Biology- Balancing the conflict between conservation and human needs, The Terai region
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- Created on: 06-11-20 13:45
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- The Terai region
- Why is there a conflict between conservation and human needs?
- Expansion of agriculture in forested areas
- Destroys habitats and biodiversity
- Grazing from farm animals
- Destroys habitats, overcrowding
- Over-exploitation of forest resources
- Reduces biodiversity and no sustainable management
- Replacementof traditional agricultural crop varieties with modern ones
- Changing the ecosystem and human intervention
- Rural livelihoods heavily dependent on forest
- Sustainable sources of fuel
- Animal feed
- Food
- Building materials
- Agricultural and household tools
- Medicine
- Expansion of agriculture in forested areas
- How are they balancing the conflict?
- WWF and Nepalese government introduced community forestry initiatives where local people had rights to exploit it but responsible to look after it
- These groups created forest corridors between national parks
- Counteracting poachers and illegal felling
- WWF and Nepalese government introduced community forestry initiatives where local people had rights to exploit it but responsible to look after it
- Positive Consequences
- Community forest user groups have earned thousands of dollars from tourism activities
- Conservation has proved successful as recent data suggests tigers are using corridors to increase their population size
- Why is there a conflict between conservation and human needs?
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