Spatial and temporal patterns of fuelwood collection in Wolong Nature Reserve: Implications for panda conservation
Spatial and temporal patterns of fuelwood collection in Wolong Nature Reserve: Implications for panda conservation
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DOI：
10.1016/j.landurbplan.2009.01.010
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发表时间：
2009-08-15
影响因子：
9.1
通讯作者：
Liu, Jianguo
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作者：
He, Guangming;Chen, Xiaodong;Liu, Jianguo
大约 30 亿人（世界人口的一半）仍在日常生活中使用薪材。薪材采集已被认为是栖息地破碎、退化和生物多样性丧失的一个重要因素，特别是在发展中国家。了解薪材采集的空间和时间模式对于了解人类与环境的相互作用和设计有效的保护政策至关重要。以中国卧龙大熊猫（Ailuropoda melanoleuca）自然保护区为例，我们调查了200个农户过去三十年（1970年代、1980年代和1990年代）薪柴收集点的位置以及其他生态、经济、社会和人口数据。我们发现，从 20 世纪 70 年代到 90 年代，薪柴收集地点的海拔越来越高、越来越偏远，也越来越接近高度适宜的大熊猫栖息地。因此，薪材收集者需要长途跋涉前往具有挑战性的地区，在我们的例子中，前往高质量大熊猫栖息地的地区。这些薪材采集的时空模式表明，未来对大熊猫和世界各地其他物种的保护政策还应考虑当地社区的需求。 (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. 保留所有权利。
Approximately 3 billion people, half of the World's population, are still using fuelwood in their daily lives. Fuelwood collection has been recognized as an important factor in habitat fragmentation and degradation and biodiversity loss, especially in developing countries. Understanding spatial and temporal patterns of fuelwood collection is fundamental to understanding human-environment interactions and designing effective conservation policies. Using Wolong Nature Reserve for giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) in China as an example, we surveyed 200 rural households for the locations of their fuelwood collection sites in the past three decades (1970s, 1980s, and 1990s) and other ecological, economic, social, and demographic data. We found that fuelwood collection sites were becoming higher in elevation, more remote, and closer to highly suitable panda habitat from the 1970s to the 1990s. Consequently, fuelwood collectors were traveling longer distances to physically challenging areas, in our case, to areas of high-quality panda habitat. These spatial and temporal patterns of fuelwood collection suggest that future conservation policies for giant pandas, and other species worldwide, should also consider the needs of local communities. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.