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Acknowledgments
The editors would like to thank the case study authors, whose work forms the core of this book, for
their dedication to carefully documenting project experiences so that others can learn from them.
Thanks also go to participants in WWF’s 1998 workshop on collaboration with indigenous peoples for
sharing their firsthand knowledge to help identify approaches to effective collaboration. This book
would not have come to fruition without the long-term commitment, advice, and contributions of Janis
Alcorn, Bronwen Golder, Gonzalo Oviedo, Femy Pinto, Kirsten Silvius, Stephanie Thullen, Margaret
Williams, Diane Wood, and Sejal Worah. Special appreciation goes to Barbara Wyckoff-Baird, who
coordinated the development of the case studies and played a lead role in designing the 1998 workshop.
Last, but not least, we thank the initiative’s funders—the Ford Foundation; Peoples, Forests and Reefs,
a USAID-funded program of the Biodiversity Support Program; and World Wildlife Fund—for seeing
the importance of sharing lessons and guidelines for improving collaborative efforts between conservation
organizations and indigenous peoples.