Applying economic tools at the local level of biodiversity conservation

Local communities face similar economic problems as the rest of the country. As a result, communities living close to or in conservation areas regard environmental protection as a threat to their livelihood. It is important to ensure that local people have as much access to the protected areas as possible and at the same time help them find a more sustainable way of life and doing business. Support should therefore be concentrated on transforming the community's life without affecting the economic situation and without foregoing protection of the environment.

1. Using economic tools for biodiversity conservation

1. Providing financial incentives to landowners for biodiversity conservation

1. Promoting community involvement in environmental protection
2. Benefit-sharing of community level biodiversity conservation

1. Developing eco-tourism business strategies for biodiversity conservation

1. Lack of community involvement in environmental protection
2. Lack of community economic development models for biodiversity conservation

1. Uneconomic
2. Nonlocal
3. Mismanagement
4. Conservative
5. Conservation
6. Community
7. Anticommunity