Community Conservation Research Network

The CCRN is an international initiative to understand and support the links between communities, conservation and livelihoods, and to seek out best governance practices to support the combination of community-based conservation and sustainable livelihoods. It is a partnership of indigenous, community, university, governmental and nongovernmental organizations, with a base at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Canada.

The CCRN undertakes local-level community-based research and capacity building activities at our sites around the world, and works globally to provide a focal point on the crucial themes of Communities, Conservation and Livelihoods. The CCRN’s research, which applies a consistent social-ecological systems lens, is producing a range of insights – on such themes as regional and community environmental governance, indigenous self-governance, local networking and the success of conservation initiatives – that will yield important lessons for communities, policy makers and decision makers at all levels, from local to global.

CCRN's website provides a global learning and resource platform on community-based conservation and broadly, the relationships between Community, Conservation and Livelihoods. Here, you will find a wide variety of Community Stories, videos and webinars from around the world, as well as an interactive Communities in Action map, and various resources on many conservation and livelihoods topics.