There have been growing calls over the last 15 years for assessment of protected area impacts on human wellbeing (social impacts). IIED's Social Assessment for Protected Areas methodology assesses how protected areas affect the wellbeing of local people from their perspective. Having used SAPA at more than 25 sites across Africa we are seeing key issues emerging from both the findings and how stakeholders act (or don't act) in response which have important implications. Part 1 will give participants the opportunity to explore assessment results from specific sites through posters, innovative visualisations, stories from participants and interactive interrogation of the data. Part 2 will look at broader patterns relating to common questions such as which benefits contribute most to wellbeing, who tend to be winners and losers and why, should conservation invest in alternative livelihood options, and lastly is this about fine tuning existing approaches or do we need a paradigm shift?
