TY  - CONF
AU  - Tomićević-Dubljević, Jelena
AU  - Pavlović, Milica
AU  - Vujčić, Maja
PY  - 2018
UR  - https://omorika.sfb.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/909
AB  - Poor conservation outcomes, following decades of intrusive resource management strategies and planned development have forced policy makers and scholars to reconsider the role of the community in resource use and conservation. Changes in the theoretical approach but also the practice of planning environmental protection measures have brought forth the issue of people participation. It is now widely assumed that participation of the population is required in order to achieve sustainable development and effective conservation, which can bring economic and social benefits to marginal groups and that the devolution of decision-making policy benefits biodiversity. The focus of our research is on two local communities in the area of Mt Besna Kobila. This mountain represents a valuable natural resource, while also being an area characterised by a poor rural population. The concept of 'sustainable livelihood strategies' plays a crucial role in the discussion of rural development, poverty reduction and the management of natural resources. Consequently, the concept of sustainable livelihood strategies was applied to two villages in this area. How to integrate sustainable livelihoods with the protection of natural resources and objectives of sustainable development is a central problem facing the Mt Besna Kobila area. In order to understand how local communities integrate available livelihood assets such as human, natural, social, physical and financial capital, a series of household interviews were conducted, which were then used as an applied method. Furthermore, the opinions of the local community about nature protection and the potential of tourism were studied as an incentive for the development of this area. The results show a lack of physical and financial capital in the surveyed villages. It was found that the migration of local people leads to a low quality of human capital in the mountain area, while on the other hand natural and social capital are highly valued. The results of this study indicate that local communities have positive opinions towards the conservation of natural resources on Mt Besna Kobila, and cooperation with local authorities and the development of ecotourism represent mechanisms to improve the socio-economic environment of the study area.
C3  - Soil and Water Resources Protection in the Changing Environment
T1  - The role of local communities for managing natural resources in the area of the Besna Kobila Mountain, Serbia
EP  - 334
SP  - 323
VL  - 45
UR  - conv_1419
ER  - 

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author = "Tomićević-Dubljević, Jelena and Pavlović, Milica and Vujčić, Maja",
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abstract = "Poor conservation outcomes, following decades of intrusive resource management strategies and planned development have forced policy makers and scholars to reconsider the role of the community in resource use and conservation. Changes in the theoretical approach but also the practice of planning environmental protection measures have brought forth the issue of people participation. It is now widely assumed that participation of the population is required in order to achieve sustainable development and effective conservation, which can bring economic and social benefits to marginal groups and that the devolution of decision-making policy benefits biodiversity. The focus of our research is on two local communities in the area of Mt Besna Kobila. This mountain represents a valuable natural resource, while also being an area characterised by a poor rural population. The concept of 'sustainable livelihood strategies' plays a crucial role in the discussion of rural development, poverty reduction and the management of natural resources. Consequently, the concept of sustainable livelihood strategies was applied to two villages in this area. How to integrate sustainable livelihoods with the protection of natural resources and objectives of sustainable development is a central problem facing the Mt Besna Kobila area. In order to understand how local communities integrate available livelihood assets such as human, natural, social, physical and financial capital, a series of household interviews were conducted, which were then used as an applied method. Furthermore, the opinions of the local community about nature protection and the potential of tourism were studied as an incentive for the development of this area. The results show a lack of physical and financial capital in the surveyed villages. It was found that the migration of local people leads to a low quality of human capital in the mountain area, while on the other hand natural and social capital are highly valued. The results of this study indicate that local communities have positive opinions towards the conservation of natural resources on Mt Besna Kobila, and cooperation with local authorities and the development of ecotourism represent mechanisms to improve the socio-economic environment of the study area.",
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Tomićević-Dubljević, J., Pavlović, M.,& Vujčić, M.. (2018). The role of local communities for managing natural resources in the area of the Besna Kobila Mountain, Serbia. in Soil and Water Resources Protection in the Changing Environment, 45, 323-334.
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