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| Baral, N. | |
| Resources use and conservation attitudes of local people in the western Terai landscape, Nepal | |
| 2005 Full Book | |
Two protected areas: Royal Bardia National Park (RBNP) and Royal Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve (RSWR) in the Western Terai, Nepal, are under threats due to present political turmoil, uncontrolled immigration, inefficient land reform policies and unsustainable resource use. I did a stratified random questionnaire survey of 234 households to determine how resource use patterns and problems influence conservation attitudes. Chi-square, Student's t, Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests, and multiple regression were used. There was spatio-temporal variability in resource use patterns and dependency. People were collecting eight and seven types of resources in RBNP and RSWR, respectively. However, people in RBNP were more dependent on resources than RSWR. In both areas, the problem of firewood is serious. The mean attitude score of RBNP (8.4 +-1.44) was significantly higher than the score of RSWR (7.7 +-1.66; t = 3.24, p = 0.0007). Training received, wildlife damage and satisfaction with participation in user groups were significant predictors of conservation attitudes. |
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