How important is community participation to eco-environmental conservation in protected areas? From the perspective of predicting locals' pro-environmental behaviours

Zhang, Yuling; Xiao, Xiao; Cao, Ruibing; Zheng, Chunhui; Guo, Yongrui; Gong, Wei; Wei, Zongcai

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139889

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“…As a result, this concept has been adapted to various contexts, including biology, ecology, pedagogy, psychology, and sociology, among others. Some of the most prominent types of resilience explored in the literature entail: the socio-ecological resilience ( Islam et al, 2020 ; McLeod et al, 2021 ; Cinner & Barnes, 2019 ; Ruiz, 2011 ) derived from the socio-ecological systems approach and used in ecosystem management ( Berkes, Colding and Folke, 2002 ; Fernández, 2017 ; Sabatinelli and Aguilar, 2018 ); social resilience ( Wickes et al, 2017 ; Khalili et al, 2015 ; Lwin et al, 2020 ; Saja et al, 2021 ; Wang, Guo y Kuo, 2020 ); organizational resilience ( Salanova, 2020 ; Reis et al, 2017 ; Alarcón et al, 2019 ); urban climate resilience ( Tyler & Moench, 2012 ); and community resilience ( Zhang et al, 2020 ; Rendon et al, 2021 ; Musavengane & Kloppers, 2020 ; Uriarte, 2010 , 2013 ; Joseph et al, 2020 ; Pfefferbaum and Van Horn, 2014 ; Kirmayer et al, 2009 ; Pollok et al, 2019 ). The latter focuses on the examination of community capacities, capabilities, and resources to respond to adverse events ( Paton & Johnston, 2001 ) and is the focus of this study.…”

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“…To better understand the community's response to these distinctive threats and to embrace their compound effects, we adopt different theoretical approaches: community resilience and social network theory. While the concept of community resilience has been extensively explored in the literature (for the latest application of this theory see Zhang et al, 2020 ; Rendon et al, 2021 ; Musavengane & Kloppers, 2020 ; and Joseph et al, 2020 ), little or no attempt has been made to invoke the social network theory in a qualitative setting involving in-depth semi-structured interviews and focus groups with key informants (some relevant quantitative studies include Navarro, 2017 ; Tobin et al, 2014 ). Thus, we believe that this novel methodological approach combining different theoretical lenses helps embrace the complexity associated with the resilience actions developed by communities in response to COVID-19 and climate change.…”

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Community eco-tourism in rural Peru: Resilience and adaptive capacities to the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change

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Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management

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The recent outbreak of COVID-19 has been devastating for international tourism, adversely affecting destinations, organizations, and local communities. In particular, the crisis highlights the need for local communities reliant on rural tourism to enhance their resilience to the risks simultaneously generated by the pandemic and accelerating impacts of climate change. This is important as the effects of these hazards are intertwined and cannot be treated in isolation. We explore community responses and resilience through case study Quebrada Verde, Peru, a small rural community in the Andes Mountains. Specifically, we report on a qualitative examination involving in-depth semi-structured interviews and focus groups with key informants from the community, supplemented by relevant documentary analysis. Drawing on community resilience and social networks perspectives, we find that the community's preparedness to both threats is unbalanced. On one hand, the community eco-tourism system has developed sufficient tools to adapt to the temporary effects of COVID-19 derived from the community's self-organization skills and topophilia. Specifically, the community possesses a cohesive social structure, it has a solid cultural identity rooted in its customs and traditions, and maintains a social humour that enables it to see the positive aspects of adversity. On the other hand, the analysis of the measures towards strengthening the resilience to climate change delivers mixed results. In particular, the relationship that the community has built with other local organizations to successfully prevent and react to climate change is weak. Therefore, stronger efforts towards bridging this gap must be implemented in order to sustain the wider social network of such organizations, of which the community is a part. This would enable further development and implementation of appropriate risk management strategies to counteract climate change, enhancing the community's resilience of its eco-tourism system to this emergent threat. Importantly, this finding might be relevant to other local communities seeking to improve their resilience to COVID-19 and climate change.

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Community eco-tourism in rural Peru: Resilience and adaptive capacities to the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change

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“…Measures of eco-efficiency can indicate the level of innovation and also make it possible to assess the environmental impact of technologies used [31]. Based on the above formulations, the eco-efficiency (EE) index was determined according to Formula (7): EE = economic measure environmental measure (7) An analysis of reports in the literature indicates that environmental concern is strongly correlated with human capital [32]. Determining the human capital efficiency (HCE) was motivated by reports on socio-eco-efficiency (SEE) [33].…”

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Eco-Efficiency and Human Capital Efficiency: Example of Small- and Medium-Sized Family Farms in Selected European Countries

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2021

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Small- and medium-sized family farms are places to live and sources of income for about half of the population. The aim of this analysis was to determine the relationship between eco-efficiency and human capital efficiency on small- and medium-sized family farms. The analysis was carried out using an economic measure (value of agricultural production per work hour calculated per hectare) and two synthetic measures (human capital and environmental measures). The synthetic measures were determined using the TOPSIS-CRITIC method by defining weights for variables used in the measures. The analysis covered five countries: Lithuania (960 farms), Moldavia (532 farms), Poland (696 farms), Romania (872 farms) and Serbia (524 farms). All of these countries are characterised by a high fragmentation of agricultural holdings. The analysis allowed us to formulate the following conclusions: eco-efficiency and human capital efficiency indices increased with area for small- and medium-sized family farms. An increase in the eco-efficiency index with an increase in farm area suggests that the smaller the farm area, the more extensive the agricultural production that was carried out. In addition, an increase in human capital efficiency with an increase in farm area indicates that there was inefficiency in the utilisation of human capital resources on the agricultural farms studied.

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“…Analysis of literature reports indicates that environmental concern is strongly correlated with human capital [32]. The determination of human capital efficiency (HCE) was motivated by literature reports on socio-eco-efficiency (SEE) [33].…”

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Eco-Efficiency and Human Capital Efficiency on the Example of Small and Medium-Sized Family Farms in the Selected European Countries

Polcyn¹

2021

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Small and medium-sized family farms are the place of life and source of income for about half of the population. The aim of the analysis was to determine the relationship between Eco-Efficiency, Human Capital Efficiency in small and medium-sized family farms. The analyses were carried out using an economic measure (value of agricultural production per work hour calculated per 1 ha) and synthetic measures: human capital and environmental measures. The synthetic measures were determined using the CRITIC-TOPSIS method by defining weights for variables used in the synthetic measures. The analyses covered five countries, namely: Lithuania (960 farms), Moldova (532 farms), Poland (696 farms), Romania (872 farms), and Serbia (524 farms). All the countries qualified for analysis are characterised by a high fragmentation of agricultural holdings. The analyses carried out allowed us to formulate the following conclusions: the Eco-Efficiency and Human Capital Efficiency indexes increase with area for small and medium-sized family agricultural farms. An increase in the Eco-Efficiency index with an increase in farm area leads to a suspicion that the smaller the farm area is, the more extensive the agricultural production being carried out. In addition, an increase in human capital efficiency with an increase in the area of a farm indicates that there is inefficiency in the utilisation of human capital resources in the agricultural farms studied.

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How important is community participation to eco-environmental conservation in protected areas? From the perspective of predicting locals' pro-environmental behaviours

Cited by 79 publications

References 56 publications

Community eco-tourism in rural Peru: Resilience and adaptive capacities to the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change

Community eco-tourism in rural Peru: Resilience and adaptive capacities to the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change

Eco-Efficiency and Human Capital Efficiency: Example of Small- and Medium-Sized Family Farms in Selected European Countries

Eco-Efficiency and Human Capital Efficiency on the Example of Small and Medium-Sized Family Farms in the Selected European Countries

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