Site and situation specific assessments of such services are crucial to sustainably conserve manage forest resources. In this study, using Chilmo as a case study site, an attempt has been made identify the main ecosystem which perceived preferred by local communities. The triangulated primary data collection methods field observations, household surveys, key informant interviews pebble-distribu...

Ecotourism promotes stewardship of natural and cultural resources. However, local people tourists' opinions are necessary to promote ecotourism development. This study attempts identify prospective products assess visitor perceptions towards development in the Jagadishpur reservoir. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 50 households, 65 visitors, 7 key informants. used Friedman's rank t...

Power analyses help to improve the cost-effectiveness of monitoring strategies for wildlife populations, but rarely account variation in detection probability, affecting power data detect trends occupancy. We explore occupancy models informed by two locally-informed methods (interviews and daily diaries) changes 14 mammal species hunted wild meat within a community forest Cameroon. This is firs...