Title of article
Evaluating Rule Breaking Behavior in a Nigerian Protected Forest Reserve Area
Author/Authors
akinsorotan, oa osun state university - college of agriculture - department of fisheries and wildlife, Nigeria , oguntuase, bg federal university of technology - department of ecotourism and wildlife management, Akure, Nigeria , olaniyi, oe federal university of technology - department of ecotourism and wildlife management, Akure, Nigeria , nnamuka, ss university of ibadan - department of ecotourism and wildlife management, Ibadan, Nigeria
From page
1075
To page
1079
Abstract
This paper investigated the rule breaking conduct in a Nigerian protected forest reserve area in order to exploit natural resources using Randomized Response Technique (RRT) for data collection. Evident from this study show a higher proportion of the residents surrounding Oba Hills Forest Reserve, Nigeria illegally poach, encroach to farm, extract timber, gather firewood and graze their domestic animals in the conservation area. With the high level of noncompliance to the conservation rules in this study, there is a need for the government and conservation managers to identify and harness social norms that encourage compliance, as well as increasing probabilities of detection and stricter law enforcement on those that flout the conservation rules.
Keywords
biodiversity conservation , sensitive behaviors , compliance , randomized response technique
Journal title
Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management
Journal title
Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management
Record number
2728624
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