Park - People conflict in Langtang National Park, Nepal : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Parks and Recreation Management at Lincoln University
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description: Out of 23 village units that are dependent on Park resources for wood and pasture, nine village units were randomly selected for detailed investigation. The investigation included structured questionnaire interviews of 212 randomly selected heads of households and 62 Park staff (who were currently working in different units within the Park administrative system). In addition, a self-administered questionnaire survey was done. This comprised 33 office-heads of Rasuwa administrative district headquarters at Dhunche located inside the Park boundary. Some in-depth interviews were carried out with selected people such as local leaders and wildlife biologists to get some additional qualitative information. A comparative study is made of local people's understanding of the purpose of Langtang National Park with the other two groups (i.e., Park staff and office-heads). This study revealed a positive perception of each group on the issue and made it obvious that purposes of the Park do not appear to be an area of conflict between the park administration and the local population, but the degree of commitment to these purposes is less strongly held by local people. Wild-pig was found to be the principal crop raiding animal, followed by Himalayan black bear, monkey and deer species. This resulted in resentment of the local people towards the Park administration. Adoption of wild-pig farming by capturing young wild-pigs and selective culling of old ones has been proposed as a solution to the problem and also a source for income generation for the local people through meat trading. Adoption of land-use zoning and the declaration of "buffer-zones" have been proposed as a solution to the problems of crop and livestock depredation by other park wildlife through implementation of community forest resource development activities in the buffer areas. Buffer zones can function as multiple-use management areas for the purposes of reducing the movement of park wildlife towards settlements…
abstract: Out of 23 village units that are dependent on Park resources for wood and pasture, nine village units were randomly selected for detailed investigation. The investigation included structured questionnaire interviews of 212 randomly selected heads of households and 62 Park staff (who were currently working in different units within the Park administrative system). In addition, a self-administered questionnaire survey was done. This comprised 33 office-heads of Rasuwa administrative district headquarters at Dhunche located inside the Park boundary. Some in-depth interviews were carried out with selected people such as local leaders and wildlife biologists to get some additional qualitative information. A comparative study is made of local people's understanding of the purpose of Langtang National Park with the other two groups (i.e., Park staff and office-heads). This study revealed a positive perception of each group on the issue and made it obvious that purposes of the Park do not appear to be an area of conflict between the park administration and the local population, but the degree of commitment to these purposes is less strongly held by local people. Wild-pig was found to be the principal crop raiding animal, followed by Himalayan black bear, monkey and deer species. This resulted in resentment of the local people towards the Park administration. Adoption of wild-pig farming by capturing young wild-pigs and selective culling of old ones has been proposed as a solution to the problem and also a source for income generation for the local people through meat trading. Adoption of land-use zoning and the declaration of "buffer-zones" have been proposed as a solution to the problems of crop and livestock depredation by other park wildlife through implementation of community forest resource development activities in the buffer areas. Buffer zones can function as multiple-use management areas for the purposes of reducing the movement of park wildlife towards settlements…
author: Kharel, Fanindra Raj
language: en
keywords: local people, park staff, office-heads, Nepal, conflict, administration, Langtang, national parks, boundary, wildlife, wild-pigs, resource dependents, concessions, conservation, tourism, impacts, problems, solutions, buffer zone, community forestry, development, ANZSRC::1506 Tourism
license: https://researcharchive.lincoln.ac.nz/pages/rights
date published: 1993
date modified: 2026-07-24T02:50:42Z
provider: Lincoln University
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: Lincoln University

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