Multi-benefits of national parks and protected areas: an integrative approach for developing countries

• Authors: Shah Md. Atiqul Hag
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

National parks and protected areas can contribute significantly to the needs of poor people who live in and around them and depend heavily on forest resources for their subsistence. Especially for the rural poor who have limited economic options, use of national park resources are the main source for their survival, giving them direct benefits from food, medicine and forest products. National parks can contribute to maintaining the ecosystem and biodiversity conservation, along with the economic benefits to the local population. National parks and protected areas can play a significant role in climate change mitigation as well. Nevertheless, benefits from these areas are not well recognized in management especially in developing countries by incorporating them for climate change mitigation. Though usually more priority is given to conservation, improvement of livelihood and climate change mitigation can be achieved by integrating national parks into management and policy, and by consideration of the potential of human resources. Thus the integration can improve the poverty situation of local people and help them to adapt to climatic change mitigation strategies. Therefore, management of national parks and protected areas should ensure the participation of local communities and stakeholders.

Keywords

EN

climate change; food security; health; integrative approach; livelihoods; management; national park

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Environmental & Socio-economic Studies
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 1-11

Dates

published

2016-03-01

received

2016-02-02

accepted

2016-03-17

online

2016-03-25

Contributors

author

Shah Md. Atiqul Hag

• Department of Sociology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/environ-2016-0001