1. Concepts and evolving perspectives on biodiversity conservation2. Domesticated Nature: The culturally constructed niche of humanity3. The right to food? Protected areas, conservation and access4. The role of local perceptions in environmental diagnosis5. People and nature conservation: Participatory praxis in natural protected areas planning and management6. Policy trends in the recognition of indigenous and local knowledge in Amazonia7. Community-based management of Amazonian biodiversity assets8. Mariculture of macroalgae as a social and environmental alternative in traditional communities located in the semi-arid coastal region of northeastern Brazil9. Challenges for rural livelihoods, participatory agroforestry and biodiversity conservation in a neotropical Mexican MAB reserve10. Participatory monitoring of natural commons in Brazil: Lessons from the literature and the field11. Productive restoration as a tool for socio-ecological landscape conservation: The case of "La Montaña" in Guerrero, Mexico12. ATBC's conservation activities around the world: How effective have our declarations and resolutions been in driving policy change and management responses?13. Avoiding deforestation policies: A socio-political approach14. Participatory biodiversity conservation: What prospects?