Community Participation in Ecotourism Benefits: The Link to Conservation Practices and Perspectives

Stem, Caroline; Lassoie, James P.; Lee, David R.; Deshler, David; Schelhas, John

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“…However, the exact status of numerous castes is highly context specific (Lise, 2000). Education is similarly an important variable that can serve as an indicator of both social status and economic opportunities (Adhikari et al, 2004;Stem, Lassoie, Lee, Deshler, & Schelhas, 2003). In addition, household size can significantly influence social and economic status, including labor availability, benefits households derive from forests, and ability to tolerate risks by smoothing income fluctuations over time (Naik, 1997).…”

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Decentralization and Participation: The Governance of Common Pool Resources in Nepal’s Terai

Agrawal

Gupta²

2005

World Development

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Summary. -Decentralization has emerged as an important instrument of environmental and development policy in the last two decades. Presumed benefits of environmental policy decentralization depend in significant measure on broad participation in the programs that governments create to decentralize decision making related to resource management. This paper uses data from protected areas in Nepal's Terai to examine who participates in environmental decentralization programs. On the basis of our statistical analysis, we highlight the fact that the likelihood of participation in community-level user groups is greater for those who are economically and socially better-off. We also find that individuals who have greater access to and who visit government offices related to decentralization policies more often are also more likely to participate in user groups created by state officials. Finally, we find a negative correlation between education and levels of participation. Our study and analysis support the argument that for decentralization policies to be successful on equity issues, it is important to build institutional mechanisms that encourage poorer and more marginal households to access government officials, improve access to educational opportunities, and create incentives to promote more interactions between less powerful rural residents and government officials.

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Section: Studied Variables Data and Analytical Modelmentioning

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Decentralization and Participation: The Governance of Common Pool Resources in Nepal’s Terai

Agrawal

Gupta²

2005

World Development

314

186

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“…For the purpose of this study, the population consisted of principal and secondary owners and their immediate Other sources external to the study such as standardize instruments and previous studies in the topic (Stem et al 2003;Hunter 2013;Rodriguez-Piñeros et al 2012;Yanza 2012) were used to build the concourse. Using content analysis, 32 statements were drawn from the concourse to construct the Q sample.…”

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“…Among these services are enjoyment and recreation, which in several cases have capitalized on ecotourism projects demonstrating that well-organized rural poor communities know how to use resources sustainably, while obtaining economic, social, and ecological benefits (Wunder 2000). Studies have shown that ecotourism can provide a competitive income return compared with timber production and forest clearing for agriculture (Stem et al 2003;Broadbent et al 2012).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The association of forest health with community pride, personal health, and social cohesion has been reported as motivators for resources conservation, shifting economic benefits to a lesser level of importance (Stem et al 2003;RodriguezPiñeros and Lewis 2013). Thus, perceiving ecotourism as a neoliberal strategy and blaming the poor for forest degradation, it is perhaps an incomplete part of the argument (Ravnborg 2003;Münster and Münster 2012).…”

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“…Forest plays a significant role in ecotourism around the world, particularly in developing nations (Richardson 2010) where the economic benefits that can be generated are significant to lowincome families. Some other benefits obtained from ecotourism are the protection of forest, wildlife conservation, preservation of cultural traditions, gender equity, and social cohesion (Shuifa et al 2011;Stem et al 2003). It also opens opportunities for small local business thus creating employment for local residents (Lee et al 2010).…”

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Forest owners’ perceptions of ecotourism: Integrating community values and forest conservation

Rodríguez-Piñeros

Moreno

2014

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The use of forest land for ecotourism has been well accepted due to its ability to provide income to local people and to conserve the forest. Preparing the forest with infrastructure to attract and educate visitors has been reported of importance. This study applied Q methodology in a small rural community of the State of Puebla, Mexico, to reveal forest owners' perceptions to build infrastructure in their forest as part of their ecotourism project. It also discloses forest owners' underlying motives to use their forest for ecotourism. Ecotourism is perceived as a complementary activity to farming that would allow women to be involved in community development. Low impact infrastructure is desired due to forest owners' perception to preserve the forest for the overall community well-being.

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Community Participation in Ecotourism Benefits: The Link to Conservation Practices and Perspectives

Cited by 217 publications

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Decentralization and Participation: The Governance of Common Pool Resources in Nepal’s Terai

Decentralization and Participation: The Governance of Common Pool Resources in Nepal’s Terai

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