Wildlife Protection and Social Development: A Cross Sectional Analysis of Chitral
Abstract
The major objective of this study was to measure the association between various interventions and ChitralGol National Park in preservation of biodiversity and socio-economic uplift. A sample size of 346 respondents (local people residents of buffer zone villages of CGNP) was randomly selected from total population of 3276 from the 4 purposively selected villages on the basis of close proximity namely Balach, Singore, Xang Bazar and Goledur study universe. A conceptual framework including dependent variable “social development” and independent variable Wildlife protection and development were devised. The data were analyzed through frequency and percentage distribution. Moreover, Chi-Square test was applied to know the relationship between dependent and independent variables at bi-variate level. In bi-variate analysis a highly significant (P=0.000) relation was found between protection/conservation of wildlife is essential to friendly environment, wildlife increased with the establishment of CGNP (P=0.000), initiatives taken by the government for the conservation of endangered wildlife are enough (P=0.000), deforestation is dangerous for the wildlife of CGNP (P=0.000), local people face any problem from the wildlife of CGNP (P=0.000), medicinal plants in CGNP are also protected in conservation strategies (P=0.000),measures adopted by CGNP are effective in wildlife protection (P=0.000)and social development. More participation of community to protect wildlife and biodiversity and arrangement of refresher courses for the staff to acquaint them with the skill of protection regarding themselves and wildlife were extended some of the recommendations in light of the study findings.
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