Dissertation Research: Biodiversity Conservation and Rural Communities in Bulgaria

这篇论文的研究项目在肯塔基州大学支持文化人类学的学生研究如何在保加利亚农村社区的居民理解和管理生物多样性保护。 问题是要了解全球对生物多样性保护的关注是如何通过当地非政府组织（NGO）和保加利亚山区农民的实践来调解的。 通过研究性别、年龄和种族归属差异的影响，学生将衡量资源使用和管理的水平，并研究“自然保护”和“环境”等概念的当地含义。 该地区是一个生物多样性丰富的地区。 研究方法包括对两个当地社区进行基线住户调查，对每个村庄20户家庭的自然资源使用和经济活动进行详细研究，对自然资源争端进行个案研究，收集文件，以及在当地村庄和国会大厦的非政府组织进行参与者观察和正式访谈。 除了提高我们的知识，资源利用和保护活动在后社区保加利亚，并提供一个地方层面的非政府组织的分析，这项研究有助于更广泛地了解从东欧国家社会主义对农村土地管理实践，保护工作和民间社会的过渡的影响。 该项目还增加了国家对世界这一重要地区的专业知识。

This dissertation research project at the University of Kentucky supports a cultural anthropology student studying how residents of rural communities in Bulgaria understand and manage biodiversity conservation. The problem is to understand how global concerns about biodiversity conservation are mediated by local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and practiced by mountain peasants in Bulgaria. Through studying the effects of variation in gender, age and ethnic affiliation, the student will measure levels of resource use and management and study the local meaning of concepts such as `nature conservation` and `environment`. The site is an area rich in biodiversity. Study methods include a baseline household survey of two local communities, a detailed study of natural resource use and economic activities of 20 households in each village, case studies of natural resource disputes and the collection of documents, as well as participant observation and formal interviews in local villages and in NGOs in the national capitol. In addition to enhancing our knowledge of resource use and conservation activities in post-community Bulgaria and providing a local-level analysis of NGOs, this study contributes to the broader understanding of the impact of the transition from state socialism in Eastern Europe on rural land management practices, conservation efforts and civil society. The project also increases the nation's expertise about this important region of the world.