Sheil Douglas, Puri Rajindra, Wan Meilinda, Basuki Imam, van Heist Miriam, Liswanti Nining, Rachmatika Ike, Samsoedin Ismayadi
Center for International Forestry Research, Jakarta, Indonesia
Ambio. 2006 Feb;35(1):17-24. doi: 10.1579/0044-7447-35.1.17.
Tropical forest people often suffer from the same processes that threaten biodiversity. An improved knowledge of what is important to local people could improve decision making. This article examines the usefulness of explicitly asking what is important to local people. Our examples draw on biodiversity surveys in East Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo). With local communities we characterized locally valued habitats, species, and sites, and their significance. This process clarified various priorities and threats, suggested refinements and limits to management options, and indicated issues requiring specific actions, further investigation, or both. It also shows how biological evaluations are more efficient with local guidance, and reveals potential for collaborations between local communities and those concerned with conservation. Such evaluations are a first step in facilitating the incorporation of local concerns into higher-level decision making. Conservationists who engage with local views can benefit from an expanded constituency, and from new opportunities for pursuing effective conservation.
热带森林地区的人们常常遭受着那些威胁生物多样性的同样过程。更好地了解对当地人来说重要的事物，有助于改善决策。本文探讨了明确询问当地人什么是重要事物的有用性。我们的例子取自东加里曼丹（印度尼西亚婆罗洲）的生物多样性调查。我们与当地社区一起确定了当地重视的栖息地、物种和地点，以及它们的重要性。这一过程明确了各种优先事项和威胁，为管理选项提出了改进建议和限制，并指出了需要采取具体行动、进一步调查或两者兼有的问题。它还展示了在当地指导下生物评估如何更有效，并揭示了当地社区与保护相关人员之间合作的潜力。此类评估是促进将当地关切纳入更高层次决策的第一步。关注当地观点的保护主义者可以从扩大的支持者群体以及追求有效保护的新机会中受益。
