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Comparative Community Conservation Practices: Lessons from the Southern Western Ghats and Beyond, situates the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve within the wider ecological and cultural landscapes of the Southern Western Ghats while drawing a comparative lens to the Maasai Mara in Kenya. Bringing together practitioners, researchers, and community representatives, the session explores shared challenges and innovations in community-led conservation, from ecological restoration and invasive species management to knowledge sovereignty, biodiversity registers, forest rights movements, and co-governance models. By examining how Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities across the Western Ghats negotiate top-down conservation frameworks amid biodiversity loss, development pressures, and tenure insecurity, the discussion reimagines the NBR as part of a dynamic regional mosaic shaped by bio-cultural wisdom and grassroots resilience. The inclusion of the Maasai Mara highlights global parallels in dispossession, conservation tourism, and cultural continuity, underscoring that while the struggles may be universal, meaningful solutions remain deeply rooted in local ecologies and community agency.