Local voices, local choices : the TACARE approach to community-led conservation / created by Jane Goodall Institute, Introduction by Jane Goodall; foreword by Jack Dangermond ; edited by Lilian Pintea and Adam Bean.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jane Goodall Institute, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community-based conservation.

Conservation of natural resources--Citizen participation.

Conservation of natural resources.

Conservation projects (Natural resources).

Physical Description:

xxvi, 251 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Redlands, California : Esri Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Discover the stories behind Jane Goodall's visionary approach to community-led conservation. You know of Jane Goodall's work with wild chimpanzees and her lifelong career advocating for environmental justice. But just as transformative is her work empowering local communities that live on the edge of human settlement to act to protect their natural resources-or to risk losing them forever. Local Voices, Local Choices: The Tacare Approach to Community-Led Conservation is the story of the Jane Goodall Institute's holistic approach to conservation, which puts the local people in charge of preserving their surrounding ecosystems. Rather than conservationists leading the effort and imposing their solutions, local communities that live in the affected regions make their own decisions. Working with science and technology and with the support of conservationists, these communities grow to understand their human impact on the environment. By choosing to adopt sustainable livelihoods, they decide their own path into the future, finding ways to balance their environmental impact with their communities' needs. Story by story, Local Voices, Local Choices brings readers into the diverse perspectives behind this approach to community-driven conservation-not only those of JGI staff and program partners but also, and equally, those of the local people who lead these initiatives. Read about: -The origins of the Tacare approach, originally designed as a 1994 reforestation project with an abbreviation pronounced "ta-CAR-reh" -A retired village member keeping the knowledge of medicinal plants alive in his community -Spiritual and cultural story-holders who are vital to the recording and preservation of their traditional ecological knowledge -Local people participating as forest monitors, village health workers, beekeepers, small-business owners, and educators of the next generation -Former poachers turned advocates for sustainable land management Written for conservationists, fans of Jane Goodall, and readers interested in environmental issues, Local Voices, Local Choices is a vibrant expression of Jane Goodall's vision and her hope that the Tacare approach will be understood and adopted wherever there is a need for genuine community-driven conservation. Local voices matter, and their choices can make all the difference for generations to come. Printed on 100% recycled paper"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: The Jane Goodall Institute's approach to community-led conservation

1. The human-made island

Jumanne Kikwale meets Jane Goodall at an impressionable age; Anthony Collins arrives to study Gombe's baboons

2. Paradigms and problems

Jumanne Kikwale moves back to Kigoma to teach the next generation about trees: Anthony Collins recalls Tacare's earliest steps

- and missteps

3. 1994: Understanding deforestation

George Strunden and the genesis of Tacare

4. 1994: The forester

Aristides Kashula sees both the forests and the trees

5. Cultivating a holistic approach

Emmanuel Mtiti dances with donors

6. Creating a common language

Lilian Pintea uses mapping technologies to develop a dialogue between communities and conservationists

7. Local ambassadors: Learning from and speaking for the chimps

Gabo Paulo Zilikana, Eslom Mpongo, Hamisi Mkono, Fatuma Kifumu, and Yahaya Almas reflect on decades of chimp observation at Gombe

8. A confluence of disciplines

Shadrack Kamenya explains why indigenous researchers are essential to outreach efforts: Deus Mjungu dedicates his career to creating habitat corridors for endangered wildlife

9. The cycles of old and new

Japhet Mwanang'ombe educates and inspires the younger generation; Hamisi Matama preserves the traditional ecological knowledge his mother taught him

10. Seeking homeostasis

KANYACODA, VHTs, PFOs, KIKACODA: Working toward human and ecological health in Uganda

11. The fatal interface

KACODA. Uganda: Finding successful strategies to reduce human-chimp conflict

12. From the cloud to the ground

Uganda Wildlife Authority: Obed Kareebi, Frank Sarube, and Philemon Tumwebaze on poverty, technology, and conservation

13. Outreach through fire

Dario Merlo hears Jane's words of hope as bombs fall on Goma

14. The banks and the bees

Phoebe Samwel links microcredit to women's empowerment: KICODA harvests honey

-and venom

15. Changing the retirement plan

Sania Lumelezi manages difficult conversations about choice

16. Of women champions

Alice Macharia paves the way for African women in conservation; Yakaka Saweya explains why so many village girls don't complete their education

17. The cycle of regeneration

Alice Macharia is in it for the long term

-and the short term

18. A `talking office' with maps

Joseline Nyangoma wants science to tell a story

19. People, pixels, and puff adders

Lilian Pintea contemplates different ways of knowing.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Jane Goodall Institute (Washington, District of Columbia). Local voices, local choices

ISBN:

9781589486461

1589486463

OCLC:

1287748466

Publisher Number:

99992945685