Environmental Globalization, Organizational Form, and Expected Benefits from Protected Areas in Central America
Environmental globalization has led to the implementation of conservation efforts like the creation of protected areas that often promote the interests of core countries in poorer regions. The creation of protected areas in poor areas frequently creates tensions between human needs like food and she...
Saved in:
| Published in: | Rural sociology Vol. 71; no. 3; pp. 429 - 450 |
|---|---|
| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Oxford, UK
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
01-09-2006
Rural Sociological Society |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Get full text |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| Summary: | Environmental globalization has led to the implementation of conservation efforts like the creation of protected areas that often promote the interests of core countries in poorer regions. The creation of protected areas in poor areas frequently creates tensions between human needs like food and shelter and environmental conservation. Support for such conservation efforts partially depends on expectations of benefits by those impacted. This article considers the effects of different organizational models on local expectations of benefits to be derived from protected areas. Our analysis indicates that individuals are more likely to expect that benefits of the park go to other communities or the nation as a whole than to expect direct benefits for themselves. Forms of park organization also impact these expectations. Individuals exposed to the zoned park, as opposed to a conventional, strictly protected park, were more likely to expect benefits from the park regardless of the beneficiary considered. In addition, for those exposed to the zoned park, location of residence is related to expectation that individuals will benefit themselves. However, our interviews with park residents also indicate that the expectations of individual benefits are rarely met, creating potential dissatisfaction and sometimes animosity toward the park administration. |
|---|---|
| Bibliography: | istex:B7F0EA5A2F41C92F9D1233D2C5663401602F83E3 Acknowledgments: Funding for this project was provided by the National Science Foundation Grant #SBR-9613493, Policy, Norms and Values in Forest Conservation: "Protected Area Buffer Zone Management in Central America." The authors take full responsibility for the content and any errors in presentation. Direct all correspondence to: Max J. Pfeffer, Development Sociology Department, Warren Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-7801: mjp5@cornell.edu, Tel: 607-255-9954, Fax: 607-255-9499. ark:/67375/WNG-176QSBL2-9 ArticleID:RUSO242 Tel: 607‐255‐9954, Fax: 607‐255‐9499. Acknowledgments: Funding for this project was provided by the National Science Foundation Grant #SBR‐9613493, Policy, Norms and Values in Forest Conservation: “Protected Area Buffer Zone Management in Central America.” The authors take full responsibility for the content and any errors in presentation. Direct all correspondence to: Max J. Pfeffer, Development Sociology Department, Warren Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853‐7801 mjp5@cornell.edu ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 ObjectType-Article-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 |
| ISSN: | 0036-0112 1549-0831 |
| DOI: | 10.1526/003601106778070662 |