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Evaluating a Union between Health Care and Conservation: A Mobile Clinic Improves Park-People Relations, Yet Poaching Increases
Conservation and Society ( IF 2.492 ) Pub Date : 2019-01-01 , DOI: 10.4103/cs.cs_17_72
ColinA Chapman , Dorothy Kirumira , Deborah Baranga , Joel Hartter , Kim Valenta , Charles Tumwesigye , Wilson Kagoro

It is widely viewed that by providing employment or services to neighbouring communities, a protected area may increase positive attitudes towards conservation and discourage encroachment, but this is rarely tested. Our research examines this view by evaluating local attitudes towards the park and incidence of encroachment before and after the implementation of a novel conservation strategy – a mobile health clinic - in the predominantly agricultural communities bordering Kibale National Park, Uganda. The implementation of the mobile clinic programme coincided with a more positive attitude towards the park and a decrease in the number of people who 'disliked' the park. Despite this, the incidence of encroachment increased. There are a number of possible explanations for this contradiction, including respondents giving answers they believe will maintain the service they appreciate, and that while the local community may appreciate the mobile clinic, this appreciation is not sufficient to make people alter their behaviour because of tradition or need (e.g., the need among the very poor to feed their family or send a child to school is very high). Overall, people typically expressed that they did not have a problem with living adjacent to the park, except for the harm done by crop-raiding animals. However, local people expressed the view that they receive few benefits from the park – a perception that might be improved with more extensive use of the mobile clinic.

中文翻译:

评估医疗保健与自然保护之间的结合:移动诊所改善了公园与人之间的关系,但偷猎却在增加

人们普遍认为,通过向邻近社区提供就业或服务,保护区可以增强人们对保护的积极态度,并阻止侵害,但这很少得到检验。我们的研究通过评估在乌干达与基巴莱国家公园接壤的主要农业社区实施新的保护策略(移动医疗诊所)前后对公园的态度和侵占发生率来检验这种观点。流动诊所计划的实施与对公园更积极的态度以及“不喜欢”公园的人数减少同时发生。尽管如此,侵犯的发生率仍在增加。对于这种矛盾,有许多可能的解释,包括提供答案的受访者认为他们将维持他们欣赏的服务,并且尽管当地社区可能会喜欢流动诊所,但这种欣赏不足以使人们因为传统或需求(例如,非常贫穷的人的需求)而改变他们的行为养家糊口或送孩子上学的机会很高)。总体而言,人们通常表示,除了农作物对动物造成的伤害外,他们在公园附近的生活没有问题。但是,当地人表示,他们从公园中获得的收益很少-随着移动诊所的广泛使用,这种看法可能会得到改善。这种欣赏不足以使人们因为传统或需要而改变他们的行为(例如,非常穷的人需要养家糊口或送孩子上学的需求非常高)。总体而言,人们通常表示,除了农作物对动物造成的伤害外,他们在公园附近的生活没有问题。但是,当地人表示,他们从公园中获得的收益很少-随着移动诊所的广泛使用,这种看法可能会得到改善。这种欣赏不足以使人们因为传统或需要而改变他们的行为(例如,非常穷的人需要养家糊口或送孩子上学的需求非常高)。总体而言,人们通常表示,除了农作物对动物造成的伤害外,他们在公园附近的生活没有问题。但是,当地人表示,他们从公园中获得的收益很少-随着移动诊所的广泛使用,这种看法可能会得到改善。
更新日期:2019-01-01
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