Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Springer
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Publication Year:
1999
Publication Place
Sweden
Physical Description:
5p. : ill. (col.) ; 29cm.
Call Number
VF 7822
Collection
Language
English
Record ID:
41283
Legacy PEIN ID:
81369
General Notes
Available in hardcopy|Restricted access - SPREP staff only
Subject Heading(s)
Indigenous people - Management - Rain-forest reserves
Conservation - Alternative - Indigenous population - Oceania
Protected areas
Protected areas - Oceania
Protected areas - Management
Reserves
Reserves - Oceania - Pacific
Abstract
Several mechanisms have been used to acquire land for tropical-forest reservations. Legislative designation of National Parks on government-owned land, condemnation of private land, debt swaps, and outright purchase of private lands for reserves may, however, be inappropriate strategies in areas occupied by extant indigenous populations. In areas where indigenous peoples have a strong conservation ethic, the creation of reserves under partial or complete aboriginal control represents a viable alternative to the more traditional forms of land acquisition. Recently, three significant rain-forest reserves were created in Samoa using alternative strategies. 1) A US National Park in American Samoa involves the long-term lease of customary lands with local chiefs forming an advisory board on park policy; 2) in the Falealupo peninsula in Western Samoa, a covenant was established between the villagers who pledged to preserve and manage a large rain forest and private donors who provided funds for the construction of an elementary school; 3) in Tafua, Western Samoa, a covenant was established between the village, which vowed to preserve and manage the forest, and the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SNF) which provided funds for an elementary school and public works. These reserves suggest that under indigenous control robust solutions to the problems of rain-forest preservation can be achieved.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Springer
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Publication Year:
1999
Publication Place
Sweden
Physical Description:
5p. : ill. (col.) ; 29cm.
Call Number
VF 7822
Collection
Language
English
Record ID:
41283
Legacy PEIN ID:
81369
General Notes
Available in hardcopy|Restricted access - SPREP staff only
Record Created: 19-May-2017
Record Modified: 17-Dec-2020