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Community participation in the environmental management of limestone (Hin Namno) National Protected Area in Boualapha District, Khammouane Province, Lao PDR
Thesis Abstract:
Community participation in the sustainable management of limestone (Hin Namno) National Protected Area project in Boualapha District, Khammouane Province, Lao PDR was evaluated. Two types of questionnaires were developed for different groups of respondents to seek their perception and involvement in the community. The results of the statistical analysis among the key informants and respondents were analyzed.
The Lao PDR government implemented the land allocation program and promoted community participation in three communities in 2002. Each community had its own land use types that include construction, cultural, agricultural, and forest lands. Forest lands were divided into conservation, protected, production, and rehabilitation forest.
About 85 percent of the respondents participated in various activities of natural resources management in planning, implementation, decision-making, monitoring and evaluation, and sharing personal property.
Water and forests were used properly and as a result, limited conflicts were observed both among the villagers and other nearby villages. However, wildlife population was decreasing and some endangered species reportedly disappeared in the area. About 60 percent of the harvesting of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) and wildlife hunting were traded. As for fishing, some local people indicated that some fishers catch fish within the fishery conservation area.