Patricia Mupeta, Ph.D.

The Indigenous Landscape program supports communities in east, central and southern Africa with land and resource rights, builds their leadership capacity and creates economic opportunities for improved livelihoods. Patricia spearheaded a leadership program (the African Conservation Leadership Network), a partnership between TNC and Maliasili Initiative that supports African conservation organizations’ leadership development.

Patricia obtained a doctorate from the University of Florida, School of Natural Resources and Environment in 2012. Her research examined factors that lead to improved local democratic governance in community conservation programs in Botswana and Zambia.

Peer-reviewed journal articles

• Collomb, J.G.E., Mupeta, P., Barnes, G. & Child, B. (2010). “Integrating governance and socioeconomic indicators to assess the performance of community-based natural resources management in Caprivi (Namibia).” Environmental Conservation 37(3): 303–309.
• Pricope, N.G., Cassidy, L., Gaughan, A.E., et al. (2020). “Addressing integration challenges of interdisciplinary research in social-ecological systems.” Society & Natural Resources 33(3): 418–431.
• Salerno, J., Romulo, C., Galvin, K.A., et al. (2021). “Adaptation and evolution of institutions and governance in community-based conservation.” Conservation Science and Practice 3(1): e355.
• Salerno, J., Stevens, F.R., Gaughan, A.E., et al. (2021). “Wildlife impacts and changing climate pose compounding threats to human food security.” Current Biology 31(22): 5077–5085.e6. 
• Foyet, M. & Mupeta-Muyamwa, P. (2023). “Human rights-based conservation: The integral role of human rights director in the conservation sector.” Journal of Environmental Law & Policy 3(3): 23–86.
• Nelson, F., Muyamwa-Mupeta, P., Muyengwa, S., Sulle, E. & Kaelo, D. (2021). “Progress or regression? Institutional evolutions of community-based conservation in eastern and southern Africa.” Conservation Science and Practice 3(1): e302. 

Book chapters

• Child, B., Muyengwa, S., Lubilo, R. & Mupeta-Muyamwa, P. (2014). “Using the governance dashboard to measure, understand and change micro-governance.” In Adaptive Cross-Scalar Governance of Natural Resources. Routledge Earthscan.
• Child, B., Mupeta, P., Muyengwa, S. & Lubilo, R. (2014). “Community-based natural resource management: Micro-governance and face-to-face participatory democracy.” In Governance for Justice and Environmental Sustainability. Routledge. View the chapter.
• Timmins, H.L., Mupeta-Muyamwa, P., Marubu, J., et al. (2022). “Securing communal tenure complemented by collaborative platforms for improved participatory landscape management and sustainable development.” In Land Tenure Security and Sustainable Development. Palgrave Macmillan. View the chapter.

Reports and guidelines

• Stolton, S., Timmins, H.L., Dudley, N., et al. (2024). Building Trust Between Rangers and Communities. IUCN WCPA Good Practice Guidelines Series No. 35.