Integrated conservation and development project life cycles in the Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal: Is development overpowering conservation?

被引:60
作者
Baral, Nabin
Stern, Marc J.
Heinen, Joel T.
机构
[1] Virginia Polytech Inst & State Univ, Dept Forestry, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA
[2] Florida Int Univ, Dept Environm Studies, Miami, FL 33199 USA
关键词
annapurna; biodiversity conservation; community-based conservation; gender; icdp; nepal; protected area management;
D O I
10.1007/s10531-006-9143-5
中图分类号
X176 [生物多样性保护];
学科分类号
090705 ;
摘要
The merits of integrated conservation and development projects (ICDPs), which aim to provide development incentives to citizens in return for conservation behaviors, have long been debated in the literature. Some of the most common critiques suggest that conservation activities tend to be strongly overpowered by development activities. We studied this assertion through participant observation and archival analysis of five Conservation Area Management Committees (CAMCs) in the Annapurna Conservation Area (ACA), Nepal. Committee activities were categorized as conservation activities (policy development and conservation implementation), development activities (infrastructure, health care, education, economic development, and sanitation), or activities related to institutional strengthening (administrative development and capacity building activities). Greater longevity of each ICDP was associated with greater conservation activity in relation to development activities. Project life cycles progressed from a focus on development activities in their early stages, through a transitional period of institutional strengthening, and toward a longer-term focus that roughly balanced conservation and development activities. Results suggest that the ICDP concept, as practiced in ACA, has been successful at building capacity for and interest in conservation amongst local communities. However, success has come over a period of nearly a decade, suggesting that prior conclusions about ICDP failures may have been based on unrealistic expectations of the time needed to influence behavioral changes in target populations.
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页码:2903 / 2917
页数:15
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