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Title:
Socioeconomic costs and benefits of three conservation initiatives on rural areas of the Solomon Islands
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Author:
Ha'apio, Michael Otoara
Institution:
University of the South Pacific.
Award:
M.Sc. Climate Change
Subject:
Conservation projects (Natural resources) -- Solomon Islands, Conservation of natural resources -- Economic aspects -- Solomon Islands, Biodiversity conservation -- Economic aspects -- Solomon Islands
Date:
2015
Call No.:
Pac S 934 .S6 H33 2015
BRN:
1203763
Copyright:
10-20% of this thesis may be copied without the authors written permission
Abstract:
The source of livelihood varies among urban centres and rural areas in Solomon Islands. Most of the people within the communities rely on subsistence activities, agriculture, forestry and marine resources for survival. This research aimed to perform an exploratory/descriptive analysis of the socioeconomic attributes of rural households that participate in the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) and Mangrove Rehabilitation Project (MRP) in selected rural villages of Solomon Islands and mapping of socioeconomic costs and benefits of households that participated in these conservation initiatives (CTI and MRP). Household surveys were conducted in order to elicit information on the socioeconomic attributes of participant households and perceptions on socioeconomic costs the participants have to incur when implementing these initiatives. The analysis revealed that households from Sairaghi (project site 1), and Oibola (project site 3), rely mainly on marine resources for their income; whilst in Naro (project site 2) they rely mostly on agriculture. Consumable items were the main household expenses, followed by education. Villagers incur considerably high levels of socioeconomic costs from the establishment of the conservation initiatives, slowing down the economic activities at local level; however, they were motivated to cooperate in implementing these initiatives because of the forward looking stance that they anticipate long-term benefits from conservation such as becoming more resilient against the impacts of climate change due to higher benefits in the near future.
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