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Navigating the FPIC Traps in Gabon’s Protected Area Expansion: A Path to Inclusive Conservation Cover

Navigating the FPIC Traps in Gabon’s Protected Area Expansion: A Path to Inclusive Conservation

Open Access
|Aug 2026

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

The ladder of participation (Arnstein, 1969).

Figure 2

Participation in all its forms (Atelier populaire ex-Eco).

Figure 3

General steps in the FPIC process – modified using a two-eyed seeing and historical approach from the following sources (Colchester & Chao, 2014; FAO, 2016; IFAD, 2021; UNHCR, 2018a; UN-REDD, 2013).

Figure 4

Examples of other world views on application of components of the FPIC process. Bear in mind that each community is different and so cannot be exhaustive.

Figure 5

Proposed extension of PBNP and study area, Gabon (Map: Julia Walker, Olivier Hymas based on CAFI, 2019, p. 68).

Figure 6

Comparative graphs between 2002 (left) and 2022 (right). Blue represents the community and orange represents protected area staff and conservation staff.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijc.1617 | Journal eISSN: 1875-0281
Language: English
Page range: 380 - 397
Submitted on: Jul 15, 2025
Accepted on: Jul 6, 2026
Published on: Aug 10, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2026 Olivier Hymas, Gretchen Walters, Jean Marie Ebouli, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.