Pathways to Success. Taking conservation to scale in complex systems: edited by Nick Salafasky and Richard Margoluis, Washington DC: Island Press, 2021, 328pp., $US29 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-64283-135-1.

Taking conservation to scale in complex systems: edited by Nick Salafasky and Richard Margoluis, Washington DC: Island Press, 2021, 328pp., $US29 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-64283-135-1 Messrs Salafasky and Margoluis distil what is challenging into what is comprehensible; explaining fundamental concepts of effective programme design, coordination, funding and stakeholder engagement that apply to large-scale conservation programmes. Integrating monitoring and analysis with implementation is a tenet of good management but the sole point in collecting and analysing data is to use the information to adapt and improve the programme. [Extracted from the article]