Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network 105d ago

Conservation can become narrower than it intends to be when ecosystems are studied without enough attention to the people who know them best. In this interview from the Second BES-Net Regional Caribbean Trialogue, Calvin Bernard, Senior Lecturer in Biology and Director of the Institute for Marine and Riverine Ecologies and Economies at the University of Guyana, speaks to a lesson that still feels urgent: better management often begins when communities are not just consulted but taken seriously as part of how knowledge is built and applied.