Mitigating People-Park Conflicts on Resource Use through Ecotourism:A Case of the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve,Indian Himalaya  

作　　者：Chandra Prakash KALA Rakesh Kumar MAIKHURI 

机构地区：[1]Ecosystem and Environment Management,Indian Institute of Forest Management [2]G.B.Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development Post.

出　　处：《Journal of Mountain Science》2011年第1期87-95,共9页山地科学学报（英文）

摘　　要：Eeotourism aims to deliver the philosophy of sustainable development through environmental conservation as well as socio-economic development. Areas with rich biodiversity and scenic beauty, like the Indian Himalayan region, have been one of the major destination centers for nature lovers from historical time. In view of conserving the rich biodiversity and natural heritage of the Himalayan region 92 protected areas have been set aside, of these Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve （NDBR） is a well known world heritage site. Over a period of time establishing NDBR has invited conficts between the local people and reserve authorities on the management approaches and utilization criteria of the natural resources, especially banning the traditional bio-resource collection rights of local community, expeditions, trekking, and other anthropogenic activities in the core zones. The present study aims to understand and analyze the various people - park conflicts, and also to suggest ways to mitigate such conflicts in view of biodiversity conservation and improvement of economic status of local people by promoting eeotourism. With this view the study further discusses the various aspects of eeotourism, its pros and cons, and the avenues of developing appropriate strategies for promotion of ecotourism in buffer zone areas of NDBR.

关 键 词：Eeo-tourism Indian Himalaya NandaDevi Biosphere Reserve Nature conservation People-park conflicts 

分 类 号：Q16[生物学—普通生物学]