The Implementation and Sustainability of Village Conservation Agreements Around Kerinci Seblat National Park,Indonesia |
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| Authors: | Pete Wood Douglas Sheil Rudi Syaf Zulfira Warta |
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| Institution: | 1. Green Gecko Ltd , Bogor , Indonesia pete.n.wood@gmail.com;3. Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management , Norwegian University of Life Sciences , ?s , Norway;4. Center for International Forest Research (CIFOR) , Bogor , Indonesia;5. KKI-WARSI , Jambi , Indonesia;6. WWF-Indonesia , Jakarta , Indonesia |
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| Abstract: | We investigated the implementation and sustainability of village conservation agreements and village conservation grants facilitated by an integrated conservation and development project (ICDP) around the Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia, 5 years after the project closed. Forty-three percent of agreement actions (n = 180) and 30% of grant activities (n = 74) were sustained. Informants identified numerous factors influencing success, but statistical tests failed to detect simple explanations. Conservation-livelihood agreements have a greater chance of success when preexisting factors are understood and the purpose of the agreement itself is clearly defined. |
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| Keywords: | biodiversity conservation agreements ICDP Indonesia livelihoods Southeast Asia |
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