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标题：The relocation of the village of Arkwasiye in the Simien Mountain National Park in Ethiopia: an intervention towards sustainable development?
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作者：Tiru Berihun Tessema ; Michael Jungmeier ; Michael Huber 等
期刊名称：eco.mont - Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management
印刷版ISSN：2073-106X
电子版ISSN：2073-1558
出版年度：2013
卷号：4
期号：2
页码：13-20
DOI：10.1553/eco.mont-4-2s13
出版社：Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
摘要：The study analyses the effects of the relocation of the village Arkwasiye in the Simien Mountains National Park, a most spectacular landscape in the northern highlands of Ethiopia. The relocation was deemed necessary as just one component in a bundle of measures proposed by the UNESCO World Heritage Commission. In 2007 some 165 households were relocated voluntarily to the new village of Kayit. The socio-economic effects of the relocation were evaluated by carrying out on-site interviews with the residents. The results indicate that the relocated villagers are satisfied with the new infrastructures and social services. However, relocation has also brought certain disadvantages with far-reaching consequences for the everyday life of the villagers, and thus their livelihoods, as these have led to a considerable loss of earning opportunities and – against the aims of the relocation – to intensified grazing in the area. The authors discuss these results in the light of a recent global discussion on relocation for conservation purposes and come up with five recommendations. Close monitoring of key parameters is seen as a minimum requirement for such an undertaking.
关键词：National Park-World Heritage-Ethiopia-relocation-protected area management-development co-operation-UNESCO