Protected areas (PA) often adopt buffer zone program to share PA benefit with local people
and improve community support for conservation. However, the effectiveness of such …

Programmes focused on buffer zones (BZs) and park revenue-sharing (PRS) are aimed at
sharing protected area (PA) benefits with local communities to meet their development …

Background and Research Aims: Buffer zone programs aim to reduce park-people conflicts
by improving local livelihoods through integrated conservation and development activities. A …

The Buffer Zone (BZ) concept has been introduced in Nepal as a key component of the
national biodiversity conservation strategy to mitigate the impacts of protected areas on local …

Abstract Protected Areas (PAs) are set aside for biodiversity conservation but at the same
time they are recognized for their role in supporting development goals. However, the …

Buffer zones around parks/reserves are designed to maintain ecological integrity and to
ensure community participation in biodiversity conservation. We studied the fund utilization …

This paper investigates local recognition of the link between incentive-based program (IBP)
benefits and conservation, and how perceptions of benefits and linkage influence attitudes …

Local communities living adjacent to protected areas (PA) play a vital role in biodiversity
conservation. Understanding communities' use and perceptions of a PA will increase its …

Protected areas are integral to the global effort to conserve biodiversity, and, over the past
two decades, protected area managers have begun to recognize that conservation …

The question of how to balance conservation and development for communities living
adjacent to protected areas is difficult. Win-win solutions that meet the needs of people and …