Avian conservation under two management regimes: a case study from the viewpoint of governance and social dimension

Sunil Nautiyal (), Harald Kaechele, M. S. Umesh Babu, Y. D. Imran Khan () and Himangshu Dutta
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Sunil Nautiyal: Institute for Social and Economic Change
Harald Kaechele: Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research
M. S. Umesh Babu: Jawaharlal Nehru University
Himangshu Dutta: Institute for Social and Economic Change

Environment Systems and Decisions, 2020, vol. 40, issue 1, 148-169

Abstract: Abstract The tropical regions of the world are highly vulnerable to the loss of biodiversity and the biodiversity of various ecologically important ecosystems in the tropics seems to be in jeopardy. The protected areas alone cannot conserve all the species and, hence, there is the need to expand the conservation approach beyond the boundaries of the protected areas. A study was carried out in two areas known for the conservation of bird species in India, viz. Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary (RBS) and Kokkare Bellur Village Ecosystem (KBV) in the state of Karnataka in South India. In RBS, the top-down approach is followed and bird species are conserved through policy instruments, whereas KBV is a rural ecosystem in which the social instrument has been introduced for the conservation of bird species. Two near-threatened birds Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) and the Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) are conserved in KBV. KBV is one of the five last breeding sites for the globally threatened bird species, the Spot-billed in India. A study was conducted to document the avifaunal diversity using standard methods and understand various important aspects of bird conservation in both the sites. It revealed that both RBS and KBV efficiently conserved several important bird species and had completely different mechanisms to do so. This helped to develop a proper understanding on different facets of top-down and bottom-up approaches of wildlife conservation.

Keywords: Biodiversity conservation; Protected areas; Environmental and social governance; Village ecosystem; Socio-ecological system; Community based conservation; Avian diversity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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