Assessment of farmers' knowledge and perceptions towards farmland birds show the need of conservation interventions | |
Katuwal, Hem Bahadur2; Zhang, Mingxia; Baral, Hem Sagar1,6; Sharma, Hari Prasad7; Quan, Rui-Chang | |
刊名 | GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION |
2021 | |
卷号 | 27期号:xx页码:- |
关键词 | AGRI-ENVIRONMENT SCHEMES BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION PROTECTED AREAS ATTITUDES ABUNDANCE NEPAL WILLINGNESS AGRICULTURE LANDSCAPE DRIVERS |
ISSN号 | 2351-9894 |
DOI | 10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01563 |
英文摘要 | Farmland birds are facing a gradual decline in their population globally due to various anthropogenic threats. Understanding farmers' knowledge, attitudes, and perception towards the conservation of farmland birds is crucial to understand distribution and threats, as farmers often come across the birds year-round. We interviewed 743 farmers in four districts (Kapilvastu, Chitwan, Sarlahi, and Sunsari) of lowland Nepal. The majority of the interviewed farmers were male (72%), formally educated (66%), and 16 & ndash;78 years old. Around 62% of the farmers reported having seen at least one of the 15 birds that we showed them in the interview, of which 57% recognized them correctly. Farmers from protected areas identified more birds than those from non-protected areas. However, the study revealed farmers' poor understanding of birds' names at the species level, nesting, conservation status, ecosystem services provided, and bird hunting as an illegal practice. The majority of the farmers (63%) liked all 15 birds, mainly for their beautiful appearance and sounds. Bird identification ability was correlated with birds' abundance and influenced by the respondent's gender and knowledge on birds' ecological importance. Most farmers perceived that farmland birds decline was mainly due to hunting and trade, pesticides, and lack of nesting trees in the farmlands. The baseline data of this study can be used by policymakers to develop site specific conservation action plans for farmland birds. We emphasize the pressing need of conservation interventions by government and conservation organizations to increase farmers' knowledge on birds and their ecology and their importance in ecosystems through community outreach programs and school curriculum for farmland bird conservation. (c) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. CC_BY_NC_ND_4.0 |
学科主题 | Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000663455000006 |
内容类型 | 期刊论文 |
源URL | [http://ir.xtbg.org.cn/handle/353005/12289] |
专题 | 西双版纳热带植物园_2012年后新成立研究组 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Conservat Biol, Core Bot Gardens, Mengla 666303, Yunnan, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Integrat Conservat, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Mengla 666303, Yunnan, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Southeast Asia Biodivers Res Inst, Yezin 05282, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar 5.Tribhuvan Univ, Cent Dept Zool, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal 6.Zool Soc London Nepal Off, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal 7.Charles Sturt Univ, Sch Environm Sci, Albury Wodonga, Australia |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Katuwal, Hem Bahadur,Zhang, Mingxia,Baral, Hem Sagar,et al. Assessment of farmers' knowledge and perceptions towards farmland birds show the need of conservation interventions[J]. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION,2021,27(xx):-. |
APA | Katuwal, Hem Bahadur,Zhang, Mingxia,Baral, Hem Sagar,Sharma, Hari Prasad,&Quan, Rui-Chang.(2021).Assessment of farmers' knowledge and perceptions towards farmland birds show the need of conservation interventions.GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION,27(xx),-. |
MLA | Katuwal, Hem Bahadur,et al."Assessment of farmers' knowledge and perceptions towards farmland birds show the need of conservation interventions".GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION 27.xx(2021):-. |
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