Community development through collaborative management of protected areas: evidence from Bangladesh with a case of Rema-Kalenga Wildlife Sanctuary

Chowdhury, Mohammad Ashraful Ferdous; Koike, Masao; Rana, Parvez; Muhammed, Nur

doi:10.1080/13504509.2012.755480

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“…As a result there has been a slow but visible change towards comanagement in protected areas of Bangladesh (Rashid et al, 2013). However, despite these positive moves there are still a number of multi-dimensional constraints in the system (Chowdhury et al, 2013), which often pose serious threats to conservation efforts (Holmern, 2003).…”

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“…Although a participatory approach under the 'co-management programme' has been adapted in Bangladesh's protected areas (Chowdhury et al, 2009), significant involvement of the different stakeholders (including local communities), in terms of planning and decision making, still remains largely to be accomplished (Chowdhury et al, 2013;Rashid et al, 2013). Stakeholder participation in the stages of forest planning and decision making is essential to get long-lasting and viable solutions regarding the mitigation of the threats (Bruna-Garcia & Marey-Perez, 2014).…”

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Patterns and extent of threats to the protected areas of Bangladesh: the need for a relook at conservation strategies

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Nazia²,

Izumiyama³

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Patterns and extent of threats to the protected areas of Bangladesh: the need for a relook at conservation strategies

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Nazia²,

Izumiyama³

et al. 2014

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“…The present study was conducted to answer some questions on forest governance related to future REDD+ project implementation in Rema-Kalenga Wildlife Sanctuary (RKWS)-a protected area (PA) of northeast Bangladesh. The RKWS was among the four pilot PA sites for co-management projects implementation for forest management in 2004 [37] and showed better outcomes in terms of reducing deforestation and forest degradation rate, increased community conservation awareness, forest protection and better forest management than another pilot PAs [38,39]. Accordingly, the government has a top most priority to select the sanctuary as a well-suited pilot site to test and demonstrate approaches for policy implementation of REDD+ in Bangladesh.…”

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Are Protected Forests of Bangladesh Prepared for the Implementation of REDD+? A Forest Governance Analysis from Rema-Kalenga Wildlife Sanctuary

Rahman¹,

Miah

2017

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Abstract:The present study investigates the forest governance structure for REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) implementation in a protected forest of Bangladesh, namely Rema-Kalenga Wildlife Sanctuary (RKWS). The study analyses the key aspects of forest governance, focusing on drivers of deforestation and forest degradation, governance deficit, institutions and social networks, co-benefits, and opportunities and challenges of REDD+ in RKWS. Focus group discussions and key informant interviews were used for primary data collection from different forest stakeholders, including forest-dependent communities, Forest Department (FD) and co-management project staffs. The survey revealed that REDD+ not only on technical issues but even more on how the evolving mechanism is governed on various levels, ranging from local to international. Although a majority (69.5%) of the respondents were motivated to engage in REDD+, indigenous communities were less interested in fear of loss of access to and use of land and forest resources, ownership and rights, and traditional customs and knowledge. There remained a degree of ambiguity of FD, community and co-management projects in field operations, which conflicted with the notions of cooperation, transparency, and accountability of the overall initiatives. Moreover, there is a strong local power structure that has major control over the community, locality and even over a local administration that is a crucial issue to the RKWS authority. However, REDD+ will open up the opportunity to manage the RKWS's forest resources in a sustainable way, increase the level of protection, and expand the area protected, hence REDD+ must align with the interests of all stakeholders to fulfil its goal. Further research is necessary to inform the governance of REDD+ in Bangladesh to better understand the interplay, interactions and linkages between existing institutions, actors and policy processes.

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“…This is similar to the results of this study where the local communities have a moderate level of interest to protect their rights as forest users. Chowdhury et al (2013) further support this result through their case study in the Rema-Kalenga Wildlife Sanctuary, in which they found out that after the collaborative management project has started the locals started to engage in forest protection and conservation efforts and gradually stopped destructive activities that could harm the sustainability of the forests. Through the project, the locals manage to see the incentives and the direct benefits of their participation.…”

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Indigenous community awareness and rights to forest in Kawang Forest Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia

Nelson

Yahya

Chowdhury

et al. 2014

International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ec

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This empirical study measured the community's level of awareness toward forest use rights and the socioeconomic attributes influencing the community's awareness within three villages surrounding the Kawang Forest Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia. A total of 149 respondents were selected by stratified random sampling from the selected villages. A total of 29 scale-based queries related to community awareness from eight major categories (e.g., the forest resources utilization, forest resources extraction, access to forest, knowledge, encouragement, involvement, willingness and interest) were made to attain the objectives. Overall, the respondents possess moderate level of awareness on their rights as forest users with mean value of awareness of about 2.83. The respondents had a higher awareness of forest resources utilization, forest resources extraction, access to forest, encouragement and interest. However, their knowledge, willingness and involvement level in forestry activities were poor (mean awareness value ranges from 1.50 to 2.99), suggesting a need for forestry extension and motivation. There were several negative correlations among the attributes, for example, knowledge about the role of forest to community with r = −0.233. It is suggested that appropriate policy and organizational steps to integrate the local community in the forestry activities through community-based natural resources management in the buffer zone of the Kawang Forest Reserve can be a win-win situation for the local community and the forests in the long run.

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Community development through collaborative management of protected areas: evidence from Bangladesh with a case of Rema-Kalenga Wildlife Sanctuary

Cited by 13 publications

References 36 publications

Patterns and extent of threats to the protected areas of Bangladesh: the need for a relook at conservation strategies

Patterns and extent of threats to the protected areas of Bangladesh: the need for a relook at conservation strategies

Are Protected Forests of Bangladesh Prepared for the Implementation of REDD+? A Forest Governance Analysis from Rema-Kalenga Wildlife Sanctuary

Indigenous community awareness and rights to forest in Kawang Forest Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia

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