Assessment of the Protected Areas Strategy in Togo under Sustainable Management: The Case Study of Oti-Keran, Togodo, and Abdoulaye Faunal Reserve

作     者：Kossi Fandjinou Kebin Zhang Fousseni Folega Beckline Mukete Xiaohui Yang Kperkouma Wala Koffi Akpagana Eve Bohnett 

作者机构：School of Soil and Water Conservation Beijing Forestry University Beijing China Laboratoire de Botanique et d’Ecologie Végétale Université de Lome Lome Togo Department of Forest Management Beijing Forestry University Beijing China Institute of Desertification Studies Chinese Academy of Forestry Beijing China Departement of Landscape Architecture University of Florida Gainesville FL USA 

出 版 物：《Open Journal of Ecology》 (生态学期刊（英文）)

年 卷 期：2020年第10卷第4期

页      面：141-159页

学科分类：0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 020205[经济学-产业经济学] 

主　　题：Classified Area Multi-Dimensional Principle Viable Strategy Approach 

摘      要：This study aims to identify the drivers of environmental degradation due to the dependency of surrounding residents on three protected areas in Togo, Africa (Oti-Keran, Togodo, and Abdoulaye national parks (abbr. OTA national parks)). Surveys of villagers conducted in and around the OTA national parks added to data downloaded from Indexmundi data portal. National-level trend analysis results indicated: 1) the number of terrestrial protected areas showed an upward trend, while savannah and forest cover showed alarming decrease trends. 2) At the local level, supplying socio-economic needs in the three selected protected areas directly resulted in biodiversity degradation through animal grazing, hunting and farming. 3) Over 70% of the respondent’s livelihoods consisted of farming and related dependencies on the protected areas for timber and non-timber forest products and income despite the protected status hold by these classified areas. 4) The OTA national parks have been experiencing an increase of anthropogenic pressure such as uncontrolled tree logging and hunting, which seriously impacts animal and vegetation biodiversity. 5) Policymakers should invest more resources in implementing an integrated management system based not only on a holistic vision of the PA that includes participatory management but also accounts for multi-dimensional principles to enable anthropogenic activities in and around the protected areas to satisfy sustainable development requirements.