Across China, Indonesia and Mongolia, community-based conservation has emerged as a core approach to safeguarding terrestrial, wetland and marine ecosystems, with communities playing a central role in biodiversity governance and natural resource management. Nevertheless, shared challenges persist: unsecured land tenure, insufficient policy and financial support, weak community participation mechanisms, conflicts between ecological protection and economical development, etc. Despite these barriers, remarkable progress has been achieved. In this session, participants can learn about cases of community-based conservation methods and sustainable livelihoods in China, Indonesia and Mongolia, and discover the actionable methods different stakeholders can take to realize a win-win balance between conservation and sustainable livelihoods for local communities, offering replicable experience for regional ecological governance and community development across Asia.
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