2024-03-29T10:53:44Z
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oai:researchonline.jcu.edu.au:79544
2024-03-05T14:37:56Z
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Dependency on national park resources of people living in a mountain protected area
Thapa, Kamal
National Parks can provide diverse benefits to those living in and around them, supporting livelihoods and providing opportunities to harvest natural resources and to participate in nature-based tourism. To explore the direct benefits to local people, a questionnaire-based survey was conducted in four villages in Langtang National Park, Nepal. Firewood and fodder / grasses were the main resources harvested by local people. Household size and the total number of livestock units were the only significant predictors of resource use (firewood and fodder). These findings suggest that local people are dependent on national park resources. Strategies to reduce firewood dependency and hence pressure on the national park forests are recommended.
Innsbruck University Press
2023
Article
PeerReviewed
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https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/79544/1/79544.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1553/ECO.MONT-15-2S20
Thapa, Kamal (2023) Dependency on national park resources of people living in a mountain protected area. Eco.mont, 15 (2). pp. 20-27.
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oai:researchonline.jcu.edu.au:79591
2023-09-07T05:48:24Z
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74797065733D61727469636C65
Park–People Interaction and Public Perceptions towards Parsa Wildlife Reserve, Nepal
Thapa, Kamal
Protected areas (PAs) are established to conserve biodiversity and ecosystems. PAs also provide natural resources to local people that support their livelihoods. However, local people residing nearby PAs often face diverse costs that may influence their overall attitude towards PAs. This actually determines the degree of participation and support of local people in nature conservation. This paper assesses the attitude of local people towards PAs taking a case of Parsa Wildlife Reserve (PWR). The research methods employed were household survey followed by focus group discussions, key informant’s interview and participant observation. This study found that the local people in and around the PWR have negative attitude towards it. Only 34 per cent liked its presence whereas 58 per cent of the respondents were not happy to be included in the buffer zone. Reasons for disliking the reserve was mainly due to wildlife damage; restrictions in resource use; and arrest and prosecution by the park authorities. In contrast, reasons for liking the reserve were the opportunities for natural resource use, biodiversity conservation, and tourism/business. The paper concludes that by addressing the negative attitudes of local people helps the reserve authority to enhance long term sustainability of PWR.
Forest Action Nepal
2016
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PeerReviewed
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https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/79591/7/79591.pdf
https://doi.org/10.3126/jfl.v14i1.23161
Thapa, Kamal (2016) Park–People Interaction and Public Perceptions towards Parsa Wildlife Reserve, Nepal. Journal of Forest and Livelihood, 14 (1). pp. 41-52.
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