Effectiveness of establishing forest buffer zones as a community forest management approach : a case study from the Sripada tropical peak wilderness …

2010

Masteroppgave development management- Universitetet i Agder 2010 The Sripada Tropical Peak Wilderness Sanctuary (STPWS) in Sri Lanka which is located between latitudes 6˚- 45 ́- 6˚- 57 ́ N and longitudes 80˚- 27́-80˚-50 ́ E comes under the category of ‘Wet Ever Green Tropical Rain Forests’ and spreads over 224 square kilometers around the Sripada mountain range. In the peripheral areas of the forest sanctuary, there are a considerable number of villages and the forest has been utilized over centuries by the villagers on various purposes. Since over utilization of forest resources may easily induce forest degradation, the gradual swell of population in the forest periphery has threatened the…