Local natural resource management in its diverse manifestations holds core to its principles that the marginal and vulnerable households are empowered to manage valuable natural resources to improve social and economic equality and conserve biodiversity. Yet studies aiming to identify the impacts often show inconsistent results. Through constructing an integrated Environmental and Social Accounting Matrix (ESAM), we aim to assess how natural resources are used in different sectors and by different livelihoods, thus delivering different direct and indirect benefits to the community. The study was conducted in Namibia’s Sikunga Conservancy, which manages wildlife and fish resources in the Zambezi region. Our village-level ESAM shows an economic structure that strongly disadvantages remote households and identifies a small sector of the economy that benefits significantly from the use of natural resources. The ESAM approach is able to isolate undesirable socioeconomic developments such as unequal benefit sharing, which hinders community development.

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通过综合环境和社会经济核算评估自然资源管理

各种表现形式的当地自然资源管理是其原则的核心，即边缘和弱势家庭有权管理宝贵的自然资源，以改善社会和经济平等并保护生物多样性。然而，旨在确定影响的研究往往显示出不一致的结果。通过构建综合环境和社会核算矩阵 (ESAM)，我们旨在评估自然资源在不同部门和不同生计中的使用情况，从而为社区带来不同的直接和间接利益。该研究是在纳米比亚锡昆加保护区进行的，该保护区管理赞比西河地区的野生动物和鱼类资源。我们村级的 ESAM 显示出一种对偏远家庭不利的经济结构，并确定了从自然资源的使用中显着受益的一小部分经济部门。ESAM 方法能够隔离不利的社会经济发展，例如阻碍社区发展的不平等利益分享。