eco.mont Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management
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eco.mont Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management
ISSN 2073-106X
Print Edition ISSN 2073-1558 Online Edition ISBN 978-3-7001-9441-5 Online Edition Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management 15/2
06/2023 online edition Die print-Edition erscheint in der innsbruck university press License: This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Indexed by: Science Citation Index
Valerie Braun
is Managing Editor of eco.mont and Project Manager of several projects at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) Margreth Keiler is Director of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) Günter Köck is Director of the National Research Programmes at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)
Kamal Thapa
S. 20 - 27 doi:10.1553/eco.mont-15-2s20 Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften doi:10.1553/eco.mont-15-2s20
Abstract: National Parks can provide diverse benefits to those living in and around them, supporting livelihoods and providing opportunities to harvest natural resources and to participate in nature-based tourism. To explore the direct benefits to local people, a questionnaire-based survey was conducted in four villages in Langtang National Park, Nepal. Firewood and fodder / grasses were the main resources harvested by local people. Household size and the total number of livestock units were the only significant predictors of resource use (firewood and fodder). These findings suggest that local people are dependent on national park resources. Strategies to reduce firewood dependency and hence pressure on the national park forests are recommended. Keywords: firewood, Langtang National Park, local people, national park benefit, natural resource use, Nepal Published Online: 2023/06/13 11:50:43 Object Identifier: 0xc1aa5576 0x003e4ccc Rights:https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
“eco.mont – Journal of Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management” was founded as a joint initiative of the Alpine Network of Protected Areas (ALPARC), the International Scientific Committee on Research in the Alps (ISCAR), the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the University of Innsbruck. “eco.mont” offers a platform specifically for scientists and practitioners working in and on protected mountain areas in Europe and overseas. Target audiences of the journal are scientists from all related disciplines, managers of protected areas and an interested public including practitioners, visitors, teachers, etc.“eco.mont” is available by open access under CC BY-NC-ND-Licence from the Austrian Academy Press and in a printed version from Innsbruck University Press. Alpine protected areas play a key role in biodiversity conservation, but also in monitoring species and habitats. Since its first issue, eco.mont has published articles on long-term monitoring programmes in different areas of the Alps.
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Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
A-1011 Wien, Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2
Tel. +43-1-515 81/DW 3420, Fax +43-1-515 81/DW 3400 https://verlag.oeaw.ac.at, e-mail: verlag@oeaw.ac.at |