Individual and community empowerment improve resource users’ perceptions of community-based conservation effectiveness in Kenya and Tanzania

• Robert Y. Fidler ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rfidleri@fiu.edu

  Affiliation Institute of Environment and Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, Florida, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8796-9161

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• Shauna L. Mahajan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Global Science, World Wildlife Fund US, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America, Ocean Conservation, World Wildlife Fund US, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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• Lenice Ojwang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Coastal Oceans Research and Development–Indian Ocean (CORDIO) East Africa, Mombasa, Kenya

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• Samson Obiene,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Coastal Oceans Research and Development–Indian Ocean (CORDIO) East Africa, Mombasa, Kenya

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• Tanguy Nicolas,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Fauna & Flora International, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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• Gabby N. Ahmadia,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ocean Conservation, World Wildlife Fund US, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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• Lorna Slade,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mwambao Coastal Community Network Tanzania, Tanga, Tanzania

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• David O. Obura,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Coastal Oceans Research and Development–Indian Ocean (CORDIO) East Africa, Mombasa, Kenya

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• Hope Beatty,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mwambao Coastal Community Network Tanzania, Tanga, Tanzania

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• Juma Mohamed,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mwambao Coastal Community Network Tanzania, Tanga, Tanzania

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• Joan Kawaka,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Coastal Oceans Research and Development–Indian Ocean (CORDIO) East Africa, Mombasa, Kenya

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• Alastair R. Harborne

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Environment and Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, Florida, United States of America

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