Large Differences in Livelihood Responses and Outcomes to Increased Conservation Enforcement in a Protected Area.

ABSTRACT: Despite the popularity of integrated conservation and development approaches to protected area management, adjacent communities increasingly face livelihood dilemmas. Yet understanding of how market processes and conservation enforcement interact to influence livelihood responses remains limited. Targeting eight villages in Nam Et-Phou Louey (NEPL) National Park in northern Lao PDR, we draw on survey data with 255 households, 93 semi-structured interviews, and meso-level data on village conditions to examine how residents navigate associated livelihood dilemmas. A cluster analysis reveals five livelihood types with divergent capacities to engage in market development and cope with enforcement pressures. We show how market linkages, historical conservation interventions, and local access co

SUBMITTER: Persson J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8496435 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature