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Challenges to nature conservation with community development in central African forests

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Andrew J. Noss
Andrew J. Noss
Affiliation:
Wildlife Conservation Society, Casilla 2417, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
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Based on field research in the Central African Republic, this article discusses several social and economic challenges to conservation programmes that include community development components. These interrelated challenges include immigration as people elsewhere are attracted to economic opportunities, the lack of tenure of land and natural resources, diversification of economic and subsistence strategies, ethnic diversity and the lack of a conservation ethic. Addressing these challenges requires fundamental socio-economic change.

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Oryx , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , July 1997, pp. 180 - 188
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Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1997

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