Stakeholders' perceptions of protected area management following a nationwide community-based conservation reform.

ABSTRACT: People's perceptions can point to reasons for conservation support or lack thereof. In this study, we surveyed the perceptions of conservation among local stakeholders who participated in protected area (PA) management following a reform towards community-based conservation in Norway. We analyzed the link between perceptions of threats to conservation values, prioritized management actions and trust in PA governance, and assessed how these perceptions aligned with the stakeholders' preferred overarching conservation approach and their support for PAs. Conservation perceptions differed mostly between property owners and representatives of nature conservation (such as NGOs). Property owners perceived modern farming, grazing and hay making, and securing the interests of rights holders as a pr

SUBMITTER: Engen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6481814 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature