Conflicts and Countermeasures between Haba Snow Mountain Nature Reserve and Development of Peripheral Communities
Using research approaches such as questionnaire investigation, interview, and Participatory Rural Appraisal (PAR) , the relationship between Haba Snow Mountain Nature Reserve and its peripheral communities was studied. The results showed that there are lots of conflicts between Haba Snow Mountain Nature Reserve and its peripheral communities. On the one hand, conservation of natural environment brings inconvenience to the development of peripheral communities, such as limiting the use of resources, constraining space of development, resulting in economic losses, reducing tourist income and low compensation. On the other hand, peripheral communities' development threats conservation of the natural environment, for instance, illegal deforestation, illegal mining, over-harvesting, over-grazing and non-ecotourism. Therefore, effective suggestions were given as " scientific planning of functional areas, enhancing economic compensation, devoting more in ecotourism development, and realizing the cooperation of communities".
Haba Snow MountainNature reservePeripheral communitiesConflictHarmonious developmentEcotourismCo-operation of local communities