Beyond benefit sharing: Place attachment and the importance of access to protected areas for surrounding communities

Cundill, Georgina; Bezerra, Joana; Vos, Alta De; Ntingana, Nokuthula

doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.03.011

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“…With regard to 'place attachment,' we noted mentions of cultural practices such as certain ceremonies carried out only in the forest; connections between social cohesion and responsibility with the forest; the sense of 'home' in the forest; and the link of the forest to family history, following the categories used by Cundill et al (2017). The greater the number of these key aspects mentioned, the higher the rating of 'place attachment.…”

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“…In Rwanda, long-term residents identified a greater number of forest ES than newcomers (Dawson and Martin 2015). Degree of place attachment, broadly defined as the bond between people and a specific place (Williams et al 1992) with two components place identity and place dependence (Raymond et al 2010) also influences stakeholders' valorization of ES (Lakerveld et al 2015;Cundill et al 2017).…”

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Social Perceptions of Forest Ecosystem Services in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Cuní-Sanchez

Imani

Bulonvu³

et al. 2019

Hum Ecol

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The forests of the Albertine Rift are known for their high biodiversity and the important ecosystem services they provide to millions of inhabitants. However, their conservation and the maintenance of ecosystem service delivery is a challenge, particularly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Our research investigates how livelihood strategy and ethnicity affects local perceptions of forest ecosystem services. We collected data through 25 focus-group discussions in villages from distinct ethnic groups, including farmers (Tembo, Shi, and Nyindu) and hunter-gatherers (Twa). Twa identify more food-provisioning services and rank bush meat and honey as the most important. They also show stronger place attachment to the forest than the farmers, who value other ecosystem services, but all rank microclimate regulation as the most important. Our findings help assess ecosystem services trade-offs, highlight the important impacts of restricted access to forests resources for Twa, and point to the need for developing alternative livelihood strategies for these communities.

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Social Perceptions of Forest Ecosystem Services in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Cuní-Sanchez

Imani

Bulonvu³

et al. 2019

Hum Ecol

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“…In this context, the sense of agency experienced by local people to meaningfully partake in the development of landscape trajectories can be expected to decline. Moreover, when access to land is restricted, or when land use strongly deviates from the ideals of inhabitants, a perceived loss of agency can go hand in hand with losses in regional identity and local ecological knowledge (Cundill et al 2017;Chapman et al 2019).…”

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“…Third, and following directly from the previous point, how could knowledge on relational values help with restoration projects? Relational values can have both positive and negative effects on the implementation and success of conservation and sustainability projects (Cundill et al 2017;Klain et al 2017;Jax et al 2018). For example, drawing on local people's expressions of human-nature connectedness and social relationships could be a powerful way to tap into underlying motivation to help people restore 'their' landscape, drawing on, as well as strengthening, local identity and sense of agency (Chapman et al 2019;.…”

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The erosion of relational values resulting from landscape simplification

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Context The global trend of landscape simplification for industrial agriculture is known to cause losses in biodiversity and ecosystem service diversity. Despite these problems being widely known, status quo trajectories driven by global economic growth and changing diets continue to lead to further landscape simplification. Objectives In this perspective article, we argue that landscape simplification has negative consequences for a range of relational values, affecting the socialecological relationships between people and nature, as well as the social relationships among people. A focus Keywords Agricultural intensification Á Diversified farming Á Human-nature connections Á Landscape sustainability science Á Smallholder farming Á Socialecological systems Maraja Riechers and Joern Fischer have equally contributed to the development of this paper and can be contacted as corresponding authors.

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“…What factors then influence local support for conservation? Attitudes toward and support for conservation are influenced by social norms (Jones, Andriamarovololona, & Hockley, 2008), demographic factors and socioeconomic status (Arjunan, Holmes, Puyravaud, & Davidar, 2006;Heinen & Shrivastava 2009), dependence on resources (Cinner, Sutton, & Bond, 2007;Webb, Mailiao, & Siar, 2004), presence of livelihood alternatives (Gelcich & Donlan 2015;McClanahan, Cinner, Kamakuru, Abunge, & Ndagala, 2008), place attachment (Cundill, Bezerra, De Vos, & Ntingana, 2017;Morishige et al, 2018), institutions and governance (Bennett & Dearden 2014;Sommerville, Jones, Rahajaharison, & Milner-Gulland, 2010), and values (Chan et al, 2016). Local people's perceptions of different factors related to a conservation initiative can also influence attitudes, acceptability, and levels of support (Bennett, 2016;Sommerville et al, 2010).…”

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Local support for conservation is associated with perceptions of good governance, social impacts, and ecological effectiveness

Bennett

Franco

Calò

et al. 2019

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Local support is important for the longevity of conservation initiatives. The literature suggests that perceptions of ecological effectiveness, social impacts, and good governance will influence levels of local support for conservation. This paper examines these relationships using data from a survey of small‐scale fishermen in 11 marine protected areas from six countries in the Mediterranean Sea. The survey queried small‐scale fishermen regarding perceptions and support for conservation. We constructed composite scores for three categories of perceptions—ecological effectiveness, social impacts, and good governance—and tested the relationship with levels of support using ordinal regression models. While all three factors were positively correlated with support for conservation, perceptions of good governance and social impacts were stronger predictors of increasing support. These findings suggest that employing good governance processes and managing social impacts may be more important than ecological effectiveness for maintaining local support for conservation.

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Beyond benefit sharing: Place attachment and the importance of access to protected areas for surrounding communities

Cited by 87 publications

References 47 publications

Social Perceptions of Forest Ecosystem Services in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Social Perceptions of Forest Ecosystem Services in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The erosion of relational values resulting from landscape simplification

Local support for conservation is associated with perceptions of good governance, social impacts, and ecological effectiveness

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