Residents perspectives on human-wildlife conflict management to build community resilience in Chitwan National Park, Nepal

Human-wildlife conflict can significantly impact economic, social, and ecological systems critical to promoting sustainable development. Effectively managing conflicts between people and wildlife that share a common landscape requires the implementation of effective management strategies that aim to reduce the impacts of HWC and promote coexistence as preferred by the community. However, many studies have often overlooked social aspects, especially the residents’ perceptions of HWC management, that can help build community resilience.
Residents and wildlife share a common landscape in the Chitwan National Park in Nepal. Competition for resources grows as the human-modified landscape provides a new form of habitat for wildlife. We used Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA) to capture the residents' (n=506) perspectives on the importance of HWC management strategies and their performance by park management to prioritize strategies that could help build community resilience.
We found nota..., Data collection: This study was carried out in the buffer zone of Chitwan National Park (CNP), Nepal. We conducted a quantitative survey of households in 21 buffer zone user committees that was spread across four sectors. We used a structured questionnaire to collect primary data. The survey questionnaire consisted of three sections. The first part accessed information related to HWC, the second part accessed the residents’ perception of HWC management in CNP, and the third section included socio-demographic information. Using stratified random sampling, the enumerator interviewed a total of 506 households. Only the household members who had provided verbal consent and shown interest were interviewed.
Data Analyses: The collected data were cleaned using Microsoft Excel 365 for Windows and systematically coded and analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 26.0. First, we performed Paired t-tests, then plotted the importance-performance analysis grid comparing farmers and no..., Libre office and Sumatra PDF.

人与野生动物冲突（Human-wildlife conflict, HWC）会对支撑可持续发展的经济、社会与生态系统造成显著冲击。对共享同一片栖息地的人类与野生动物冲突进行有效管理，需落实旨在减轻HWC影响、推动社区所倡导的人兽共存的高效管理策略。然而，现有诸多研究往往忽视了有助于提升社区韧性的社会层面因素，尤其是当地居民对HWC管理的认知态度。

在尼泊尔奇旺国家公园（Chitwan National Park, CNP），当地居民与野生动物共享同一片栖息地。随着人类改造的景观为野生动物提供了新型栖息环境，资源竞争日益加剧。本研究采用重要性-绩效分析（Importance-Performance Analysis, IPA），调研了506名当地居民对HWC管理策略重要性的认知，以及公园管理方实施的相关策略的绩效表现，以此明确有助于提升社区韧性的优先管理策略。本研究初步发现为……（原文内容截断）。

数据收集：本研究的调研区域为尼泊尔奇旺国家公园（CNP）缓冲区，覆盖分布于4个片区的21个缓冲区用户委员会。研究采用结构化问卷开展入户定量调查以收集一手数据。问卷共分为三个部分：第一部分采集与HWC相关的信息；第二部分调研居民对CNP人兽冲突管理的认知；第三部分收集社会人口学相关信息。本研究采用分层随机抽样方法，调查员共访谈了506户家庭，仅对已口头同意并表现出参与意愿的家庭成员进行访谈。

数据分析：收集到的数据使用Windows版Microsoft Excel 365进行清洗，随后采用Windows版IBM SPSS Statistics 26.0版本进行系统化编码与分析。首先开展配对样本t检验，随后绘制重要性-绩效分析网格以对比农户与……（原文内容截断），相关文档处理使用Libre office与Sumatra PDF完成。