Balancing Human Needs and Nature Conservation: A study on the gap between design and management of the Bigi Pan Multiple-Use Management Area in Suriname, SA

Ecosystem management has made a shift from protected area management to multiple use management area, where humans are viewed as an integral part of the ecosystem. In practice, however, finding the balance between maximizing short-term gains on the one hand and long-term sustainability on the other seems harder. In this thesis the practice of...