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ArticleReducing risks from forest fire and disasters through a community-based forest fire brigade (MPA), a case study in Danau Sentarum National Park
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
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No results found.The TNBKDS is an exotic ecosystem and has designated as one of the world biospheres reserves. The Park is also inhabited by around 6,000 people. Ecotourism, biodiversity, and cultural value attracts many domestic and international tourists. However, the park has high-risk from forest fire and flooding. During 2014-2019, forest fire in the park is recorded at the average of 206.6 Ha. The lake has also experienced in regular flooding. Reducing these risks should involve community by strengthening their capacity to protect their home. Consultations and SWOT analysis was used to map community capacity and to rank the threat. Opportunities on livelihood improvement is also identified to develop approach and strategy in reducing risks and improving their income. A GIS tool was used to monitor forest fire. A total of 10 MPA were established in 10 villages, involving 300 peoples (300 households). From series of consultations, 100% agreed that community need to involve in combating forest fire and reducing the damage from flooding. FIP-1 provides forest fire equipment, as well as series of training on forest fire, forest monitoring using GPS, alternative income activities such as bee keeping, fish processing, and women empowerment. Establishment of MPA and implementation of forest patrol for the period of 2018-Jun 2021 has directly protected a forest area from forest fire of 11,265 ha and non-forest area of 82,481 ha. Community participation is the key success of reducing risks from forest fire. Training program is also essential to support community capacity in reducing hotspots and to provide alternative income for their sustainable live within the national park. Keywords: forest fire, community, West Kalimantan, climate change ID: 3488239 -
ArticlePower imbalances, social inequalities and gender roles as barriers to true participation in national park management: The case of Korup National Park, Cameroon
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Forest resource management has undergone profound changes in the last decades, including a tendency to apply participatory approach that seeks to involve local communities. However, the success of the participatory approach tends to remain dependent on the historical and societal context in question. To understand how the participation of forest communities has been changing as a result of the enforcement or non-enforcement of forest management practices, we carried out a study in Cameroon’s Korup National Park, with villages within and outside the park that continue to utilise the resources in the park. The empirical research included focus group discussions and semi-structured interviews in three communities and key informant interviews with selected community members, government officials, and non-governmental organisations involved in the park’s management. Research findings show that although the forest management system has changed in various policy documents, over the past years from a top-down to participatory approach, a centralised state system is still operational in the national park, with participatory approaches used merely as a legitimizing tool. We show how the existing horizontal power relations (such as gender roles within the communities) and vertical power relations (such as government-community dimensions) simultaneously impact the outcomes of participatory approaches on the ground. Finally, our case shows how the existing governance structures continue to reproduce inequalities and exclusions that originated from the colonial times and through path dependency still influence livelihoods and day-to-day survival of people in the communities ID: 3617612 -
DocumentEvaluation and management of recreation and aesthetic services in Qilian Mountain National Park, Qinghai Province, China
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Recreation and aesthetic services are an important part of ecosystem cultural services. Based on the UN’s Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) framework, this study evaluated the value of ecosystem recreation and aesthetic services in Qilian Mountain National Park in Qinghai Province, China. The research mainly adopts Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) through the questionnaire survey of local residents and tourists in September 2016, the study obtained 1468 valid questionnaires, and uses the method of payment card to get consumers' willingness to pay (WTP), and then through the mean of total willingness to pay to estimate ecosystem recreation and aesthetic service value (ecological tourism and recreation and aesthetic value) for Qilian Mountain National Park. The results show that the ecosystem cultural service value of Qilian Mountain National Park in Qinghai Province in 2016 and 2018 is estimated at about 10.45 billion RMB yuan and 1.3 billion RMB yuan respectively. Among them, the annual average value of ecotourism and recreation in 2016 and 2018 is 203 million RMB yuan and 332 million RMB yuan separately, and the yearly average value of aesthetics is 842 million RMB yuan and 968 million RMB yuan respectively. The study also discussed about the management of ecosystem recreation and aesthetic services, the management should focus on improve the nature of aesthetic value in Qilian Mountain National Park, and making its construction into a demonstration zone can be copied, can draw lessons from the national park and ecological demonstration centers of culture, and strengthen the aesthetic services resources asset-like management and so on in Qilian Mountain National Park. Keywords: Economic Development, Sustainable forest management, Human health and well-being, Policies, Governance ID: 3488407
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