A study targeting the Bale Mountains National Park in Ethiopia was conducted to gain a deeper understanding of local communities’ opinion on benefits and disbenefits protected areas existing benefit-sharing mechanisms suggest future research for development direction related management areas. Household surveys, key informant interviews focus group discussions were tools used collect data. The r...

internationally, one of the most important purposes to establish a national park is to protect a unique ecosystem with all its inclusive biota. therefore, this will facilitate the management and protection of the neighboring lands. unfortunately, this trend was reversed in iranian national parks. during recent decades, the land cover changes in protected areas have led to the decrease of the re...