Does Assignment of Individual Property Rights Improve Forest Conservation Outcomes?

Forest conservation delivers highly variable coral reef conservation outcomes.

Coral reefs are threatened by human activities on both the land (e.g., deforestation) and the sea (e.g., overfishing). Most conservation planning for coral reefs focuses on removing threats in the sea, neglecting management actions on the land. A more integrated approach to coral reef conservation, inclusive of land-sea connections, requires an understanding of how and where terrestrial conserv...

Conservation and conflict: the intensification of property rights disputes under market-based conservation in Chiapas, México

Rethinking property rights: comparative analysis of conservation easements for wildlife conservation

Conservation easements (or conservation covenants) are commonly conceptualized as acquisitions of sticks in a ‘bundle of rights’ and are increasingly implemented for wildlife conservation on private lands. This research asks: (1) What are the possibilities and limitations of the conservation easement approach to wildlife conservation in contrasting rural and periurban regions? and (2) How does ...

When recanalization does not improve clinical outcomes.

See related article, pages 2761–2768. Treatment of ischemic stroke is intuitively simple with fast recanalization of blood vessels being the goal. However, this is frequently easier in theory than in practice. That is why there is some optimism in the stroke community regarding novel devices (eg, MERCI retriever system,1,2 Penumbra catheter,3 balloon angioplasty, and so on) for revascularizing ...

Does Involving Local NGOs Improve Outcomes?

In an effort to enhance the delivery of public services in areas where resources are scarce, governments and development agencies often seek to involve existing local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in implementing programs. The development literature has a limited understanding of the challenges of involving local nonstate actors, however, and many questions remain about when, where, and ...