People and protected areas: some issues from India

Maan, Josef; Chaudhry, Prashant

doi:10.32800/abc.2019.42.0079

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“…The country is one of the 17 mega bio-diverse countries (Mittermeier and Mittermeier, 2005) occupying just 2.5% of the world's geographical area but supporting 16% of the world's human population and 17% of the livestock population (Mukerji, 2003). Per capita availability of forest and productivity are among the lowest when compared to the world's average, and the immense biotic pressure on the country's forests, making biodiversity conservation a very challenging task (Maan and Chaudhry, 2019). Forest and tree cover in the country is less than one-fourth of the geographical area of the country, which is far behind the national target that strives to have one-third of the total geographical area under forest and tree cover.…”

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Carbon Sequestration Potential of Trees Planted Along Roadsides: A Case From Bhopal City, India

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In the present article, we have discussed one such example from Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal campus where the amount of carbon stored, and carbon dioxide sequestered by the trees along roadside has been estimated. Importance Value Index was calculated separately for each species. Biomass and carbon stock of woody vegetation was assessed using a non-destructive method. Leucaena leucocephala, Schleichera oleosa, Dalbergia paniculata, Acacia catechu and Ficus religiosa recorded high biomass carbon content. The average stem density was 295 stems ha-1. Species-wise calculated average CO2 equivalent in the sample observed increasing trend with the increase in girth class from 20cm to 60cm but showing reduced trend in trees with girth class above 60 cm. The probable reason for reducing trend could be the variation in wood density of species towards the lower value of high girth size species such as Bombax ceiba, Samanea saman, Holoptelea integrifolia, Dalbergia paniculata, Lagerstroemia parviflora and Ficus religiosa. The analysis can be useful for selection of tree species with high wood density for planting in urban areas of central India to adequately mitigate pollution, especially the vehicular pollution. The incorporation of the same in the management plan of the urban green spaces would benefit the optimum utilization of carbon sequestration potential. Moreover, the suitable bamboo species, which is characterized as species of the understory of tropical dry deciduous forests, may be considered for the planting as gap filing and sequestration of carbon in urban areas.

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“…The impact of various social groups on nature protection policy as well as the question of the implementation of a participatory management model are analysed in case studies from different parts of the world -from Africa (Adekola & Mitchell, 2011;German et al, 2012aGerman et al, , 2012bCullen et al, 2014;Dixon & Carrie, 2016;Marambanyika & Beckedahl, 2016;Nsengimana et al, 2017;Peter et al, 2018), Asia (Wattage & Mardle, 2005;Verma & Negandhi, 2011;Qiu et al, 2014;Zheng et al, 2014;Cohen-Shacham, 2015;Everard et al, 2019;Maan & Chaudhry, 2019) all the way to Europe (Prell et al, 2009;Aggestam, 2014;Nastran, 2014;De Vente et al, 2016;Hulshof & Vos, 2016;Pristupa et al, 2018;, Australia (Pendred et al, 2016;Smith et al, 2016) and North America (Vaissière, 2017).…”

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Conflict on nature resource management in Hutovo Blato Nature Park

Bukvić

Glamuzina

Splitu³

2021

Nat. Croat.

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The paper deals with the problem of natural resource management in Hutovo Blato Nature Park Blato in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The official policy for the protection of Mediterranean wetlands has put to the forefront the problem of exploiting the abundant but limited natural resources such as water, agricultural land, fish stocks and wetland birds. A quarter of a century after the establishment of the Nature Park the problem of nature resource management is more troubled than ever before. This research aims to define the primary stakeholder groups in the area that question and challenge the official policy of nature protection and to analyse their points of view and attitudes. The stakeholder analysis relates to analysis of endangered animal species and vegetation and issues that are results of stakeholders’ activities.

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“…Also, resettlement of Indigenous Peoples from PAs may be another sensitive issue that has received conflicting views from researchers for its effectiveness in PA management (Owen 2013, Sarkki et al 2015, Ngalim and Terence 2016, DeFries 2017, Cassidy et al 2022). Around PAs, socio‐ecological dynamics may be influenced by wildlife migration, human activities like hunting and logging, pathogen transmission, livestock grazing, fires, crop damage, conflicts, and river pollution (DeFries 2017, Maan and Chaudhry 2019, Thondhalana et al 2020). At the landscape level, processes on large spatial scales, such as flow paths of air, water, and nutrient circulation, migration of wildlife species with large home ranges, and atmospheric processes that regulate various climatic and topographical factors, affect the numerous PAs in the network (Anderson et al 2010, Bernel et al 2013, Owen 2013).…”

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Assessing the vulnerability trifecta: species, climate, and anthropogenic pressures on protected areas of the Central Indian Highlands

Singh,

Moharir

2023

J Wildl Manag

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Efficient management of protected areas (PAs) is important to ensure conservation and long‐term sustenance of threatened species. It is therefore essential to understand the vulnerability of PAs in a multi‐pronged approach by considering the cumulative effects of species, climatic, and anthropogenic attributes. We assessed the overall vulnerability of PAs in the Central Indian Highlands (CIH), which is a landscape of high biodiversity value. Over 81% of PAs experienced medium to high vulnerability due to anthropogenic pressures, and 68.75% of PAs faced medium to high vulnerability due to climate change and conservation status of species within the PA. Our categorization of PAs revealed that 50% of PAs were vulnerable to all 3 attributes. Further, there was a strong correlation between species and anthropogenic vulnerability indices in the PAs of the CIH landscape. Our results may help local policy makers in prioritizing the optimal and cost‐effective conservation management of existing PAs, which can be extended for cost‐effectiveness and efficient resource allocation of PAs, through this multipronged approach, beyond the CIH landscape.

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People and protected areas: some issues from India

Cited by 11 publications

References 27 publications

Carbon Sequestration Potential of Trees Planted Along Roadsides: A Case From Bhopal City, India

Carbon Sequestration Potential of Trees Planted Along Roadsides: A Case From Bhopal City, India

Conflict on nature resource management in Hutovo Blato Nature Park

Assessing the vulnerability trifecta: species, climate, and anthropogenic pressures on protected areas of the Central Indian Highlands

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