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      Involving local communities in natural resource management : xilingol biosphere reserve

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      Date
      2007-04-25
      Author
      Zhang, Yijun
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      This study is to assess natural resource management practices in Xilingol Biosphere Reserve (XBR) located in northern China in their institutional contexts. Institutions including legislation, regulations and administrative structures, responsibilities associated with land and resource rights, decision making powers and processes, and community participation, and the interactions between these institutions have exerted great impacts on how natural resources are used and managed in XBR. Local people have experienced great socioeconomic losses accompanied with the establishment of XBR. However, they have not been provided with adequate compensation for their lost benefits. This gave rise to the conflict between local people and XBR. The findings indicate that partnerships prove to be an inevitable trend for improving the reserve management and facilitating the resolution of a series of issues facing XBR.
      Degree
      Master of Arts (M.A.)
      Department
      Geography
      Program
      Geography
      Supervisor
      Bell, Scott M.
      Committee
      Reed, Maureen; Guo, Xulin
      Copyright Date
      April 2007
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-04242007-221612
      Subject
      biosphere reserve
      Xilingol Biosphere Reserve
      institutions
      natural resource management
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