Colonial Influence on Local Relationships with Leisure and Environment in East Africa: Intersecting Two Literatures to Reflect on Domestic Ecotourism

Bernhard, Katie P.; Sabuhoro, Edwin; Dattilo, John

doi:10.1007/s41978-022-00115-9

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“…Perceived legitimacy of protected areas by local communities has historically been a challenge for protected areas enforcement, particularly efforts that seek to limit encroachment via proximate drivers such as small-scale agriculture and subsistence activities [65]. Such legitimacy and enforcement challenges can be linked to the histories of forced eviction and displacement of local people and the destruction of livelihoods for protected area demarcation [13,[65][66][67][68]. Continued subsistence and small-scale agricultural activity in African protected areas can also be viewed through the lenses of basic needs, livelihoods, food security, and sustainable livelihood approaches [69].…”

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“…Striking a balance between the protection of biodiversity hotspots such as Congo Basin forests and the economic needs of local communities is also particularly important, as the literature increasingly emphasizes shifting "blame" for deforestation and degradation away from local communities in There are questions in the protected areas effectiveness literature, however, regarding the ability of protected areas to limit the proximate drivers of deforestation and degradation in addition to their adaptation to underlying conditions in local contexts [20,64]. Perceived legitimacy of protected areas by local communities has historically been a challenge for protected areas enforcement, particularly efforts that seek to limit encroachment via proximate drivers such as small-scale agriculture and subsistence activities [65]. Such legitimacy and enforcement challenges can be linked to the histories of forced eviction and displacement of local people and the destruction of livelihoods for protected area demarcation [13,[65][66][67][68].…”

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Transboundary Central African Protected Area Complexes Demonstrate Varied Effectiveness in Reducing Predicted Risk of Deforestation Attributed to Small-Scale Agriculture

Bernhard,

Shapiro,

d’Annunzio

et al. 2024

Remote Sensing

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The forests of Central Africa constitute the continent’s largest continuous tract of forest, maintained in part by over 200 protected areas across six countries with varying levels of restriction and enforcement. Despite protection, these Central African forests are subject to a multitude of overlapping proximate and underlying drivers of deforestation and degradation, such as conversion to small-scale agriculture. This pilot study explored whether transboundary protected area complexes featuring mixed resource-use restriction categories are effective in reducing the predicted disturbance risk to intact forests attributed to small-scale agriculture. At two transboundary protected area complex sites in Central Africa, we used Google Earth Engine and a suite of earth observation (EO) data, including a dataset derived using a replicable, open-source methodology stemming from a regional collaboration, to predict the increased risk of deforestation and degradation of intact forests caused by small-scale agriculture. For each complex, we then statistically compared the predicted increased risk between protected and unprotected forests for a stratified random sample of 2 km sites (n = 4000). We found varied effectiveness of protected areas for reducing the predicted risk of deforestation and degradation to intact forests attributed to agriculture by both the site and category of protected areas within the complex. Our early results have implications for sustainable agriculture development, forest conservation, and protected areas management and provide a direction for future research into spatial planning. Spatial planning could optimize the configuration of protected area types within transboundary complexes to achieve both forest conservation and sustainable agricultural production outcomes.

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Transboundary Central African Protected Area Complexes Demonstrate Varied Effectiveness in Reducing Predicted Risk of Deforestation Attributed to Small-Scale Agriculture

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Shapiro,

d’Annunzio

et al. 2024

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Illegal Activities for Survival: Understanding the Influence of Household Livelihood Security on Biodiversity Conservation in Tanzania

Lyakurwa,

Sabuhoro,

Chepkwony

2024

Conservation

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Illegal access of resources within protected areas to meet basic needs plays a significant role in the interaction between individuals, protected areas, and neighboring communities in Africa. However, our understanding of how household livelihoods are linked to this type of illegal access at a household level is limited. Additionally, research on poaching tends to focus on commercial poaching and wildlife trafficking. This study addresses this gap by examining the complex relationship between three types of livelihood security (i.e., food security, financial security, and educational security) and the likelihood of participating in illegal activities in communities surrounding Tanzania’s Mkomazi National Park. To gather data, we surveyed 267 heads of household in 8 villages that were randomly selected out of the 22 villages that border Mkomazi National Park. Structural modeling analysis was used to analyze the data. Our findings indicate that food security is the primary driver of engagement in illegal activities within the park; education security and financial security have limited influence on the likelihood of subsistence poaching when accounting for food security. Interestingly, we observed a correlation between financial security and increased illegal grazing, which can be attributed to individuals with greater financial means purchasing more cattle and thereby increasing the demand for fodder. Addressing food security should be prioritized in efforts to mitigate subsistence poaching within protected areas. Our research highlights the importance of developing sustainable alternatives to ensure food security and meet other essential needs in communities adjacent to Mkomazi National Park. By striking a balance between improving livelihoods and fostering conservation efforts, conservation and development organizations can work towards a sustainable future for both protected areas and people.

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Relationship Analysis of Local Community Participation in Sustainable Ecotourism Development in Protected Areas, Iran

Sobhani

Esmaeilzadeh

Sadeghi

et al. 2022

Land

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Nature conservation efforts cannot succeed without stakeholder participation. The inherent complexity of nature-based ecotourism has made the development of sustainable ecotourism operations a challenge, so it is essential to increase community stakeholder participation. Hence, this study investigates local community participation in Lar National Park (LNP) and the Jajrud Protected Area with the Sustainable Use of Natural Resource Areas (JPA) in Iran and evaluates how this influences the sustainability of ecotourism. This study found that in LNP, sustainable ecotourism development involving local communities is increasing because of the high level of attachment and interest to this part of pristine nature. In the JPA, the relationship between local community participation and ecotourism sustainability is significant too. As a result, natural habitats have been degraded and sustainability has decreased. To conserve these critically endangered natural areas, managers and decision-makers must increase community participation and education to encourage local communities to engage more in developing sustainable ecotourism.

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Colonial Influence on Local Relationships with Leisure and Environment in East Africa: Intersecting Two Literatures to Reflect on Domestic Ecotourism

Cited by 4 publications

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Transboundary Central African Protected Area Complexes Demonstrate Varied Effectiveness in Reducing Predicted Risk of Deforestation Attributed to Small-Scale Agriculture

Transboundary Central African Protected Area Complexes Demonstrate Varied Effectiveness in Reducing Predicted Risk of Deforestation Attributed to Small-Scale Agriculture

Illegal Activities for Survival: Understanding the Influence of Household Livelihood Security on Biodiversity Conservation in Tanzania

Relationship Analysis of Local Community Participation in Sustainable Ecotourism Development in Protected Areas, Iran

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