Knowledge and perceptions of rural and urban communities towards small protected areas: Insights from Ghana

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/60460709:41340/22:92133
Result on the web
<a href="https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.4257" target="_blank" >https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.4257</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4257" target="_blank" >10.1002/ecs2.4257</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Knowledge and perceptions of rural and urban communities towards small protected areas: Insights from Ghana
Original language description
Conservationists recognize that protected areas (PAs) have limited prospects without the involvement and support of local people. People inherently express positive perceptions to nature and support for wildlife conservation. Yet, people in rural and urban communities may differ in their knowledge and perceptions of benefits and costs of nearby small-size PAs, which induce a vital impact on the effectiveness of PAs and conservation goal achievements. We investigated local peoples knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes around rural PAs (Bomfobiri Wildlife Sanctuaries, Shai Hills Resource Reserve, and Ankasa Conservation Area) and urban PAs (Owabi Wildlife Sanctuaries) in Ghana. Based on a questionnaire survey (928 respondents) in communities surrounding the parks, the perception of benefits from PAs was mainly for ecological reasons and did not differ between PAs. However, the perception of costs incurred by PAs differed between urban and rural PAs. The locals of the urban PA perceived fewer costs (cro
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50704 - Environmental sciences (social aspects)

Project
<a href="/en/project/EF19_074%2F0016295" target="_blank" >EF19_074/0016295: Drivers and mechanisms of habitat selection and movement patterns of native ungulate communities in relation to resource distribution and livestock grazing in West African protected areas</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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