Bigger May Not Be Better
Behind the story of the impact that fortress conservation has had on indigenous people lies an age-old question that has haunted the nonprofit sector for a century or more. Does size matter? Are vast international organizations like the World Wide Fund for Nature and the Nature Conservancy – with their massive brick-and-mortar and transportation infrastructures, huge professional staffs, power-and-celebrity boards, six-figure executives, in-house PR firms, and offices in 50 or more countries – more productive than 50 local organizations with the same basic mission? It’s not an easy answer.
Proponents of global conservation institutions say that only large, prestigious organizations…
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