Perceived benefits, burdens and effectiveness of a buffer zone programme in improving protected area–people relationships

IF 2.2 3区 环境科学与生态学 Q2 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
Sweta Dixit, Neelam Chandra Poudyal, Thakur Silwal, Omkar Joshi, Ananta Bhandari, Ganesh Pant, Donald G Hodges
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Abstract

Programmes focused on buffer zones (BZs) and park revenue-sharing (PRS) are aimed at sharing protected area (PA) benefits with local communities to meet their development needs and, in turn, improve the PA–people relationship. However, whether and how these programmes improve public attitudes towards PAs is little understood. We assessed how residents perceive the benefit and burdens of Nepal’s BZ programme, which shares up to 50% of PA revenue with communities, and how this process relates to their perceptions of change in the PA–people relationship since the BZ programme was implemented. Survey results from 2122 households in the BZs of six PAs showed that residents’ perceptions of PA–people relationships had improved since the BZ programme’s implementation. Furthermore, the perceived trend in the PA–people relationship was positively related to the perception of benefits and satisfaction with coordination between the PA and local government; it was negatively related to perceived burdens of BZ-related laws in rural development, history of damage/loss from wildlife and misunderstandings of the purpose behind BZ funds being given to local communities. These findings provide valuable insights for PA managers in Nepal and worldwide in designing new or improving existing mechanisms of benefit-sharing with local people and to improve PA–people relationships.

缓冲区计划在改善保护区与人的关系方面的预期效益、负担和效果
以缓冲区 (BZ) 和公园收入分享 (PRS) 为重点的计划旨在与当地社区分享保护区 (PA) 的利益,以满足他们的发展需求,进而改善保护区与人民之间的关系。然而,这些计划是否以及如何改善公众对保护区的态度却鲜为人知。我们评估了居民如何看待尼泊尔 BZ 计划(该计划与社区分享高达 50% 的保护区收益)的收益和负担,以及这一过程与他们对 BZ 计划实施以来保护区与居民关系变化的看法之间的关系。对 6 个保护区 BZ 内 2122 户居民的调查结果显示,自 BZ 计划实施以来,居民对保护区与居民关系的看法有所改善。此外,保护区与居民关系的变化趋势与保护区和当地政府之间的利益和协调满意度呈正相关;与保护区相关法律在农村发展中的负担、野生动物的破坏/损失历史以及对保护区向当地社区提供资金的目的的误解呈负相关。这些发现为尼泊尔和世界各地的保护区管理者设计新的或改进现有的与当地居民分享利益的机制以及改善保护区与居民的关系提供了宝贵的见解。
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Environmental Conservation
Environmental Conservation 环境科学-环境科学
CiteScore
5.20
自引率
3.70%
发文量
43
审稿时长
>36 weeks
期刊介绍: Environmental Conservation is one of the longest-standing, most highly-cited of the interdisciplinary environmental science journals. It includes research papers, reports, comments, subject reviews, and book reviews addressing environmental policy, practice, and natural and social science of environmental concern at the global level, informed by rigorous local level case studies. The journal"s scope is very broad, including issues in human institutions, ecosystem change, resource utilisation, terrestrial biomes, aquatic systems, and coastal and land use management. Environmental Conservation is essential reading for all environmentalists, managers, consultants, agency workers and scientists wishing to keep abreast of current developments in environmental science.
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