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Civil war and ecological resilience: The case of the Mont Sangbe National Park in Western Côte d'ivoire |
Cahiers Agricultures. Volume 19, Number 3, 220-6, mai-juin 2010, Étude originale
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Author(s) : Thomas Bearth, Joseph Baya |
Summary : The paper reports on participatory research carried out from 2004 to 2008 in rebel-held Western Côte d'Ivoire. Its focus is on discourses of ownership and resilience among local populations in the peripheral zone of the EU-sponsored Mont Sangbe National Park, the very existence of which is threatened in the wake of a cycle of violence, poverty and unchecked exploitation of remaining natural reserves. Evidence taking into account analysis of this situation by local actors substantiates the claim that, in addition to economic incentives, communicative strategies, scope of inclusion in negotiation, and use of local language as the default medium are decisive for fostering ecologically motivated ownership on which local resilience and post-conflict reconstruction can build. |
Keywords : economy and rural development, forestry, natural resources and environment |
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