Factors affecting buffer zone determination and management in protected areas
Protected area policies negatively affect local people whose lives depend on these resources and cause conflicts between park managers and local residents. Buffer zone management is one of the tools developed to solve the problems. For the determination of buffer zones, some social, economic and eco...
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Isparta University of Applied Sciences Faculty of Forestry
2019-12-01
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| description | Protected area policies negatively affect local people whose lives depend on these resources and cause conflicts between park managers and local residents. Buffer zone management is one of the tools developed to solve the problems. For the determination of buffer zones, some social, economic and ecological basic indicators should be defined. However, the most decisive factor is the local people living in the protected area. For this purpose, the data obtained by survey and interview method with experts working in the field and Kovada Lake National Park residents were analyzed with using SPSS 20 statistical package program. Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal Wallis H tests were used in analyzes for obtained data. In addition, frequency and percentage values were used to explain the subject. According to the results of the study, all factors to be taken into consideration in determining the buffer zone, which consists of 35 factors and evaluated by experts, received a score above 3.5 points on average and were found important by the experts. In these evaluations made by experts, the highest scores were obtained from ecological and biological factors. In the assessments made by the local people, issues related to environmental protection (protection of plants and animals, prevention of poaching) and administrative matters (legal regulations, participation, information provision) were found important. Based on these findings, the determination and management of buffer zone evaluated by experts depended on effective factors and the conditions of the study area, it is thought to be convenient and useful. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5ea0c9ce2d7e40aa9d12325434699c152023-02-15T16:11:13ZengIsparta University of Applied Sciences Faculty of ForestryTurkish Journal of Forestry2149-38982019-12-0120438139010.18182/tjf.6161001656Factors affecting buffer zone determination and management in protected areasAyhan AKYOLSavaş KARAKAYAProtected area policies negatively affect local people whose lives depend on these resources and cause conflicts between park managers and local residents. Buffer zone management is one of the tools developed to solve the problems. For the determination of buffer zones, some social, economic and ecological basic indicators should be defined. However, the most decisive factor is the local people living in the protected area. For this purpose, the data obtained by survey and interview method with experts working in the field and Kovada Lake National Park residents were analyzed with using SPSS 20 statistical package program. Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal Wallis H tests were used in analyzes for obtained data. In addition, frequency and percentage values were used to explain the subject. According to the results of the study, all factors to be taken into consideration in determining the buffer zone, which consists of 35 factors and evaluated by experts, received a score above 3.5 points on average and were found important by the experts. In these evaluations made by experts, the highest scores were obtained from ecological and biological factors. In the assessments made by the local people, issues related to environmental protection (protection of plants and animals, prevention of poaching) and administrative matters (legal regulations, participation, information provision) were found important. Based on these findings, the determination and management of buffer zone evaluated by experts depended on effective factors and the conditions of the study area, it is thought to be convenient and useful.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/tjf/issue/51103/616100?publisher=iubuprotected areasbuffer zonesustainable managementkovada lake national parkkorunan alanlartampon zongöstergelersürdürülebilir yönetimkovada gölü milli parkı |
| spellingShingle | Ayhan AKYOL Savaş KARAKAYA Factors affecting buffer zone determination and management in protected areas Turkish Journal of Forestry protected areas buffer zone sustainable management kovada lake national park korunan alanlar tampon zon göstergeler sürdürülebilir yönetim kovada gölü milli parkı |
| title | Factors affecting buffer zone determination and management in protected areas |
| title_full | Factors affecting buffer zone determination and management in protected areas |
| title_fullStr | Factors affecting buffer zone determination and management in protected areas |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors affecting buffer zone determination and management in protected areas |
| title_short | Factors affecting buffer zone determination and management in protected areas |
| title_sort | factors affecting buffer zone determination and management in protected areas |
| topic | protected areas buffer zone sustainable management kovada lake national park korunan alanlar tampon zon göstergeler sürdürülebilir yönetim kovada gölü milli parkı |
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