Insights from diplomacy for the prevention and resolution of conservation conflicts

Conflicts between people over conservation are increasing and likely to become more acute with global change increased competition for resources. In this article, we add the toolbox of practitioners trying prevent resolve conflicts, often in a local or regional context, insights knowledge from techniques that diplomats employ. These include conflict prevention such as early-warning systems gathering in-depth understanding conflicts. Conflict resolution is managed through quiet preventive diplomacy, mediation, shuttle diplomacy arbitration, application external pressures including media campaigns, legislation sanctions. We argue while may some cases already use these techniques, their could be widespread, conservationists make greater wealth resources available guide those techniques. conclude need systematic dissemination well sharing experiences build capacity reduce negative impacts conflicts on outcomes human well-being.