Tropical forests are under increasing pressure, but conservation interventions have had only limited success in mitigating deforestation and ecosystem degradation. Over the past decade, however, jurisdictional approaches to sustainable resource use have attracted increasing attention as a potential alternative to traditional conservation strategies. These approaches operate within formal administrative boundaries and seek to establish policies and practices that apply to all stakeholders. We compiled a global database of conservation initiatives and developed a definition and typology for jurisdictional approaches; of the 80 initiatives included in our database, 25 met this definition. We categorized these jurisdictional approaches according to two criteria: the focus of the intervention and the degree of government involvement. These jurisdictions encompassed approximately 40% of global tropical forests, with most experiencing higher‐than‐average deforestation rates. Although jurisdictional approaches harbor the potential to overcome the limitations of previous approaches, numerous challenges for implementation and operation remain. In addition, because most jurisdictional initiatives currently in operation are still early in their lifecycles, the long‐term effectiveness of this strategy has yet to be proven.

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可持续资源利用的司法方法

热带森林面临越来越大的压力，但是保护性干预措施在减轻森林砍伐和生态系统退化方面仅取得了有限的成功。然而，在过去的十年中，作为可持续保护策略的潜在替代方法，用于可持续资源利用的管辖方法引起了越来越多的关注。这些方法在正式的行政范围内运作，并寻求建立适用于所有利益相关者的政策和实践。我们建立了一个全球保护计划数据库，并为管辖方法制定了定义和类型。我们数据库中包含的80项举措中，有25项达到了这一定义。我们根据两个标准对这些管辖方法进行了分类：干预的重点和政府的参与程度。这些辖区涵盖了大约40％的全球热带森林，大多数森林砍伐率均高于平均水平。尽管管辖方法具有克服先前方法局限性的潜力，但是在实施和操作方面仍然存在许多挑战。此外，由于当前正在执行的大多数管辖权举措仍处于生命周期的早期，因此该策略的长期有效性尚未得到证明。