Private protected areas, ecotourism development and impacts on local people's well-being: a review from case studies in Southern Chile

Serenari, Christopher; Peterson, M. Nils; Wallace, Tim; Stowhas, Paulina

doi:10.1080/09669582.2016.1178755

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“…Chile has a share of 2.2% privately conserved land, in contrast to 18% of the territory that is protected in National Parks [14]. The phenomena of private conservation and effects on regional development has already been investigated in the Los Ríos region in the Parque Bíologico Huilo Huilo, Parque Oncol and the Valdivian Coastal Reserve [3,8]. In these cases, it was shown that private administrators see local people as threats to forest conservation goals.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Only a few cases have been studied. This study aims to fill the gap between existing knowledge about the case studies (Rerserva Biológica Huilo, Parque Oncol, Valdivian Coastal Reserve) in the Los Ríos Region [3,8,21].…”

Section: The Pumalín Project In Chaiténmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The study reveals how tourism activities, most of them linked to the Huilo Huilo project, were implemented in response to the decline of the forestry industry, a major activity over the last 30 years. At the same time, [3] conducted a comparative study in the same region, considering different PPAs, which differ in size and types of ownership such as Huilo Huilo (managed by Victor Petermann, a private entrepreneur), the Valdivian Coastal Reserve (managed by NGO The Nature Conservancy) and the Oncol Park (managed by the forestry company Forestal Valdivia). The study suggests that the social impact and consequences of PPAs facilitating ecotourism development should be subjected to the same level of scrutiny that has been given to public protected areas.…”

Section: Private Protected Areas As Mechanism For Promoting Local Devmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In Chile, as in many other countries in Latin America and in the world, private conservation significantly contributes to national protected areas [1][2][3]. According to the IUCN guidelines, Private Protected Areas (PPAs) are defined as those "under individual, cooperative, NGO or corporate control and/or ownership, and managed under non-profit or for-profit schemes [ .…”

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Private Protection Initiatives in Mountain Areas of Southern Chile and Their Perceived Impact on Local Development—The Case of Pumalín Park

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This paper aims to identify the socio-economic impacts perceived by the local community to be caused by Pumalín Park, one of the biggest and most remarkable private protected areas in Chile. In recent years, the Pumalín Park project has had a tremendous influence on the local economy by providing job opportunities for local entrepreneurs, protecting native forest and strengthening social awareness, particularly in the nearby town of Chaitén, which was stricken in 2008 by a volcanic eruption. The methods used were secondary data review, semi-structured interviews with key informants and questionnaires aimed at assessing the local population's perception of the park's contribution to their community. The results indicate that Pumalín Park plays an important role in local development, enhancing not only conservation of fragile mountain ecosystems, but also revitalizing the economic base of this rural and marginalized area of southern Chile.

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“…In contrast, native forests on private land are managed for timber and firewood, often using non‐sustainable practices under precarious land tenure arrangements or illegal operations, accounting for much of the forest loss and degradation observed in South America (Karsenty, Drigo, Piketty, & Singer, ; Keller et al, ; Llerena, Hermoza, Yalle, Flores, & Salinas, ). At the same time, individuals, conservation organizations, indigenous peoples, the forest industry, and government agencies have created public and private protected forest areas, which are dedicated to various ecosystem services including water provision and regulation (Serenari, Peterson, Wallace, & Stowhas, ). Differences in land ownership and management objectives create trade‐offs between wood production and water ecosystem services from forests at scales ranging from small (<1 km 2 ) to mid‐size (100 km 2 ) to large (>10,000 km 2 ) watersheds and to whole regions.…”

Section: Forest Land Ownership and Trade‐offs Between Water And Wood mentioning

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Forests and water in South America

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South America is experiencing rapid change in forest cover, of both native and planted forest. Forest cover loss is primarily attributable to fire, logging, and conversion of native forest to agriculture, pasture, and forest plantations, and types of change vary within and among the many diverse types of forests in South America. Major changes in forest cover and growing policy concerns underscore an urgent need for research on sustainable forest management and water ecosystem services in South America. Differences in land ownership and management objectives create trade‐offs between wood production and water ecosystem services from forests. Work is needed to quantify how forest change and management affect ecosystem services, such as wood production versus water provision. Current scientific understanding of forest management effects on water ecosystem services in South America has important limitations, including a scarcity of long‐term records and few long‐term integrated watershed studies. Industry, government, universities, and local communities should collaborate on integrated applied studies of forests and water. Data archiving and publically available data are required. The creation of national networks and a multi‐country South America network to identify and implement common water research protocols, share results, and explore their implications would promote common and well‐supported policies. Hydrologists working in South America are well placed to tackle the challenges and opportunities for collaborative research that will maintain the intrinsic values and water ecosystem services provided by South America's forests.

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Assessing human well‐being constructs with environmental and equity aspects: A review of the landscape

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Decades of theory and scholarship on the concept of human well‐being have informed a proliferation of approaches to assess well‐being and support public policy aimed at sustainability and improving quality of life. Human well‐being is multidimensional, and well‐being emerges when the dimensions and interrelationships interact as a system. In this paper, we illuminate two crucial components of well‐being that are often excluded from policy because of their relative difficulty to measure and manage: equity and interrelationships between humans and the environment. We use a mixed‐methods approach to review and summarize progress to date in developing well‐being constructs (including frameworks and methods) that address these two components. Well‐being frameworks that do not consider the environment, or interrelationships between people and their environment, are not truly measuring well‐being in all its dimensions. Use of equity lenses to assess well‐being frameworks aligns with increasing efforts to more holistically characterize well‐being and to guide sustainability management in ethical and equitable ways. Based on the findings of our review, we identify several pathways forward for the development and implementation of well‐being frameworks that can inform efforts to leverage well‐being for public policy.

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Private protected areas, ecotourism development and impacts on local people's well-being: a review from case studies in Southern Chile

Cited by 44 publications

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Private Protection Initiatives in Mountain Areas of Southern Chile and Their Perceived Impact on Local Development—The Case of Pumalín Park

Private Protection Initiatives in Mountain Areas of Southern Chile and Their Perceived Impact on Local Development—The Case of Pumalín Park

Forests and water in South America

Assessing human well‐being constructs with environmental and equity aspects: A review of the landscape

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