Dissertation Research: Social Norms, Markets, and Conservation in Bhutan

论文研究：不丹的社会规范、市场和保护

• 批准号: 0440722
• 负责人: Monique Borgerhoff Mulder
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of California-Davis
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-06-01 至 2007-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0440722&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Social; Norms; Markets

Development has become a key component of many conservation programs because planners assume that local residents require benefits in order to support environmental conservation. This dissertation project by a cultural anthropologist will study the interaction of social norms and integration into markets on conservation behavior in Bhutan. The proposal will test the hypothesis that strong social norms, measured as religiosity, traditional ecological knowledge, and social capital, will result in decreased resource extraction independent of household integration into a market economy and that market integration in the absence of strong social norms will lead to increased resource use. The Kingdom of Bhutan is taking a unique approach to development with an emphasis on protecting environmental and cultural heritage in the course of deliberate and conscientious economic development. The recent influx of markets has, however, begun degrading traditional values. Thirty individuals in each of eight villages will be sampled. Using surveys, behavioral scans, and participant observation, the degree of market integration and markers for social norms for conservation, will be measured. This study will contribute to the education of a doctoral student in addition to undergraduates at the Royal University of Bhutan as well as adding to the very limited anthropological and biological knowledge of one of the most isolated nations. Broader Impacts: The advance in our knowledge will be useful to conservation and development planners who must design policies that spur economic growth while limiting negative impacts on local environments. With many of the world's biodiversity hotspots in developing countries, understanding the dynamics between economic growth, social norms, and conservation is crucial to improving conservation outcomes.

发展已成为许多保护计划的关键组成部分，因为规划者认为当地居民需要利益，以支持环境保护。这篇论文项目由文化人类学家将研究社会规范和融入市场对不丹保护行为的相互作用。该提案将检验以下假设：强有力的社会规范，以宗教信仰、传统生态知识和社会资本衡量，将导致资源开采的减少，而与家庭融入市场经济无关;在没有强有力的社会规范的情况下，市场一体化将导致资源使用的增加。不丹王国正在采取一种独特的发展办法，在审慎和认真的经济发展过程中，强调保护环境和文化遗产。然而，最近市场的涌入已经开始使传统价值观下降。将在8个村庄中的每个村庄抽取30个人。使用调查，行为扫描和参与者观察，市场整合的程度和社会规范的标志，保护，将被测量。这项研究将有助于不丹皇家大学本科生和博士生的教育，并增加这个最孤立的国家之一非常有限的人类学和生物学知识。 更广泛的影响：我们知识的进步将对保护和发展规划者有用，他们必须设计刺激经济增长的政策，同时限制对当地环境的负面影响。由于世界上许多生物多样性热点都在发展中国家，因此了解经济增长、社会规范和保护之间的动态关系对于改善保护成果至关重要。