted community dynamics in ways that require urgent analysis. Our analysis will rely on the assessment of past and present trajectories and future scenarios of environmental change; an examination of individual and collective dependence on natural resources and ecosystem services, and analysis of people’s capacity to adapt and be resilient to multiple stressors. We will also assess the cultural traditions, knowledge systems, and institutional arrangements that have allowed communities to devise collective conservation strategies, address social tensions, and resolve resource conflicts. The development of a co-enquiry/advocacy approach will provide significant benefits to local communities and CSOs. The project outcomes will strengthen community conservation and management of natural resources through the design and provision of locally-owned methods and data, and will provide the theoretical and empirical foundations for scaling-up in similar communities and environments. We will scientifically address the opportunities and challenges of biocultural diversity conservation and its role in the resilience of socio-ecological systems, and produce documents for policy and civil society audiences at European and international levels, using varied communication platforms and strategies. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemssocial sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiescivil society Programme(s) FP7-ENVIRONMENT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change) Topic(s) ENV.2011.4.2.3-1 - Community based management of environmental challenges Call for proposal FP7-ENV-2011 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme BSG-CSO - Research for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) Coordinator UNIVERSITAET FUER BODENKULTUR WIEN Address Gregor mendel strasse 33 1180 Wien Austria See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments projects.administrative_contact Christian Reinhard Vogl (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 391 333,00 Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all THE GLOBAL DIVERSITY FOUNDATION GB EU contribution € 294 735,60 Address St. margarets street 37 CT12TU Canterbury See on map Activity type Research Organisations projects.administrative_contact Gary Martin (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITAT AUTONOMA DE BARCELONA Spain EU contribution € 271 452,00 Address Edif a campus de la uab bellaterra cerdanyola v 08193 Cerdanyola del valles See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments projects.administrative_contact Veronica Colombo (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window VERENIGING VOOR CHRISTELIJK HOGER ONDERWIJS WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK EN PATIENTENZORG Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address De boelelaan 1105 1081 HV Amsterdam See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments projects.administrative_contact Margot Rijerse (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Mexico EU contribution € 180 863,00 Address Carretera antigua a coatepec 351 91070 Xalapa, veracruz See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments projects.administrative_contact José Isaac Pérez Hernández (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE FEIRA DE SANTANA Brazil EU contribution € 193 028,00 Address Av transnordestina s n 44.036.900 Feira de santana See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments projects.administrative_contact Marisa Issler Rodrigues (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMON Bolivia EU contribution € 127 300,60 Address Avenida ballivian n. 591 esquina reza Cochabamba See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments projects.administrative_contact Susana Arrazola (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window CONSEJO REGIONAL INDIGENA Y POPULAR DE X PUJIL S.C Mexico EU contribution € 65 355,00 Address Dom conocido sn xpujil sin calles s/n depto 3 24640 Campeche See on map Activity type Other projects.administrative_contact Albert Maurilio Chan Dzul (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window ASSOCIACAO NACIONAL DE ACAO INDIGENISTA Brazil EU contribution € 67 860,00 Address Rua das laranjeiras 26 1 andar pelourinho 40026 230 Salvador See on map Activity type Other projects.administrative_contact Sarah Siqueira De Miranda (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window CENTRO BOLIVIANO DE INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO SOCIO INTEGRAL Bolivia EU contribution € 69 483,20 Address Avenida a - zona villa salome urban. sec. grafico 100 - La paz See on map Activity type Research Organisations projects.administrative_contact Tomás Huanca (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window STICHTING VU Netherlands EU contribution € 236 473,00 Address De boelelaan 1105 1081 HV Amsterdam See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments projects.administrative_contact Yvonne Kops (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window
