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| Dinerstein, E.; Rijal, A.; Bookbinder, M.; Kattel, B.; Rajuria, A. | |
| Tigers as neighbours: efforts to promote local guardianship of endangered species in lowland Nepal | |
| 1999 Book Chapter | |
Why have ecodevelopment projects become so popular among the multi-lateral and bi-lateral agencies? First, these projects have elements more familiar to the development-oriented agendas of the agencies. Secondly, traditional approaches to conservation - often dismissively described as the 'guns and fences' or exclusionary approach - have acquired a reputation for being ineffective. But the near-abandonment of traditional approaches and the heavy lean on ecodevelopment projects is also failing to save tigers. In short, the situation is not either/or. In the case study presented here, an ecodevelopment project was built into an existing strict preservationist project producing favourable results for tigers and their human neighbours. To examine the lessons learned in Royal Chitwan National Park, and to make recommendations for improving ecodevelopment projects so that they meet wildlife conservation goals, this chapter is divided into three parts. Part I describes the evolution of the development component of the project. Part II demonstrates that ecodevelopment projects can and must be measured for their biodiversity conservation value; we introduce a method that is doable, rigorous, shows results quickly and closely links investments to fundamental goals of biodiversity conservation. Part III lays out a model to help predict where ecodevelopment projects in tiger habitats have the best chance for success. |
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