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CBCN - Community Based Conservation Network®
Sand County Foundation’s Community Based Conservation Network is supporting citizen-led conservation initiatives. People take care of the things upon which their future depends. The Network builds upon this fundamental human instinct and seeks to broaden the set of conservation success stories that arise when rights and resources are aligned.
Sand County Foundation’s Community Based Conservation Network harnesses the experiences of rural people and policies in Africa and North America. Sand County Foundation uses direct project experience, a web-based information network, and exchanges and workshops to support existing efforts and encourage even more. Sustainable natural resource use and protection of environmental values are only possible where communities and their leaders are empowered to be primary resource stewards. The Community Based Conservation Network is a vital tool for reconnecting people and the natural world.
Community Based Conservation Network program elements include:
Community Based Fisheries
Fishermen and coastal peoples who are assuming more responsibility for marine resources within their sphere of influence.
Kinzua Quality Deer CooperativeA community of people in north central Pennsylvania whose livelihoods, economy, and traditions merge around a mixed ownership forest on the Allegheny plateau.
Cooperative Sagebrush Initiative
A regional conservation partnership in the U.S. West where ranchers, environmentalists, energy producers, and public agencies are working toward voluntary, incentive-based, bottom-up restoration of the sagebrush steppe biome.
Indigenous and Community Conserved Areas (in development)
Generating recognition and support for communities outside of formal protected areas that provide significant ecosystem services and expand the bank of biodiversity.
Resilience Alliance Connectors Group (in development)
Linking resilence thinking to practitioners and bridging science and application of resilence concepts.
Enterprise & Governance "Road Show" (in development)
A mobile and intellegent workshop that expands our collective understanding of natural resource values in relation to power and rights.
CBCN Supported Projects (in development)
Additional stories, projects, and studies of community-based natural resource management.
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