TY - JOUR
T1 - Ethnicity as a Factor Influencing Sustainable Forest Resource Management
T2 - 2020 International Symposium on Water, Ecology and Environment, ISWEE 2020
AU - Hashiguchi, H.
AU - Toda, M.
AU - Chew, W. C.
AU - Hiratsuka, M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by The Environment Research and Technology Development Fund administered by Japan’s Ministry of Environment. We acknowledge the assistance and support extended by respondents in Taung kya, the Forest Department, and the Forest Research Institute in Myanmar especially Dr. Thant Shin; and by Dr. Toshinori Okuda and faculty members at Hiroshima University and personnel at the Makino Botanical Garden and the Japan International Forestry Promotion and Cooperation Centre. Lastly, we thank our research assistants from Yezin University: Myo Htet Aung, Khin Pyae Sone Kyaw, Phyo Theint Shwe Sin, and Thadar Shin Thant. This study could not have been conducted without their support. We also thank Radhika Johari from Edanz Group (https://en-author-services.edanzgroup.com/ac) for editing a draft of this manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/3/9
Y1 - 2021/3/9
N2 - We investigated the impact of ethnicity on the adaptability of forest resource management in Myanmar. Within Myanmar's ethnically diverse population, extensive economically motivated internal migration has led to the forming new villages comprising people of different ethnicities. Conditions and problems encountered in these newly formed villages may differ from those in ancestral villages where customary rights prevail. We assessed the livelihood systems and cooperative behaviours of different ethnic groups within a study village. Our findings were as follows: 1) households' ethnicities influenced their levels of dependence on different livelihood sources, namely Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) and field crops, and 2) cooperation among the villagers of different ethnicity was weak. To achieve successful and sustainable natural resource management in such region, the characteristics of different ethnic groups should be taken into account in community forest management plan.
AB - We investigated the impact of ethnicity on the adaptability of forest resource management in Myanmar. Within Myanmar's ethnically diverse population, extensive economically motivated internal migration has led to the forming new villages comprising people of different ethnicities. Conditions and problems encountered in these newly formed villages may differ from those in ancestral villages where customary rights prevail. We assessed the livelihood systems and cooperative behaviours of different ethnic groups within a study village. Our findings were as follows: 1) households' ethnicities influenced their levels of dependence on different livelihood sources, namely Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) and field crops, and 2) cooperation among the villagers of different ethnicity was weak. To achieve successful and sustainable natural resource management in such region, the characteristics of different ethnic groups should be taken into account in community forest management plan.
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U2 - 10.1088/1755-1315/690/1/012060
DO - 10.1088/1755-1315/690/1/012060
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85102688001
SN - 1755-1307
VL - 690
JO - IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
JF - IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
IS - 1
M1 - 012060
Y2 - 6 December 2020 through 8 December 2020
ER -