Spatiotemporal Contribution of Participants in Patrolling Efforts from a Forest Station, Pu Hu Nature Reserve, Vietnam

Nguyen Dinh Hai, Le Khac Dong, Duong Thi Men, Thi Huynh Nguyen Nha, Thi Thu Ha Hue and Siriporn Pradit
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Nguyen Dinh Hai: Faculty of Environmental Management, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai 90100, Thailand
Le Khac Dong: Department of Agricultural and Rural Development, Thanh Hoa 440000, Vietnam
Duong Thi Men: Hai Duong Forest Protection Department, Hai Duong 17000, Vietnam
Thi Huynh Nguyen Nha: Faculty of Finance-Banking and Business Administration, Quy Nhon University, Quy Nhon 55113, Vietnam
Thi Thu Ha Hue: Central Institute for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, Vietnam National University, Ha Noi 10000, Vietnam
Siriporn Pradit: Faculty of Environmental Management, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai 90100, Thailand

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 23, 1-11

Abstract: Understanding the contributions of participants from management practices and those from the local community to protected areas (PAs) as nature reserves, is crucial for forest protection and resource conservation. Thus, empirical studies have usually investigated whether patrolling has significantly improved forest protection action. Many previous studies have exhaustively examined the contributions to forest protection by rangers or local persons, but there has been little research on the contribution of both sides to patrol efforts with separate consideration given to each. This paper explores insights into the patrol efforts in the Nam Tien forest station. The total number of patrollers, walking distances, and working days across years were significantly different between the ranger and local person patrol groups. There was a considerable variation in the number of patrollers (Z = 2.02; p < 0.01), distance (Z = 2.45; p < 0.01) and working days (Z = 2.37; p < 0.01) between rangers and local persons related to monthly patrolling. For the traditional patrols in the various PAs, it is shown that, for long-term forest protection, local persons patrolling should be considered more, in order to achieve the sustainable conservation.

Keywords: conservation; forest protection; patrol; rangers; local persons (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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