In press, expected November 2025

​​Conservation of biodiversity and natural resources is rarely straightforward. Conflicts emerge over access to land, resources, and rights, often intensifying around wildlife management, protected areas, sustainable use, and deeper societal issues such as inequality, identity, benefits, values, and rights.

Negotiating Coexistence provides guiding principles and a practical framework for understanding and resolve these complex conflicts. Drawing on real-world experience and expertise in negotiation and peacebuilding, the authors demonstrate how resolving disputes is both an art and a science, offering guidance to move beyond deadlock and achieve effective, lasting solutions.

Accessible, engaging, and grounded in practice, this book is an essential resource for conservation practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and students. It equips readers to analyse conflicts, navigate tensions, create meaningful engagement, and deliver outcomes that benefit both people and nature.