The IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy and have just published Issue 20 of their publication “Policy Matters” to which Mind the Gap has contributed (Chapter 5, ‘Draft Principles for Justice and Equity in Access to and Distribution of Benefits from 41 Ecosystem Services in Protected Areas’ by Nigel Dudley, Catie Burlando, Rosie Cooney, Scott Jones and Trisha Kehaulani Watson). This paper explores nine draft principles for supporting just outcomes and increasing equity of access, sharing and distribution of benefits from protected areas. Other articles in this Issue concern conflict resolution, community, youth, gender, indigenous policies and approaches to conservation, the use of theatre and art, and local/state approaches to conservation in Tanzania, Kenya, China, Hawaii, Costa Rica, the Philippines, and Melanesia. Do have a look!
