Understanding local people's use of time: a pre-condition for good co-management

Development of management plans collaboratively with local people (e.g. co-management) is now an important means of protected area conservation. Yet formal protected area managers often need more specific information about the local people with whom they want to co-manage resources. We propose wider...

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Main Authors: Colfer, C.J.P., Wadley, R.L., Venkateswarlu, P.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 1999
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18057
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description Development of management plans collaboratively with local people (e.g. co-management) is now an important means of protected area conservation. Yet formal protected area managers often need more specific information about the local people with whom they want to co-manage resources. We propose wider use of a method, which we describe, for studying time allocation, as an early step in the co-management of conservation areas. Use of time allocation data in co-management is illustrated from a conservation project in Danau Sentarum Wildlife Reserve (DSWR) in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Data from spot observations were analysed at three levels, namely those of 'macro-categories' (production, reproduction and leisure), an intermediate level (e.g. agriculture and f ood preparation), and that of individual activities (such as fishing, collection of forest foods and hunting). In the DSWR, the allocation of time differed according to gender, ethnicity and seasonality, throughout the year of the study. Our experience suggests that knowledge of such patterns of behaviour can help conservation area managers to understand local people's needs and desires better, improve managers' rapport with local people, and make better cooperative plans with local people
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spelling CGSpace180572025-01-24T14:13:17Z Understanding local people's use of time: a pre-condition for good co-management Colfer, C.J.P. Wadley, R.L. Venkateswarlu, P. nature conservation cooperation fishing gender relations iban management melayu methodology protected areas seasonal behaviour shifting cultivation local population Development of management plans collaboratively with local people (e.g. co-management) is now an important means of protected area conservation. Yet formal protected area managers often need more specific information about the local people with whom they want to co-manage resources. We propose wider use of a method, which we describe, for studying time allocation, as an early step in the co-management of conservation areas. Use of time allocation data in co-management is illustrated from a conservation project in Danau Sentarum Wildlife Reserve (DSWR) in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Data from spot observations were analysed at three levels, namely those of 'macro-categories' (production, reproduction and leisure), an intermediate level (e.g. agriculture and f ood preparation), and that of individual activities (such as fishing, collection of forest foods and hunting). In the DSWR, the allocation of time differed according to gender, ethnicity and seasonality, throughout the year of the study. Our experience suggests that knowledge of such patterns of behaviour can help conservation area managers to understand local people's needs and desires better, improve managers' rapport with local people, and make better cooperative plans with local people 1999 2012-06-04T09:06:03Z 2012-06-04T09:06:03Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18057 en Colfer C. J. P., Wadley, R.L., Venkateswarlu, P. 1999. Understanding local people's use of time: a pre-condition for good co-management . Environmental Conservation 26 (1) :41-52. ISSN: 0376-8929.
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local population
Colfer, C.J.P.
Wadley, R.L.
Venkateswarlu, P.
Understanding local people's use of time: a pre-condition for good co-management
title Understanding local people's use of time: a pre-condition for good co-management
title_full Understanding local people's use of time: a pre-condition for good co-management
title_fullStr Understanding local people's use of time: a pre-condition for good co-management
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title_short Understanding local people's use of time: a pre-condition for good co-management
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topic nature conservation
cooperation
fishing
gender relations
iban
management
melayu
methodology
protected areas
seasonal behaviour
shifting cultivation
local population
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