Increased isolation of two Biosphere Reserves and surrounding protected areas (WAP ecological complex, West Africa)

Clerici, Nicola; Bodini, Antonio; Eva, Hugh; Grégoire, Jean‐Marie; Dulieu, Dominique; Paolini, Carlo

doi:10.1016/j.jnc.2006.08.003

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“…As in many other places where environmental or biodiversity conservation strategies collide with the development aspirations of local communities (Blangy & Mehta, 2006;Clerici et al, 2007), it is maintained that the state's conservation efforts in Sete Cidades actually restrict local development. The idea of prohibiting the construction of new housing and creating certain new businesses, such as gas stations or hotels, is a common complaint in the residents' discourses.…”

Section: Resistance and Counter-conduct In Sete Citadesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Foucault in the Landscape: Questioning Governmentality in the Azores

Silva

2014

Landscape Research

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This article focuses on the use of governmentality as a technique of government and its effects, with reference to a protected landscape. Drawing on ethnographic materials from the Azores, it demonstrates that governmentality is not always practiced by governments in the way it is meant to be. Although the state's conservation efforts in Sete Cidades meet the accepted criteria of a governmental programme, they do not transform local subjectivities as intended. The protected landscape of Sete Cidades is a government initiative, but also a tool used strategically by certain social groups living and working within this landscape to object to the appropriation of the space upon which their livelihood relies, and to understand, communicate and legitimize their place in the world.

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Section: Resistance and Counter-conduct In Sete Citadesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Foucault in the Landscape: Questioning Governmentality in the Azores

Silva

2014

Landscape Research

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“…Agriculture, cattle breeding and hunting are the most important socio-economic activities which highly threaten the landscapes conservation of the WBR [40]. The human density is about 18.2 inhabitants/km 2 and the most dominant ethnic groups are Batonou (32.6 %), Peul (22.1 %) and Dendi (18.2 %) [41].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Effect of Seasonal Variations, Covariations with Minerals and Forage Value on Itchgrass’ Foliar Silicification from Sudanian Benin

Kindomihou

Sinsin

Ambouta

et al. 2015

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“…Globally protected areas (PAs) have long represented a key conservation strategy in the face of rapid forest and biodiversity loss (Abakerli 2001;Nagothu 2003;Ormsby and Kaplin 2005;Clerici et al 2007;DeFries et al 2007) and are considered the most effective measure for conserving wild biodiversity in situ (Pimbert and Pretty 1997;Mulongoy and Chape 2004). Generally, PAs are 'areas especially dedicated to the protection and maintenance of biological diversity and associated cultural resources, which are managed through legal or other effective means' (IUCN 1994).…”

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Integrating livelihoods and conservation in protected areas: understanding the role and stakeholder views on prospects for non-timber forest products, a Bangladesh case study

Mukul

Uddin

Rashid

et al. 2010

International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ec

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Protected areas (PAs) represent a key global strategy in biodiversity conservation. In tropical developing countries, the management of PAs is a great challenge as many contain resources on which local communities rely. Collection and trading of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) is a well-established forest-based livelihood strategy, which has been promoted as a potential means for enhanced conservation and improved rural livelihoods in recent years, even though the sustainability or ecological implications have rarely been tested. We conducted an exploratory survey to understand the role and stakeholder views on conservation prospects and perceived ecological feasibility of NTFPs and harvesting schemes in a northeastern PA of Bangladesh, namely the Satchari National Park. Households (n ¼ 101) were interviewed from three different forest dependency categories, adopting a stratified random sampling approach and using a semi-structured questionnaire. The study identified 13 locally important NTFPs, with five being critically important to supporting local livelihoods. Our study suggests that collection, processing and trading in NTFPs constitutes the primary occupation for about 18% of local inhabitants and account for an estimated 19% of their cash annual income. The household consensus on issues relating to NTFPs and their prospective role in conservation was surprisingly high, with 48% of respondents believing that promotion of NTFPs in the PA could have positive conservation value. The majority (71%) of households also had some understanding of the ecological implications of NTFP harvesting, sustainability (53%) and possible management and monitoring regimes (100%). With little known about their real application in the field, our study suggests further investigations are required to understand the ecological compatibility of traditional NTFP harvesting patterns and management.

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Increased isolation of two Biosphere Reserves and surrounding protected areas (WAP ecological complex, West Africa)

Cited by 77 publications

References 58 publications

Foucault in the Landscape: Questioning Governmentality in the Azores

Foucault in the Landscape: Questioning Governmentality in the Azores

The Effect of Seasonal Variations, Covariations with Minerals and Forage Value on Itchgrass’ Foliar Silicification from Sudanian Benin

Integrating livelihoods and conservation in protected areas: understanding the role and stakeholder views on prospects for non-timber forest products, a Bangladesh case study

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