Towards sustainable development A case in the Eastern Himalayas

Gurung, Barun

doi:10.1016/0016-3287(91)90128-o

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“…Our results indicate that people holding religious beliefs have more supportive WAC attitudes. The similar correlations between religion and wildlife conservation were found in other countries, conservation management principles should take religious factors into considerations in order to encourage more supportive attitudes toward protected areas (Gurung 1992); religious people and non-religious people have different attitudes toward forest management (Schaaf et al 2006) and religion can generate good personal contribution to public goods and have impact on pro-environment behaviours and attitudes (Owen and Videras 2007). In both minority groups, people with higher education levels are more positive in WAC attitudes and parental WAC education to children.…”

Section: Factors Influencing Wac Attitudes Between Yi People and Mosusupporting

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Attitudes towards wild animal conservation: a comparative study of the Yi and Mosuo in China

Yang

Zhang

Chen

2010

International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Servic

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Global wild animal resources are declining due to various pressures, which will greatly affect local biodiversity and ecosystem services. Understanding local people's attitudes towards wild animal conservation in high biodiversity areas is of major importance for conservation efforts. Sampling and questionnaire survey methods were employed to examine people's attitudes toward wild animal conservation in a comparative case study of two minority ethnic groups, the Mosuo (n ¼ 91) and Yi (n ¼ 169) in Ninglang, China. Attributes influencing people's attitudes (p , 0.05) include ethnicity, awareness, culture, level of education, religious beliefs and gender. The Mosuo are more positive towards wild animal conservation than the Yi. Women are more positive than men in both ethnic groups. Yi males and Mosuo females are more active in educating children. People with a higher level of education and a religion show more support for wild animal conservation in both ethnic groups. The results suggest that encouraging and reinforcing traditional culture and informal restrictions, strengthening understanding and recognising gender differences in wild animal conservation practices should be used to improve biodiversity conservation in Ninglang. Furthermore, the implications of enhancing local enforcement on the supervision of tourism and compensation schemes for human-wildlife conflicts are also discussed.

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Section: Factors Influencing Wac Attitudes Between Yi People and Mosusupporting

confidence: 68%

Attitudes towards wild animal conservation: a comparative study of the Yi and Mosuo in China

Yang

Zhang

Chen

2010

International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Servic

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“…As a result, land ownership is becoming fragmented, and productive agricultural land is being abandoned in the villages and being used for rapid building in the cities. Rapid urbanization and haphazard globalization/glocalization on agrarian political economy base of the Himalayas have not only affected people's livelihood choices, but also brought negative impacts to local cultures and nature (see for example, Gurung, 1992;Gartaula et al, 2012;Maharjan et al, 2012).…”

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A new Himalayan crisis? Exploring transformative resilience pathways

Satyal

Shrestha

Ojha

et al. 2017

Environmental Development

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“…The implementation of the 'biologically focused approach' to conservation and the existence of pressures from politically powerful vested-interest groups have contributed to the cultural and socioeconomic marginalization of many people living within or close to protected areas. These resource conflicts are widespread and span most of the continents (see, e.g., Abel and Blaikie, 1986;Gadgil, 1992;Ghimire, 1994;Gurung, 1992;Hough and Sherpa, 1989;Sharma, 1990;Utting, 1994).…”

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Biodiversity Conservation: The Process of Economic Assessment and Establishment of a Protected Area in Vanuatu

Tacconi

Bennett

1995

Development and Change

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This article describes the framework adopted for the socio‐economic assessment of protected areas intended to safeguard biodiversity. This framework, which can be described as a three‐tiered approach to conservation, is applied to the process of assessment and establishment of a protected area (PA) in Vanuatu. The potential benefits that the landowners of the PA could derive from logging activities, and the subsistence values derived from the PA are considered. It appears that if the PA was to be established without the payment of any compensation, the landowners would face substantial net costs. During the research process, it was suggested that the Government of Vanuatu could take up a lease on the land to compensate the landowners for the loss of potential logging royalties. When the benefits accruing to the landowners from a lease agreement are compared with the foregone logging royalties, it is found that the net present value of a seventy‐five year lease agreement is approximately equivalent to the net present value of logging royalties.

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Towards sustainable development A case in the Eastern Himalayas

Cited by 3 publications

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Attitudes towards wild animal conservation: a comparative study of the Yi and Mosuo in China

Attitudes towards wild animal conservation: a comparative study of the Yi and Mosuo in China

A new Himalayan crisis? Exploring transformative resilience pathways

Biodiversity Conservation: The Process of Economic Assessment and Establishment of a Protected Area in Vanuatu

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