Doctoral Dissertation Research: Human Dimensions of Conservation Corridors: Cordillera Blanca in Peru

博士论文研究：保护走廊的人文维度：秘鲁的布兰卡山脉

• 批准号: 0117806
• 负责人: Gregory Knapp
• 金额: $ 0.4万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Austin
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-09-01 至 2004-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0117806&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Human; Dimensions

Groups interested in preserving natural environments have developed a suite of approaches toward achieving this goal. One of those strategies has been the development of conservation corridor. This environmental conservation plan that is based on principles of connectivity and networks between landscape patches. The design aims to connect isolated, managed landscapes, such as national parks and nature reserves, by preserving, restoring, or conserving the surrounding landscape. This doctoral dissertation research project will examine the viability of the conservation corridor approach in the Cordillera Blanca and the Cordillera Huayhuash of Peru. A conservation corridor has been proposed to connect the protected Huascaran National Park, which contains the Cordillera Blanca, and the unprotected Cordillera Huayhuash to the south. National and International environmental organizations in the region advocate the establishment of a corridor to protect the mountain ecosystem and to develop a connected network of protected areas. While ecological data support conservation plans for a corridor, the social context and consequences of a conservation corridor have not been studies. This project will address the human dimensions of this conservation agenda by investigating the various actions and articulations of people involved in a corridor initiative and by examining the spatial attributes and the land use and land cover of the proposed corridor. The research will use qualitative and spatially quantitative data to assess and analyze the social and spatial dynamics of the conservation corridor. Formal and informal interviews as well as participant observation will elucidate how local people are becoming engaged in the corridor and becoming socially networked within the boundary of the corridor. Integrated conservation and development projects throughout the corridor will be visited and cataloged. Satellite imagery and a geographic information system (GIS) will facilitate a spatially explicit analysis for data about the land use and land cover of the corridor and areas where conservation and development projects are targeted. Fieldwork in Peru will reveal the land-use decisions and conservation concerns of informants and will be combined with land-cover data from training samples. These data will be compiled into an attribute database to analyze the location and the type of conservation activities taking place within the corridor boundary. Spatial and statistical analysis will be conducted in order to assess the role of social and spatial networks involved in conservation corridors and to test the hypothesis that social linkages formed in the corridor are creating new opportunities and building social capital for local people.Conservation corridors are being widely accepted as a means of landscape management. This research will address the potential social benefits of conservation and community development planning by focusing on the social linkages and networks that are formed as a result of conservation initiatives. The results of this project should help strengthen or challenge existing conservation and park agendas. The project will provide socioeconomic, land-use, and land-cover data for this region of Peru, and it will contribute to broader understandings of the human dimensions of global change. The project will also provide insights into social aspects of regional conservation plans and the linkages that are involved at different political and geographic scales. As a Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement award, this award also will provide support to enable a promising student to establish a strong independent research career.

对保护自然环境感兴趣的团体已经开发了一套实现这一目标的方法。这些战略之一就是发展保护走廊。这一环境保护计划是基于景观斑块之间的连通性和网络的原则。该设计旨在通过保护、恢复或保护周围的景观，将孤立的、受管理的景观连接起来，如国家公园和自然保护区。这项博士论文研究项目将在秘鲁的科迪莱拉·布兰卡和科迪莱拉·华伊华什考察保护走廊方法的可行性。已经提出了一条保护走廊，将受保护的华斯卡兰国家公园(其中包括科迪勒拉·布兰卡)和南部未受保护的科迪莱拉·华伊华什连接起来。该区域的国家和国际环境组织主张建立一条走廊，以保护山区生态系统，并发展一个相互关联的保护区网络。虽然生态数据支持走廊的保护计划，但保护走廊的社会背景和后果尚未得到研究。该项目将通过调查参与走廊倡议的人们的各种行动和表达，以及审查拟议走廊的空间属性和土地利用和土地覆盖，来处理这一保护议程的人的层面。这项研究将使用定性和空间定量数据来评估和分析保护走廊的社会和空间动态。正式和非正式访谈以及参与者观察将阐明当地人是如何参与走廊并在走廊边界内建立社会网络的。将对整个走廊的综合保护和发展项目进行参观和编目。卫星图像和地理信息系统将促进对关于走廊和养护和发展项目目标地区的土地利用和土地覆盖的数据进行空间上的明确分析。在秘鲁的实地调查将揭示举报人的土地使用决定和保护关切，并将与培训样本中的土地覆盖数据结合起来。这些数据将被汇编到一个属性数据库中，以分析走廊边界内发生的保护活动的位置和类型。将进行空间和统计分析，以评估社会和空间网络在保护走廊中的作用，并检验走廊中形成的社会联系正在为当地人创造新的机会和建立社会资本的假设。保护走廊正被广泛接受为景观管理的一种手段。这项研究将讨论保护和社区发展规划的潜在社会效益，重点放在由于保护倡议而形成的社会联系和网络。该项目的成果应该有助于加强或挑战现有的保护和公园议程。该项目将提供秘鲁这一地区的社会经济、土地利用和土地覆盖数据，并将有助于更广泛地理解全球变化的人类层面。该项目还将深入了解区域保护计划的社会方面以及在不同政治和地理范围内涉及的联系。作为博士论文研究改进奖，该奖项还将提供支持，使有前途的学生建立一个强大的独立研究生涯。