TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding Local Peoples’ Participation as “Means” and “Ends” in Protected Areas Management
T2 - A Qualitative Study in the Heart of Borneo
AU - Inoue, Makoto
AU - Terauchi, Daisuke
AU - Fujii, Koji
AU - Tsunoda, Kazuki
AU - Okubo, Noriko
AU - Takamura, Yukari
AU - Hidayat, Herman
AU - Imang, Ndan
AU - Nanang, Martinus
AU - Voo, Peter
AU - Nath, Tapan Kumar
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful to all the people we interviewed in the fields, the government of Japan because it was financially supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 17H00804 (Project leader: Makoto Inoue), and Indonesian Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education for providing us research permission in 2018-2020.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Local people’s’participation is highly recommended in protected areas (PAs) management. This study aimed at understanding local people’s participation as “means” or tool and “ends” or empowerment in the management of Kinabalu National Park (KNP) in Sabah state of Malaysia and the Kayan Mentarang National Park (KMNP) in North Kalimantan of Indonesia, two important PAs located in the Heart of Borneo. Following Bali Guidelines by UNEP, three important aspects of public participation at the local level were evaluated by deploying qualitative research methods for key-informant interviews (KII), focus group discussions (FGD), and content analysis of policy documents. In KMNP, policies and legal framework primarily supported local peoples’ participation as “means” in park management, which was also revealed from interviews with KII and in FGD. Local communities had access to surrounding natural resources for livelihoods which is considered to be participation as “ends.” There was no policy support for formal participation of local people in KNP management, but recent informal permission to use designated park areas for farming and eco-tourism can be seen participation as “means” and as “ends.” To achieve both of “means” and “ends” fully, participation needs to be integrated into national parks’ legal system.
AB - Local people’s’participation is highly recommended in protected areas (PAs) management. This study aimed at understanding local people’s participation as “means” or tool and “ends” or empowerment in the management of Kinabalu National Park (KNP) in Sabah state of Malaysia and the Kayan Mentarang National Park (KMNP) in North Kalimantan of Indonesia, two important PAs located in the Heart of Borneo. Following Bali Guidelines by UNEP, three important aspects of public participation at the local level were evaluated by deploying qualitative research methods for key-informant interviews (KII), focus group discussions (FGD), and content analysis of policy documents. In KMNP, policies and legal framework primarily supported local peoples’ participation as “means” in park management, which was also revealed from interviews with KII and in FGD. Local communities had access to surrounding natural resources for livelihoods which is considered to be participation as “ends.” There was no policy support for formal participation of local people in KNP management, but recent informal permission to use designated park areas for farming and eco-tourism can be seen participation as “means” and as “ends.” To achieve both of “means” and “ends” fully, participation needs to be integrated into national parks’ legal system.
KW - National park
KW - Swidden-agriculture
KW - eco-tourism
KW - indigenous communities
KW - livelihoods
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U2 - 10.1080/10549811.2021.1935278
DO - 10.1080/10549811.2021.1935278
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85107537636
SN - 1054-9811
VL - 41
SP - 386
EP - 397
JO - Journal of Sustainable Forestry
JF - Journal of Sustainable Forestry
IS - 3-5
ER -