Journal article
Spatial and temporal patterns of fuelwood collection in Wolong Nature Reserve: Implications for panda conservation
Landscape and Urban Planning, Vol.92(1), pp.1-9
2009
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2009.01.010
Abstract
Approximately 3 billion people, half of the World's population, are still using fuelwood in their daily lives. Fuelwood collection has been recognized as an important factor in habitat fragmentation and degradation and biodiversity loss, especially in developing countries. Understanding spatial and temporal patterns of fuelwood collection is fundamental to understanding human–environment interactions and designing effective conservation policies. Using Wolong Nature Reserve for giant pandas ( Ailuropoda melanoleuca) in China as an example, we surveyed 200 rural households for the locations of their fuelwood collection sites in the past three decades (1970s, 1980s, and 1990s) and other ecological, economic, social, and demographic data. We found that fuelwood collection sites were becoming higher in elevation, more remote, and closer to highly suitable panda habitat from the 1970s to the 1990s. Consequently, fuelwood collectors were traveling longer distances to physically challenging areas, in our case, to areas of high-quality panda habitat. These spatial and temporal patterns of fuelwood collection suggest that future conservation policies for giant pandas, and other species worldwide, should also consider the needs of local communities.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Spatial and temporal patterns of fuelwood collection in Wolong Nature Reserve: Implications for panda conservation
- Creators
- Guangming He - Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USAXiaodong Chen - Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USAScott Beaer - Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USAManuel Colunga - Computational Ecology and Visualization Laboratory, Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USAAngela Mertig - Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, USALi An - Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USAShiqiang Zhou - China's Center for Giant Panda Research and Conservation, Wolong Nature Reserve, Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, ChinaMarc Linderman - Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USAZhiyun Ouyang - Department of Systems Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaStuart Gage - Computational Ecology and Visualization Laboratory, Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USAShuXin Li - Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USAJianguo Liu - Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Landscape and Urban Planning, Vol.92(1), pp.1-9
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2009.01.010
- ISSN
- 0169-2046
- eISSN
- 1872-6062
- Publisher
- Elsevier B.V
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2009
- Academic Unit
- Geographical and Sustainability Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9983983659902771
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