The Influence of Socio-Economic Variables on Perception of Protected Area Governance and Outcomes: Insights from Local Communities and Experts in Kafta-Sheraro National Park, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia
Studies on the local community’s perceptions of conservation governance and outcomes have not sufficiently used inferential models to demonstrate the influence of socioeconomic variables on participants’ responses. The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of socioeconomic factors on parti...
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| author | Hailay Gebreegziabher Hailemicheal Feyera Senbeta Tamirat Tefera Negash Aseffa Seyoum |
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| description | Studies on the local community’s perceptions of conservation governance and outcomes have not sufficiently used inferential models to demonstrate the influence of socioeconomic variables on participants’ responses. The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of socioeconomic factors on participant’s perceptions of conservation governance and outcomes of Kafta-Sheraro National Park. A survey was conducted in 2020 to collect data from 384 heads of families. The study employed ordinal logistic regression and multinomial logistic regression. Although most responses were in a higher response category, the findings reveal significant influence of factors such as education level, number of livestock in tropical livestock unit and conflict with conservation rules are the factors that negatively affect individual’s perceptions of many of governance principles and outcome while affiliation to Kunama ethnicity and farm land are factors that positively influence perceptions. The findings indicate that all higher or lower outcome responses do not mean the governance process is good or bad, as some responses are linked with personal feelings and exposure to governance processes and conservation outcomes. Governance principles or governance aspects have a simultaneous and complementary nature; any negligence or mistake by key players, primarily legislative, interpretive, and executive, in carrying out their roles in the governance process paves the way for the protected areas failure to achieve social and environmental objectives. The study recommended integrated efforts across all government levels to ensure effective conservation, emphasizing the need for rule of law, adequate resources, community outreach, and sustainable livelihood activities and further research. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4afa888e00db4490aad7d069c71dde2c2025-08-20T02:34:43ZengTaylor & Francis GroupSustainable Environment2765-85112025-12-0111110.1080/27658511.2025.2498782The Influence of Socio-Economic Variables on Perception of Protected Area Governance and Outcomes: Insights from Local Communities and Experts in Kafta-Sheraro National Park, Tigray, Northern EthiopiaHailay Gebreegziabher Hailemicheal0Feyera Senbeta1Tamirat Tefera Negash2Aseffa Seyoum3College of Development Studies, Addis-Ababa University, Addis-Ababa, EthiopiaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Gaborone, BotswanaCollege of Development Studies, Addis-Ababa University, Addis-Ababa, EthiopiaCollege of Development Studies, Addis-Ababa University, Addis-Ababa, EthiopiaStudies on the local community’s perceptions of conservation governance and outcomes have not sufficiently used inferential models to demonstrate the influence of socioeconomic variables on participants’ responses. The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of socioeconomic factors on participant’s perceptions of conservation governance and outcomes of Kafta-Sheraro National Park. A survey was conducted in 2020 to collect data from 384 heads of families. The study employed ordinal logistic regression and multinomial logistic regression. Although most responses were in a higher response category, the findings reveal significant influence of factors such as education level, number of livestock in tropical livestock unit and conflict with conservation rules are the factors that negatively affect individual’s perceptions of many of governance principles and outcome while affiliation to Kunama ethnicity and farm land are factors that positively influence perceptions. The findings indicate that all higher or lower outcome responses do not mean the governance process is good or bad, as some responses are linked with personal feelings and exposure to governance processes and conservation outcomes. Governance principles or governance aspects have a simultaneous and complementary nature; any negligence or mistake by key players, primarily legislative, interpretive, and executive, in carrying out their roles in the governance process paves the way for the protected areas failure to achieve social and environmental objectives. The study recommended integrated efforts across all government levels to ensure effective conservation, emphasizing the need for rule of law, adequate resources, community outreach, and sustainable livelihood activities and further research.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/27658511.2025.2498782Protected areaperceptionconservation governanceconservation outcomegovernance principlesKunama ethnic group |
| spellingShingle | Hailay Gebreegziabher Hailemicheal Feyera Senbeta Tamirat Tefera Negash Aseffa Seyoum The Influence of Socio-Economic Variables on Perception of Protected Area Governance and Outcomes: Insights from Local Communities and Experts in Kafta-Sheraro National Park, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia Sustainable Environment Protected area perception conservation governance conservation outcome governance principles Kunama ethnic group |
| title | The Influence of Socio-Economic Variables on Perception of Protected Area Governance and Outcomes: Insights from Local Communities and Experts in Kafta-Sheraro National Park, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia |
| title_full | The Influence of Socio-Economic Variables on Perception of Protected Area Governance and Outcomes: Insights from Local Communities and Experts in Kafta-Sheraro National Park, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | The Influence of Socio-Economic Variables on Perception of Protected Area Governance and Outcomes: Insights from Local Communities and Experts in Kafta-Sheraro National Park, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Influence of Socio-Economic Variables on Perception of Protected Area Governance and Outcomes: Insights from Local Communities and Experts in Kafta-Sheraro National Park, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia |
| title_short | The Influence of Socio-Economic Variables on Perception of Protected Area Governance and Outcomes: Insights from Local Communities and Experts in Kafta-Sheraro National Park, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia |
| title_sort | influence of socio economic variables on perception of protected area governance and outcomes insights from local communities and experts in kafta sheraro national park tigray northern ethiopia |
| topic | Protected area perception conservation governance conservation outcome governance principles Kunama ethnic group |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/27658511.2025.2498782 |
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