Attitudes of rural communities toward wetlands and forest fragments around Kibale National Park, Uganda.
Attitudes of rural communities toward wetlands and forest fragments around Kibale National Park, Uganda.
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DOI：
10.1080/10871200902911834
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发表时间：
2009-01-01
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1.6
通讯作者：
Hartter, J.
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作者：
Hartter, J.
乌干达西部基巴莱国家公园周围的景观特点是人口快速增长、人口密度高和集约化农业。分散在农业景观中的森林碎片和湿地为当地人民提供了重要的自然资源。然而，这些森林碎片也为动物提供了栖息地，这些动物袭击作物并威胁当地的农业实践，导致公园缓冲区内的人类与野生动物冲突。使用地理分层，随机抽样技术选择研究地点，130户Kibale以外的受访者了解人类农业野生动物的冲突，以及这些问题如何在空间上和人口统计学上的变化。灵长类动物是与作物掠夺有关的最常见的类群，长尾猴和红尾猴被列为最糟糕的作物掠夺者。狒狒和大象在靠近公园边界的农业区也是个问题。尽管报告了这些问题，但大多数答复者宁愿居住在离森林片断和湿地较近的地方，因为更容易获得自然资源。
Rapid population growth, high population density, and intensive agriculture characterize the landscape surrounding Kibale National Park in western Uganda. Forest fragments and wetlands scattered throughout the agricultural landscape provide important natural resources for local people. These forest fragments, however, also provide habitat for animals that raid crops and threaten local agricultural practices, leading to human-wildlife conflict in the buffer zone of the park. Using a geographically stratified, random sampling technique to select study sites, 130 households outside Kibale were interviewed to understand human-agriculture-wildlife conflicts and how these problems vary spatially and demographically. Primates were the most common taxa associated with crop raiding, with vervet and redtail monkeys ranked as the worst crop raiders overall. Baboons and elephants were also problematic in agricultural areas proximate to the park boundary. Despite the problems reported, most respondents prefer to live closer to forest fragments and wetlands because of greater access to natural resources.