ARE INTEGRATED CONSERVATION-DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS (ICDPS) SUSTAINABLE - ON THE CONSERVATION OF LARGE MAMMALS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

Initiatives to link rural development and species conservation, known as integrated conservation-development projects (ICDPs), have been launched with considerable fanfare and funding around the world. Although ICDPs hold appeal as broader ecological efforts than the conservation and development strategies that preceded them, they also suffer conceptual flaws that may limit their appropriateness and potential sustainability, at least when applied to the protection of large African mammals.