The term community-based wildlife conservation (CWC) refers to wildlife conservation efforts that... more The term community-based wildlife conservation (CWC) refers to wildlife conservation efforts that involve indigenous people as an integral part of wildlife conservation policy. The key elements of such program are that the local communities participate in resource planning and management and the gain economically from the wildlife preservation in diverse ways. CBC is seen as an alternative to the more rigid protectionist policies of the past which often alienated indigenous people from conservation policy planning. This new approach acts to make the rural people a constituency for wildlife and therefore active backers of wildlife protection. In a time were Africa is battling with severe social and economic problems such as poverty, long-standing economic stagnation, rapid population growth, and environmental deterioration due to the primitive means of livelihood options, the application of CWC may be not seem readily or successfully swift as the advocates will hope but rather gradual integration of this policy will help reduce forest encroachment and wildlife exploitation to a very large extent. This study on villages and communities within the Akamkpa Local Government Area accessed the efforts the communities surrounding the Protected Area of Cross River National Park, Oban Division play in wildlife conservation, the study accessed the attitudes and behavior of local people towards wildlife conservation, indigenous people’s awareness of wildlife resources and conservation, contributions of the Park Management to support-zone communities in a way to encourage conservation, the study also highlights the possible conflicts between indigenous people’s economic needs and the implementation of community conservation vis-à-vis proffer solutions to problems through recommendations. Two hypotheses were formulated for the study, data was collected using questionnaires, oral interviews with community members. The study population and study area was derived through random sampling, two hundred (200) questionnaires were distributed to community members and were all retrieved and analyzed. This study revealed that over-hunting, forest encroachment through agricultural activities an excessive fishing amongst others are the major challenges facing wildlife conservation in Akamkpa. Thus CWC initiation can work to produce a better relationship between wildlife and people, but only a vast improvement in the lives of the local people will ultimately produce a more secure future for the wildlife in the area.
The term community-based wildlife conservation (CWC) refers to wildlife conservation efforts that... more The term community-based wildlife conservation (CWC) refers to wildlife conservation efforts that involve indigenous people as an integral part of wildlife conservation policy. The key elements of such program are that the local communities participate in resource planning and management and the gain economically from the wildlife preservation in diverse ways. CBC is seen as an alternative to the more rigid protectionist policies of the past which often alienated indigenous people from conservation policy planning. This new approach acts to make the rural people a constituency for wildlife and therefore active backers of wildlife protection. In a time were Africa is battling with severe social and economic problems such as poverty, long-standing economic stagnation, rapid population growth, and environmental deterioration due to the primitive means of livelihood options, the application of CWC may be not seem readily or successfully swift as the advocates will hope but rather gradual integration of this policy will help reduce forest encroachment and wildlife exploitation to a very large extent. This study on villages and communities within the Akamkpa Local Government Area accessed the efforts the communities surrounding the Protected Area of Cross River National Park, Oban Division play in wildlife conservation, the study accessed the attitudes and behavior of local people towards wildlife conservation, indigenous people’s awareness of wildlife resources and conservation, contributions of the Park Management to support-zone communities in a way to encourage conservation, the study also highlights the possible conflicts between indigenous people’s economic needs and the implementation of community conservation vis-à-vis proffer solutions to problems through recommendations. Two hypotheses were formulated for the study, data was collected using questionnaires, oral interviews with community members. The study population and study area was derived through random sampling, two hundred (200) questionnaires were distributed to community members and were all retrieved and analyzed. This study revealed that over-hunting, forest encroachment through agricultural activities an excessive fishing amongst others are the major challenges facing wildlife conservation in Akamkpa. Thus CWC initiation can work to produce a better relationship between wildlife and people, but only a vast improvement in the lives of the local people will ultimately produce a more secure future for the wildlife in the area.
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In a time were Africa is battling with severe social and economic problems such as poverty, long-standing economic stagnation, rapid population growth, and environmental deterioration due to the primitive means of livelihood options, the application of CWC may be not seem readily or successfully swift as the advocates will hope but rather gradual integration of this policy will help reduce forest encroachment and wildlife exploitation to a very large extent. This study on villages and communities within the Akamkpa Local Government Area accessed the efforts the communities surrounding the Protected Area of Cross River National Park, Oban Division play in wildlife conservation, the study accessed the attitudes and behavior of local people towards wildlife conservation, indigenous people’s awareness of wildlife resources and conservation, contributions of the Park Management to support-zone communities in a way to encourage conservation, the study also highlights the possible conflicts between indigenous people’s economic needs and the implementation of community conservation vis-à-vis proffer solutions to problems through recommendations. Two hypotheses were formulated for the study, data was collected using questionnaires, oral interviews with community members. The study population and study area was derived through random sampling, two hundred (200) questionnaires were distributed to community members and were all retrieved and analyzed. This study revealed that over-hunting, forest encroachment through agricultural activities an excessive fishing amongst others are the major challenges facing wildlife conservation in Akamkpa. Thus CWC initiation can work to produce a better relationship between wildlife and people, but only a vast improvement in the lives of the local people will ultimately produce a more secure future for the wildlife in the area.
In a time were Africa is battling with severe social and economic problems such as poverty, long-standing economic stagnation, rapid population growth, and environmental deterioration due to the primitive means of livelihood options, the application of CWC may be not seem readily or successfully swift as the advocates will hope but rather gradual integration of this policy will help reduce forest encroachment and wildlife exploitation to a very large extent. This study on villages and communities within the Akamkpa Local Government Area accessed the efforts the communities surrounding the Protected Area of Cross River National Park, Oban Division play in wildlife conservation, the study accessed the attitudes and behavior of local people towards wildlife conservation, indigenous people’s awareness of wildlife resources and conservation, contributions of the Park Management to support-zone communities in a way to encourage conservation, the study also highlights the possible conflicts between indigenous people’s economic needs and the implementation of community conservation vis-à-vis proffer solutions to problems through recommendations. Two hypotheses were formulated for the study, data was collected using questionnaires, oral interviews with community members. The study population and study area was derived through random sampling, two hundred (200) questionnaires were distributed to community members and were all retrieved and analyzed. This study revealed that over-hunting, forest encroachment through agricultural activities an excessive fishing amongst others are the major challenges facing wildlife conservation in Akamkpa. Thus CWC initiation can work to produce a better relationship between wildlife and people, but only a vast improvement in the lives of the local people will ultimately produce a more secure future for the wildlife in the area.