Community-based conservation programs and local people willingness to pay for wildlife protection: The case of the cotton-top tamarin in the Colombian Caribbean

Vargas, Andrés; Díaz, David

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“…Studies that have explicitly addressed the concept of ecosystem services ( n = 5; 1.06% of the studies) are focused on economic (Daza, 2009) and sociocultural valuation (Vilardy et al., 2011) provided by the Ciénaga Grande of Santa Marta and the economic valuation of the conservation of the cotton-top tamarin’s habitat (Reyes & Yepes, 2013; Vargas & Díaz, 2014). Despite the fact that the concept of ecosystem services has been studied very little in an explicit way, it was possible to identify the services that the Caribbean ecosystems provide from the biodiversity studies ( n = 169; 36% of the studies).…”

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Knowledge in the Colombian Caribbean

Aldana-Domínguez

Montes

Martínez

et al. 2017

Tropical Conservation Science

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The Colombian Caribbean, one of the most biodiverse regions in the world, is facing great challenges in biodiversity conservation due to accelerated ecosystem transformations and the territorial planning required for peacemaking. We conducted a systematic review of 470 documents published between 1990 and 2015 to evaluate the progress of biodiversity and ecosystem services knowledge, identify biases, and define the priorities for research. Specifically, we describe the main characteristics of biodiversity studies, including the geographic distribution and the ecosystem services studied. We found limited participation by the social and interdisciplinary sciences. Researchers have focused mainly on taxonomic groups such as insects, birds, and mammals, ecosystems such as the tropical dry forest and regulating services. Some geographic areas have very few studies, corresponding to places affected by armed conflict. We propose that it is necessary to focus on plant and microorganism studies and those at the genetic and landscape level, as well as on less studied ecosystems such as urban and agro-ecosystems and places involved in armed conflict that have not been studied. We conclude by exposing insights to enhance some of the biases found and face the challenges: in the short term, the establishment of protected areas to guarantee the supply of ecosystem services for human well-being, in the middle term, an integrated territorial planning, and in the long term, the promotion of the social-ecological systems perspective. Ecosystem services concept reveals the link between biodiversity and human well-being and thus could have the potential to contribute to biodiversity conservation and peace construction in the Caribbean.

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Knowledge in the Colombian Caribbean

Aldana-Domínguez

Montes

Martínez

et al. 2017

Tropical Conservation Science

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“…To spur sustainable development in biodiversity rich areas of Kenya, the CBC projects are the most preferred variant of ICDP. According to Vargas and David (2014), CBC projects are designed on the assumption that local communities are critical to the realization of development and conservation. It is anticipated that based on theory of change, the provision of benefits to the local community will result in support of conservation because it is economically beneficial.…”

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Stakeholder Engagement and Performance of Community Based Conservation Projects: A Case of Laikipia Conservation Region Conservancies

2021

JESD

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This study examined the influence of stakeholder engagement on the performance of Community Based Conservation (CBC) projects in Kenya. Guided by theory of change, participatory development and stakeholder theories, the philosophical underpinning employed was pragmatism where cross sectional study design that adopted convergent mixed methods approach composed of quantitative and qualitative strands was utilized. Questionnaires, focused group discussions and document analysis were used to collect data from seven community conservancies dotting Laikipia Ecosystem. The quantitative strand was composed of a survey that targeted 911 conservancy members involved in alternative livelihood projects from whom a sample of 270 was selected. The qualitative strand was made of eight conservancy officials in the focused group discussion and 11 documents. Quantitative data were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics to test the nature and strength of the relationship between the variables and to predict performance of CBC projects based on the stakeholder engagement. Qualitative data was analyzed using framework analysis anchored on aprioristic set of categories viewpoint based on the indicators of the variables under study in order to triangulate the quantitative results. The results showed that stakeholder engagement positively and significantly influenced the performance of CBC projects since r=.641, R 2 =.410, F (1,237) =164.169 at p=.001<.05. Moreover, Welch's t-test showed that the level stakeholder engagement in CBC project design differed in the sampled community conservancies as F= 17.491 df (6,231), p = .001), t = 19.944 df (6,75.765) at p = .001<.05. It is recommended that external expertise should only be used as a compliment to the local one, therefore, local stakeholders should be engaged for their customary and the traditional knowledge. Innovations and practices of local communities relevant for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity ought to be encouraged. Given the importance attached to local knowledge in CBC projects, there is need to have effective communication and outreach to and with local stakeholders, particularly the local cultural institutions who retain traditional ecological knowledge.

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“…Para solucionar este problema se han desarrollado programas y políticas inspirados en los principios de la conservación basada en la comunidad (Brosius et al, 1998). Estas iniciativas buscan enlazar la conservación de la biodiversidad con la generación de ingresos económicos para la comunidad local a partir de la conservación de un lugar (Vargas & Díaz, 2014).…”

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“Escuchando el llamado del bosque”: explorando las dimensiones afectivas de la conservación ambiental desde la etnografía multiespecies. Santuario El Cañi, Chile

Fonck

Jacob

2018

Rev.Austral.Cienc.Soc

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le agradece al Dr. Piergiorgio Di Giminiani en marco de cuyo proyecto esta investigación fue realizada, y sin cuyos valiosos comentarios no se hubiera llegado a la versión final de este artículo. Este proyecto fue financiado por Centro de Estudios Interculturales e Indígenas, CIIR (CONICYT/ FONDAP/15110006). A su vez se le agradece a los guías locales del Santuario El Cañi, Roberto y Manuel, por su apoyo y entusiasmo, así como al resto de la comunidad local de Pichares. Agradecemos a Rod por sus enseñanzas en el bosque. También a Tomás Ibarra, Tomás Altamirano y su equipo de trabajo por permitirnos participar en su valioso proyecto de investigación.

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Community-based conservation programs and local people willingness to pay for wildlife protection: The case of the cotton-top tamarin in the Colombian Caribbean

Abstract: Community-based conservation programs and local people willingness to pay for wildlife protection: The case of the cotton-top tamarin in the Colombian Caribbean Abstract: Community-Based Conservation programs (CBC)

Cited by 6 publications

References 21 publications

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Knowledge in the Colombian Caribbean

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Knowledge in the Colombian Caribbean

Stakeholder Engagement and Performance of Community Based Conservation Projects: A Case of Laikipia Conservation Region Conservancies

“Escuchando el llamado del bosque”: explorando las dimensiones afectivas de la conservación ambiental desde la etnografía multiespecies. Santuario El Cañi, Chile

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