Document Type
Thesis
Major/Program
Environmental Studies
First Advisor's Name
Joel T. Heinen
First Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Chair
Second Advisor's Name
Mahadev G. Bhat
Third Advisor's Name
Raymond Scattone
Keywords
cbnrm, zambia, conservation, attitudes, protected areas, conflict, national park, poaching
Date of Defense
6-24-2011
Abstract
In an understocked game management area surrounding privately managed Kasanka national park in the Central Province of Zambia, local attitudes towards conservation and park-people relations were examined in the context of a community based natural resource management program. A semi-structured questionnaire was administered to 260 households and a multiple linear regression was used to analyze the data.
Significant socioeconomic factors and attributes of households relevant in explaining positive conservation attitudes were education, employment with the park, and experience with outreach efforts. Outreach though is constrained by the limits on revenue generation of a small park, low communication of program purpose, and poor relations between park management and the chief. Support for conservation is undermined by antagonism between locals and wildlife scouts and crop damage by elephants. However, attitudes should improve with a strategy to address human-elephant conflict and enhance communication of the programs accomplishments and objectives.
Identifier
FI11080302
Recommended Citation
Chidakel, Alexander, "Conservation Attitudes and Community Based Natural Resource Management in an Understocked Game Management Area of Zambia" (2011). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 450.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/450
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