Conservation, equity and rights

Here are some academic publications that represent the breadth of our work. For a more complete list of publications, please see individual researchers’ profiles.

Brittain, S., Alatorre, A., Bullough, L.-A., & Newing, H. (2026). Enabling conditions for conservation on Indigenous and community lands. Conservation Biology, 40, e70055. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70055

Scriven, S. A., Butarbutar, R. B., de Vos, R. E., Lucey, J. M., Reynolds, G., Newing, H., Scholtz, O., Lasmana, F. P. S., Meijaard, E., & Hill, J. K. (2026). Addressing the challenges of managing and monitoring biodiversity in High Conservation Value areas and High Carbon Stock forests within oil palm landscapes. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 7, e70162. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.70162

Detoeuf, D., Lange, E., Ibbett, H., Gupta, T., Monterrubio Solís, C., Mavakala, K., Catapani, M. L., Kretser, H. E., Milner-Gulland, E. J., Brittain, S., Newing, H., Fariss, B., Spira, C., Eyster, H. N., DeMello, N., Wallen, K. E., Thornton, S. A., Bennett, N. J., & Choo, L. L. (2025). Gap analysis of social science resources for conservation practice. Conservation Biology, 39, e14463. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14463

Milner-Gulland EJ (2024) Now is the time for conservationists to stand up for social justice. PLoS Biol 22(6): e3002657. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002657

Newing, H., S. Brittain, A. Buchadas, O. del Giorgio, C. Fallon Grasham, R. Ferritto, J.R. Garcia Marquez, M. Khanyari, B. König, A. Kulkarni, R. Murali, S. Qin, J. Rakowski, F. Winn, A. Ghoddousi. 2024. ‘Participatory’ conservation research involving indigenous peoples and local communities: Fourteen principles for good practice. Biological Conservation 296, 110708. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110708.

Newing, H., Fisher, M., Brittain, S., Kenrick, J., & Milner-Gulland, E. (2023). How can we advance equitable, rights-based conservation? Oryx, 57(3), 273-274. https://doi:10.1017/S0030605323000418

Brittain S, Tugendhat H, Newing H, Milner-Gulland EJ. Conservation and the rights of Indigenous peoples and local communities: looking forwards. Oryx. 2021;55(5):641-642. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605321000946 

Brittain, S et al. (2020) Ethical considerations when conservation research involves people. Conservation Biology. 10.1111/cobi.13464

Newing, H., & Perram, A. (2019). What do you know about conservation and human rights? Oryx, 53(4), 595-596. https://doi:10.1017/S0030605319000917

This is where you can find our reports, policy briefs and all other materials published outside of academic journals.

Introduction to community-based environmental monitoring (also available in Spanish, Swahili, Thai and French here)

Ensuring the sustainability of customary use on Indigenous and community-held lands (also available in Spanish, Swahili, Thai and French here)

Community-based monitoring of river health and biodiversity

Community-based monitoring of freshwater turtles (also available in Spanish here)

Conservation and human rights: an introduction (also available in Spanish and French here)