Priorities for protected area research

Dudley, Nigel; Hockings, Marc; Stolton, Sue; Amend, Thora; Badola, Ruchi; Bianco, Mariasole; Chettri, Nakul; Cook, Carly N.; Day, Jon C.; Dearden, Philip; Edwards, Mary E.; Ferraro, Paul J.; Foden, Wendy; Gambino, Roberto; Gaston, Kevin J.; Hayward, Natalie; Hickey, Valerie; Irving, Jason; Jeffries, Bruce; Karapetyan, A. P.; Kettunen, Marianne; Laestadius, Lars; Laffoley, Dan; Lham, Dechen; Lichtenstein, Gabriela; Makombo, John; Marshall, Nina; McGeoch, Mélodie A.; Nguyen, Dao M.; Nogué, Sandra; Paxton, Midori; Rao, Madhu; Reichelt, Russell; Rivas, Jorge; Roux, Dirk J.; Rutte, Claudia; Schreckenberg, K.; Sovinc, Andrej; Sutyrina, Svetlana; Utomo, Agus Prasetyo; Vallauri, Daniel; Vedeld, Paul; Verschuuren, Bas; Waithaka, John; Woodley, Stephen; Wyborn, Carina; Zhang, Yan

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“…According to the study by [33], from Equilibrium Research, the identified 10 critical issues, and their impending challenges facing PAs, along with some proposed reactions in the context of developing post-2020 protected area are: 1. Creating a robust protected areas system 2.…”

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Community Participation in Gunung Ledang Protected Area: Supporting the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)

Bakar

Ali

Jangga

et al. 2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries - developed and developing - in a global partnership. They recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth - all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests. This paper examines the current practices of community participation and its implications on sustainable development agenda (SDG) in the Gunung Ledang Protected Area, Johor, Malaysia. The research utilizes a combination of primary and secondary data. Interview was employed to gather the primary data, while scholarly works, government documents and archival records are the instruments used for gathering the secondary data. The findings shed light on the implications of community participation on sustainable development agenda (SDG) in the Gunung Ledang Protected Area. The main challenge seems to be the lack of holistic measures in tackling community issues that are in conflict with the objectives of SDG. This main factor stems from a combination of several other issues such as decision-making based on short-term result that are mostly constraint due to budget cut and pandemic effect and the lack of understanding on the real meaning of sustainable agenda. These scenario inadvertently influence development processes and threaten the implementation of SDG.

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Community Participation in Gunung Ledang Protected Area: Supporting the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)

Bakar

Ali

Jangga

et al. 2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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“…However, local residents' attitudes towards protected areas in the developing world have been mixed [1,3,[11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. Research has identified various factors that influence negative attitudes such as, human-wildlife conflict [14,[18][19][20][21][22], land claims [23][24][25], restrictive policies and access regulations to collect non-timber forest products (e.g., nuts, wild mushrooms, berries, seeds, medicinal plants and herbs, etc. ), and livestock grazing [18,24,[26][27][28][29][30].…”

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“…Given the importance in the establishment of the KTP for transboundary conservation, local residents have also had expectations for development opportunities for their respective communities [48,65]. Additionally, there is limited research that pertains to conservation, tourism, and local communities adjacent to PAs in southwestern Botswana [19,32,33,47]. Hence, the purpose of this study was to examine local communities' attitudes and support towards the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.…”

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Local Communities’ Attitudes and Support Towards the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in Southwest Botswana

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Protected areas are of national importance and have developed into sources of benefits while in other situations have sparked conflicts among stakeholders, including residents from adjacent local communities, and park authorities. In this study, we examined community residents' attitudes towards the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (KTP) in the Kalahari region (SW Botswana). This study assessed factors that influence support for, or opposition to, the KTP. A questionnaire with semi-structured questions was used to gather information from head of households (N = 746) in nine villages in the Kalahari region. Overall, positive attitudes and support for the KTP as a transfrontier park were documented, though tangible benefits were limited. Further based on analyses, literacy, proximity, and employment status were key variables that influenced support. In addition, any increase in residents' perceived benefits, land ownership, conservation awareness, and local benefits resulted in increased support for KTP. The implications indicated that communities near the KTP (Botswana side) need to be consulted, while further communications between the KTP management and authorities and adjacent villages are required to initiate effective community conservation programs. Additional programs and community outreach initiatives would also enable positive attitudes and support of KTP.Sustainability 2020, 12, 1524 2 of 17 unreliable rainfall and recurring droughts, and population growth in villages flanking protected areas [6,10,13,21,26,34,[43][44][45][46][47]. In southern Africa, livelihood activities with sole dependence on forest and rangeland resources have caused, and in some instances, exacerbated soil and land degradation [48,49]. Subsequently, instances of conflicts over natural resource use between different stakeholders that include park authorities and adjacent local communities [15,24,[50][51][52] have also fueled unsustainable livelihood activities such as illegal hunting, overharvesting of rare species of flora and fauna [32]. In response, rural communities have resorted to new livelihood ventures, such as park-based community ecotourism and wildlife safaris enterprises in the form of Community-based Organizations (CBOs) or Trusts near or in Protected Areas (PAs) [5,47,[52][53][54][55]. In Botswana, the government has introduced the concept of community based natural resource management (CBNRM) and community based organization (CBOs) (e.g., wildlife based Trusts) as a strategy to diversify rural livelihoods and reduce competition for the same resources among stakeholders [24,49]. It is through such initiatives that rural communities are encouraged to establish CBOs (Trusts) to develop community-based tourism enterprises from which they collectively plan, make decisions, manage and operate tourism enterprises and share benefits [5,56,57].Thus, many rural communities especially those found in or near resource rich (i.e., fauna, flora, and cultural-heritage) protected areas have formed CBOs/Trusts which are comprised of one or...

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“…Although the functions of PNAs were originally limited to aesthetic and protective ones, new roles and functions of protected areas (PAs) have developed over time [ 3 , 4 ]. One recently acknowledged new role has been to see PAs as prominent legal arenas for sustaining active lifestyles, with a wide range of nonmaterial benefits such as improving health and well-being through participation in a variety of health-related physical activities (HEPA) [ 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 ].…”

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Health and Well-Being in Protected Natural Areas—Visitors’ Satisfaction in Three Different Protected Natural Area Categories in Catalonia, Spain

Torbidoni

Mas-Alòs

Gil-Moreno-de-Mora

et al. 2020

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Protected natural areas (PNAs) can be a source of health and well-being, but little research has been carried out regarding outcomes in terms of satisfaction (the difference between motivations and benefits). Inspired by previous research that examines the motivations and benefits perceived by visitors to various PNAs in Canada, and based on importance–performance analysis (IPA) and service quality gap (GAP) analysis theory, the aim of this study was to identify the outcomes generated by protected areas in terms of satisfaction, especially with regard to the PNAs’ individual protection categories. The study was based on survey data from visitors (n = 360) to three PNAs in Catalonia: one national park, one natural park and one periurban park. The results indicate that anticipated environmental, psychological, physical and social benefits were of major personal value in choosing to visit a PNA. The results indicate that, generally, visitors were satisfied with regard to the benefits anticipated. Differences between parks in this respect could be explained in part by sociodemographic factors and visitors’ behavior. The results are discussed in terms of their applicability and how they relate to the role of PNAs in the promotion of visitors’ health and well-being.

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Priorities for protected area research

Cited by 18 publications

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Community Participation in Gunung Ledang Protected Area: Supporting the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)

Community Participation in Gunung Ledang Protected Area: Supporting the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)

Local Communities’ Attitudes and Support Towards the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in Southwest Botswana

Health and Well-Being in Protected Natural Areas—Visitors’ Satisfaction in Three Different Protected Natural Area Categories in Catalonia, Spain

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