Linking Conservation and Development: An Analysis of Local People’s Attitude Towards Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal

Factors influencing local people's attitudes towards conservation of the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve (KTWR) are analyzed using an ordered logit model. The results indicate that households living closer to the KTWR are more likely to reveal negative attitude towards conservation. Similarly, res...

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Published in:Environment, development and sustainability development and sustainability, 2006-02, Vol.8 (1), p.69-84
Main Authors: Shrestha, Ram K, Alavalapati, Janaki R R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude surveys
Attitudes
Biodiversity
Community
Conservation
Environmental management
Environmental protection
Fodder
Households
Livestock
National parks
Natural resources
Nepal
Poverty
Protected areas
Public opinion
Raw materials
Resource conservation
Social indicators
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomics
Statistical analysis
Surveys
Sustainability management
Sustainable development
Wildlife
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife sanctuaries
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Summary:Factors influencing local people's attitudes towards conservation of the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve (KTWR) are analyzed using an ordered logit model. The results indicate that households living closer to the KTWR are more likely to reveal negative attitude towards conservation. Similarly, respondents from larger households tend to show negative conservation attitude. Educated respondents and farmers are likely to demonstrate a positive conservation attitude. The results consistently show that households with poor socioeconomic status and greater dependence on the KTWR for firewood, fodder, and raw materials are likely to possess a more negative attitude towards conservation. Poor households may not necessarily be less concerned about conservation, although institutional settings and abject poverty near protected areas appear to affect their attitudes. Sustainable management of protected areas and local support for natural resource conservation would require socioeconomic development. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1387-585X
1573-2975
DOI:10.1007/s10668-005-0188-5