Conservation activities entail many relationships between environmental non-governmental organizations and donors, governments and private sectors, practitioners and local people  resulting in what Sundberg (2006) called ‘conservation encounters’ – complex interactions that encompass encounters between the global and local, different cultural and social systems, human and non-human species, powers and ownerships.   https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/37d984fa79ca44719c6a8f4bd0aa97b6

Since the Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, participatory approach to natural resources management has increasingly been recommended and recognised internationally as necessary for improving project goals and their sustainability. In particularly, the contribution of Indigenous People and Local communities (IPLCs) to effective conservation strategies has gained recognition. Several studies have demonstrated that conservation strategies and natural resources management supporting an equitable approach for both people and nature, achieve positive both social and ecological outcomes and contribute to effective long-term conservation of biodiversity