Local people value environmental services provided by forested parks |
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| Authors: | Navjot S Sodhi Tien Ming Lee Cagan H Sekercioglu Edward L Webb Dewi M Prawiradilaga David J Lohman Naomi E Pierce Arvin C Diesmos Madhu Rao Paul R Ehrlich |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore;(2) Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA;(3) Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA;(4) Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA;(5) Center for Conservation Biology, Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA;(6) Division of Zoology, Research Centre for Biology-LIPI, Cibinong, Indonesia;(7) Department of Biology, The City College of New York, The City University of New York, Convent Avenue at 138th Street, New York, NY 10031, USA;(8) Herpetology Section, Zoology Division, National Museum of the Philippines, Manila, Republic of the Philippines;(9) Wildlife Conservation Society Asia Program, 2300 S. Blvd., Bronx, New York, NY 10460, USA |
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| Abstract: | Garnering support from local people is critical for maintaining ecologically viable and functional protected areas. However,
empirical data illustrating local people’s awareness of the importance of nature’s services is limited; hence possibly impeding
effective ecosystem (environmental)-services based conservation efforts. Using data from five protected forests in four developing
Southeast Asian countries, we provide evidence that local people living near parks value a wide range of environmental services,
including cultural, provisioning, and regulating services, provided by the forests. Local people with longer residency valued
environmental services more. Educated as well as poor people valued forest ecosystem services more. Conservation education
has some influence on people’s environmental awareness. For conservation endeavors to be successful, large-scale transmigration
programs should be avoided and local people must be provided with alternative sustenance opportunities and basic education
in addition to environmental outreach to reduce their reliance on protected forests and to enhance conservation support. |
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