Invasive plants – Do they devastate or diversify rural livelihoods? Rural farmers' perception of three invasive plants in Nepal Rai, Rajesh Kumar, Scarborough, Helen, Subedi, Naresh and Lamichhane, Baburam 2012, Invasive plants – Do they devastate or diversify rural livelihoods? Rural farmers' perception of three invasive plants in Nepal, Journal for nature conservation, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 170-176, doi: 10.1016/j.jnc.2012.01.003. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Invasive plants – Do they devastate or diversify rural livelihoods? Rural farmers' perception of three invasive plants in Nepal Author(s) Rai, Rajesh Kumar Scarborough, Helen orcid.org/0000-0002-0562-1987 Subedi, Naresh Lamichhane, Baburam Journal name Journal for nature conservation Volume number 20 Issue number 3 Start page 170 End page 176 Total pages 7 Publisher Elsevier Place of publication Amterdam, The Netherlands Publication date 2012-06 ISSN 1617-1381 Keyword(s) invasive plants rural livelihoods Mikania micrantha Lantana camara Chromolaena odorata Summary In this paper, we examine how rural people in the buffer zone of Chitwan National Park in Nepal perceive the effects of accidently transported invasive plant species, such as Mikania micrantha, Lantana camara and Chromolaena odorata, on their livelihoods. We found that their perception of the impact of each species on their livelihood varies with factors such as the duration of the presence of invasive plants in the landscape, and household characteristics. Results of a household survey indicate that farm households close to the forests have responded to the invasive species both as a victim and a beneficiary. Farm households are likely to adapt to the invaded environment as they have a history of interacting with invasive plants and can commoditise them through appropriate intervention. Additionally, the findings indicate that rural people are willing to invest in the control and management of invasive plants if appropriate technical assistance is available. Without assistance, they consider mitigating the infestation an unattainable mission and consider acceptance of the invasive species as a part of the rural ecosystem an inevitable outcome. Language eng DOI 10.1016/j.jnc.2012.01.003 Field of Research 140205 Environment and Resource Economics Socio Economic Objective 960404 Control of Animal Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Forest and Woodlands Environments HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2012, Elsevier GmbH Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30046172 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Business and Law School of Accounting, Economics and Finance Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 19 Jul 2012, 14:40:09 EST Thu, 19 Jul 2012, 16:01:35 EST Thu, 09 Aug 2012, 10:17:18 EST Thu, 09 Aug 2012, 10:23:55 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 27 times in TR Web of Science Cited 35 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 604 Abstract Views, 13 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 19 Jul 2012, 14:39:51 EST by Aysun Alpyurek

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