Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword by Daniel H. Janzen
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Baram River, Sarawak
- 3 Cross River, Nigeria
- 4 Siberut and Flores Islands, Indonesia
- 5 Forest fragments in China and the Philippines
- 6 Costa Rican linkage projects
- 7 Irian Jaya, Indonesian New Guinea
- 8 Project themes and practicalities
- 9 Options for conservation
- 10 Options for development
- 11 Options for changing people's minds
- 12 Summary and conclusions
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
12 - Summary and conclusions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 February 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword by Daniel H. Janzen
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Baram River, Sarawak
- 3 Cross River, Nigeria
- 4 Siberut and Flores Islands, Indonesia
- 5 Forest fragments in China and the Philippines
- 6 Costa Rican linkage projects
- 7 Irian Jaya, Indonesian New Guinea
- 8 Project themes and practicalities
- 9 Options for conservation
- 10 Options for development
- 11 Options for changing people's minds
- 12 Summary and conclusions
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The project concept
Once a group has decided to assess a potential conservation project area, the answers to certain questions will help to show if it is worthwhile to proceed further, and if so in what general direction (Chapter 8). They can be phrased in the form of a key (Box 12.1), but all call for judgements which would be aided by biological or anthropological research. If this cannot be done, the project designer should seek advice from people who know something about conservation, who are familiar with the ecosystem concerned, and who have spent time among the local people. Such expertise should first be sought locally, in the schools, universities, NGOs, or government offices close the project area, and then through national or international NGO networks.
When applying the key in Box 12.1 to a potential project area, it is important to remember the main aim of project design, which is to develop a locally appropriate project, adapted to the ecological and social realities of the project area. This may mean, for example, that if a project area is very diverse at a large scale, it can be sub-divided into smaller units until a scale is reached at which the answers to questions in Box 12.1 seem useful. A legally designated nature reserve, for example, may have been partly settled or otherwise used by various communities. Such a diverse patchwork cannot be managed for all purpose as a single unit, and any uniform management régime will be limited to what all the stakeholders can agree to.
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- Designing Conservation Projects , pp. 252 - 263Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1996