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Dataset from 55 experts engaged in nature conservation in Mozambique.

ABSTRACT: The data of this article is related to the original article entitled "An expert-based approach to assess the potential for local people engagement in nature conservation: The case study of the Niassa National Reserve in Mozambique" [1], published in Journal for Nature Conservation. The dataset is from an online and self-administrated survey with 55 experts aware of conservation policies and incentives under implementation in the Niassa National Reserve (NNR), the largest protected area in the country and third-largest in Africa. The survey included four sections of both compulsory and non-compulsory questions, mostly in closed-ended Likert-scale. In the first section, experts were asked about the main practices that threaten biodiversity conservation in the NNR, the actors who are directly and indirectly responsible for each practice, and the reasons for local people's involvement with those practices. The second section was about the effectiveness and limitations of the current compensation measures to engage local residents with conservation-friendly practices. In the third section, respondents were asked to select new measures to enhance the current conservation status and engage local people more effectively in conservation. The last section was about the socio-economic profile of respondents. The survey was conducted from June to September 2017. The paper includes the survey itself, raw data in an Excel spreadsheet, descriptive analysis, crosstabulation and Post Hoc cellwise tests (goodness of fit). Data are provided for public use and can serve as a benchmark for collaboration in order to conduct more comprehensive research, comparative analysis as well as panel data can be derived. This data can also have applications in other fields such as mathematics, statistics, and computation.

SUBMITTER: Mbanze AA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6965701 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Dataset from 55 experts engaged in nature conservation in Mozambique.

Mbanze Aires Afonso AA Ribeiro Natasha Sofia NS da Silva Carina Vieira CV Santos José Lima JL

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The data of this article is related to the original article entitled "An expert-based approach to assess the potential for local people engagement in nature conservation: The case study of the Niassa National Reserve in Mozambique" [1], published in Journal for Nature Conservation. The dataset is from an online and self-administrated survey with 55 experts aware of conservation policies and incentives under implementation in the Niassa National Reserve (NNR), the largest pro ...[more]

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Dataset from 55 experts engaged in nature conservation in Mozambique.

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Dataset from 55 experts engaged in nature conservation in Mozambique.

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