Conclusions
Conservation in protected areas requires sustainable
resource management in the buffer zones. While monitoring
tbr strict protection is important, socio-economic development
lbr income generation is essential to maintain the
zoning in the management plans. Income generation through
forest management practices can be optimized by combining
political commitments to use the forests in multiple ways
(dissemination of NTFPs), technical support to improve productivity
by agroforestry techniques and financial support
for innovative economic activities (tourism development).
Since the way to protect natural forests with local participation
is already beyond the jurisdiction of FD, further cooperation
with other agencies is required. Although national forest
policy emphasizes local people's participation, actual
implementation needs to work with other sector agencies
and local government. In order to introduce holistic and
horizontal approaches to facilitate government agencies and
local communities toward community-based resource management,
a new political system with both protected areas and
buffer zone villages to enable the provision of special incentives
to local villagers in bufl%r zones for supporting conservation
is necessary.