Conservation With a Human Face? Comparing Local Participation and Benefit Sharing From a National Park and a State Forest Plantation in Tanzania:

SAGE Open

Sayuni B. Mariki¹ 

关键词: benefit sharing;    conservation;    local communities;    participation;    Tanzania;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2158244013512665

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Participatory approaches to natural resources management have evolved as a way to secure local people’s support for environmental conservation. This study compares participatory approaches used by a national park and a state forest plantation in Tanzania. It shows how in similar settings, various parts of the State pursue various policies that affect communities in different ways. The extent of participation and amount of benefits accrued are found to have a paramount role in determining local people’s attitude to conservation. Local communities do not generally regard the national park as being beneficial, while the forest plantation is regarded as an important means for their survival. The failure of the park to allow meaningful local participation and equitable sharing of the park's benefits with affected local people, is leading to hatred, resentment, and illegal harvest of natural resources from the park.

【 授权许可】

CC BY