Effect of Diversity of Large Wildlife Species on Financial Benefits to Local Communities in Northwest Namibia

Naidoo, Robin; Stuart‐Hill, Greg; Weaver, Liz; Tagg, Jo; Davis, Anna; Davidson, Andee

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“…Of course, most recreation activities depend on built infrastructure, accessibility, and other factors, but the fundamental importance of ecological conditions has been widely demonstrated (76)(77)(78)(79). For a specific example, Fuller et al (77) surveyed visitors to urban/suburban parks and found that psychological well-being (gauged by factors derived from park visitor's reports, including reflection, identity, and attraction) was positively correlated with the species richness and habitat diversity in the park.…”

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Contributions of cultural services to the ecosystem services agenda

Daniel

Muhar

Arnberger

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Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Cultural ecosystem services (ES) are consistently recognized but not yet adequately defined or integrated within the ES framework. A substantial body of models, methods, and data relevant to cultural services has been developed within the social and behavioral sciences before and outside of the ES approach. A selective review of work in landscape aesthetics, cultural heritage, outdoor recreation, and spiritual significance demonstrates opportunities for operationally defining cultural services in terms of socioecological models, consistent with the larger set of ES. Such models explicitly link ecological structures and functions with cultural values and benefits, facilitating communication between scientists and stakeholders and enabling economic, multicriterion, deliberative evaluation and other methods that can clarify tradeoffs and synergies involving cultural ES. Based on this approach, a common representation is offered that frames cultural services, along with all ES, by the relative contribution of relevant ecological structures and functions and by applicable social evaluation approaches. This perspective provides a foundation for merging ecological and social science epistemologies to define and integrate cultural services better within the broader ES framework.natural capital | scenic beauty | cultural landscapes | tourism | spiritual value

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Section: Scientific Foundations For Integrating Cultural Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Contributions of cultural services to the ecosystem services agenda

Daniel

Muhar

Arnberger

et al. 2012

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…This is partly because the cost of conservation has been displaced on to people for whom conservation is not their first priority. There are certainly instances where conservation efforts have yielded tangible benefits to local populations (see, 1 Six international conventions are argued to have a primary focus on biodiversity issues: the Convention on Biological Diversity (year of entry into force: 1993), the Convention on Conservation of Migratory Species, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (1975), the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (2004), the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (1971) and the World Heritage Convention (1972). for example, Naidoo et al 2011). Yet over all very few conservation projects in developing countries have had positive impacts on rural incomes (Wells and Brandon 1992;IUCN 2002;Tallis et al 2008).…”

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Who Cares about Biodiversity? Optimal Conservation and Transboundary Biodiversity Externalities

Perrings

Halkos

2012

Environ Resource Econ

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The Convention on Biological Diversity's (2010) target to reduce the rate of biodiversity loss was achieved by very few countries. Why? We use the theory of conservation implicit in the Hotelling model of non-renewable resource pricing to analyze the problem, distinguishing between the benefits to countries where conservation takes place, and to other countries. We estimate models for three taxonomic groups, and find that while individual countries value conservation within their borders, in poor countries this effect is dominated by the negative impact of income growth. International concessional financial contributions to conservation in poor countries are found to be statistically insignificant. We conclude that countries care about the biodiversity within their national borders, but only when development priorities permit, and only when it becomes scarce enough that its value grows more rapidly than the return on alternative assets. There is little evidence that high income countries yet care sufficiently about biodiversity in the places where it is most threatened to affect conservation outcomes there.

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“…Others argue that CBNRM clearly has the potential -realized in some projects -to improve conservation outcomes and bring financial benefits to local communities Jones and Weaver 2009;Naidoo et al 2011;Taylor 2009) and to shift local attitudes about conservation from negative to positive (Mbaiwa and Stronza 2011). This potential is most likely to be realized when projects get the incentives right (Suich 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

Weaving a living: gender, craft, and sustainable resource use in Botswana

DeMotts

2017

Journal of Political Ecology

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Botswana baskets are both an emblematic cultural symbol and a popular tourist souvenir, made by women from natural materials and reflecting gendered experiences of work, creativity, and resource use. The expansion of their production for sale over the past 30 years has often led to concerns about strain on the natural resources used for weaving, but more recently, the ways in which women talk about how they access these materials has changed. Rather than framing resources as scarce and under threat from poor harvesting practices, increasing numbers of women describe shifts in use practices that reflect growing awareness of the need to protect and cultivate plants such as hyphaene petersiana, or mokola palm. This change reflects the importance of rethinking what constitutes community-based natural resource management to include not only formalized trusts, but informal networks through which women harvest and use forest resources. It also highlights the insights of political ecology in considering the ways in which power impacts natural resource use, while emphasizing the need to expand notions of knowledge to become more inclusive and grounded. Key Words: Gender, political ecology, community-based conservation, Botswana, craft RésuméLes paniers du Botswana sont à la fois un symbole culturel emblématique, et un souvenir touristique populaire. Elles sont faites par des femmes à partir de matériaux naturels et incarnent le genre par le travail, la créativité et l'utilisation des ressources. L'expansion de leur production sur le marché au cours des 30 dernières années a souvent suscité des inquiétudes quant à la pression sur les ressources naturelles utilisées pour le tissage. Mais plus récemment, les façons dont les femmes parlent de leur accès à ces matériaux ont changé. Ils disaient que les ressources étaient rares et menacées par de mauvaises pratiques de récolte. Aujourd'hui, beaucoup de femmes sont plus conscientes de la nécessité de protéger et de cultiver des plantes telles que hyphaene petersiana, ou mokola. Cela se reflète dans leurs pratiques. Ce changement illustre l'importance de repenser la gestion communautaire des ressources naturelles pour y inclure non seulement les fiducies formalisées, mais aussi les réseaux informels. Grâce à elles, les femmes récoltent et utilisent les ressources forestières. L'article met également en évidence les points de vue de l'écologie politique en examinant les façons dont le pouvoir a un impact sur l'utilisation des ressources naturelles, tout en soulignant la nécessité d'élargir les notions de connaissances pour qu'elles deviennent plus inclusives et ancrées. Mots clés: Genre, écologie politique, conservation communautaire, Botswana, artisanat ResumenLas canastas de Botswana hechas con materiales naturales, son emblemáticos símbolos culturales y populares recuerdos turísticos fabricados por mujeres, los cuales reflejan experiencias laborales de género, creatividad y uso de recursos. La expansión de la producción y venta por los últimos 30 años ha generado preoc...

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Effect of Diversity of Large Wildlife Species on Financial Benefits to Local Communities in Northwest Namibia

Abstract: Africa, Biodiversity, Community-based conservation, Community ecology, Ecosystem services, Diversity, Ecotourism, Stability, Wildlife,

Cited by 36 publications

References 24 publications

Contributions of cultural services to the ecosystem services agenda

Contributions of cultural services to the ecosystem services agenda

Who Cares about Biodiversity? Optimal Conservation and Transboundary Biodiversity Externalities

Weaving a living: gender, craft, and sustainable resource use in Botswana

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