Let the locals lead

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To save biodiversity, on-the-ground agencies need to set the conservation research agenda, not distant academics and non-governmental organizations, argue Robert J. Smith and colleagues.

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  1. Robert J. Smith, Diogo Veríssimo, Nigel Leader-Williams are at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NR, UK.

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  2. Richard M. Cowling is in the Department of Botany, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth 6031, South Africa.

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  3. Andrew T. Knight is in the Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland 7602, South Africa.

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See Editorial, page 251 , and News Feature, page 266 . For the whole biodiversity special see http://www.nature.com/darwin .

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Smith, R., Veríssimo, D., Leader-Williams, N. et al. Let the locals lead. Nature 462, 280–281 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/462280a

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