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Evaluating the Conservation Attitudes, Awareness and Knowledge of Residents towards Vieques National Wildlife Refuge, Puerto Rico
Conservation and Society ( IF 2.492 ) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 , DOI: 10.4103/cs.cs_19_46
JoelT Heinen , Ana Guzman , JayP Sah

Numerous studies have shown that conflicts between local people and Protected Areas (PA) can undermine conservation goals. This study explores attitudes towards Vieques National Wildlife Refuge (VNWR), Puerto Rico, USA, a former military site with a controversial political history, high ecological values and a toxic legacy including unexploded ordnances as a results of the area's former use as a naval bombing range. Our objective is to evaluate how residents perceive VNWR and to elucidate conflicts associated with former and current uses of the area through semi-structured and key informant interviews. Socio-economic factors and misconceptions about management were among the variables influencing attitudes about the refuge. Overall, many residents did not express particularly strong attitudes, but there were many significant differences among demographic groups. Older and less educated individuals, and those living longer on Vieques Island, had poorer attitudes about the refuge and its management while younger, more educated, short-term residents, and those employed in the tourism sector, had more positive attitudes. The most common reasons for expressing discontent were restrictions on access and rules limiting resource extraction. Some negative concerns were false impressions of current restrictions (i.e. many resources can be legally removed from VNWR), while some others were issues not under the control of the Fish and Wildlife Service (i.e. fishing rules are set by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico). The results suggest that much more public outreach and education are urgently needed. We recommend that VNWR expand public uses where feasible and better-publicise formal regulations and the reasons for them.

中文翻译:

评估居民对维克斯国家野生动物保护区的保护态度,意识和知识,波多黎各

许多研究表明,当地人与保护区(PA)之间的冲突会破坏保护目标。这项研究探索了对美国波多黎各维克斯国家野生动物保护区(VNWR)的态度,该地区曾是一个有争议的政治历史,高生态价值和有毒遗产(包括该地区以前被用作海军轰炸的结果)的有毒遗产范围。我们的目标是评估居民对VNWR的看法,并通过半结构化和关键信息提供者访谈来阐明与该地区以前和当前使用相关的冲突。社会经济因素和对管理的误解是影响人们对避难所态度的变量。总体而言,许多居民并未表现出特别强烈的态度,但是不同的人口群体之间存在许多显着差异。受教育程度较低的人,以及在别克斯岛居住时间更长的人,对避难所及其管理的态度较差,而受过教育的短期居民和受过旅游教育的年轻人的态度则更为积极。表达不满的最常见原因是访问限制和限制资源提取的规则。一些负面的担忧是对当前限制的错误印象(即可以合法地从VNWR中删除许多资源),而另一些则是不受鱼类和野生动物服务局控制的问题(即,捕鱼规则由波多黎各联邦制定)。结果表明,迫切需要更多的公众宣传和教育。
更新日期:2020-01-01
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