Abstract
As the flagship species of biodiversity protection, the giant panda has an umbrella protection function. China is committed to building a natural protection system with national parks as the main body to achieve sustainable development. In this paper, the sustainable livelihood analysis framework is used to study the livelihood of farmers in the surrounding communities of the giant panda protected land. Based on the data obtained from the field survey, the evaluation index of the natural resource dependence of the community farmers is established, and then the measurement model is constructed to analyze the main factors affecting the natural resource dependence of the communities. The results showed that: (1) The food dependence of farmers around the giant panda protected area is the highest (46.32%), followed by energy dependence (37.67%), and income dependence is the lowest (27.91%). (2) In terms of regional characteristics, the natural resource dependence of farmers is the lowest in Minshan and Qionglai, followed by Daxiangling and Xiaoxiangling, and Liangshan is the highest. (3) Physical capital has no significant effect on the natural resource dependence. The influence of human capital, natural capital, and social capital on the natural resource dependence is significant.
Highlights
The natural capital of farmers increased by 1%, and the degree of income dependence increased by 3.01%
Farmers’ human capital increased by 1%, and the degree of income dependence decreased by 2.91%
Financial capital owned by farmers increased by 1% and the degree of income dependence decreased by 3.37%
Summary
Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. The overuse of natural resources in the habitat by the surrounding communities of the giant panda protected land results in the degradation and fragmentation of the habitat quality. Determining how to deal with the relationship between community development and giant panda protection can help the protection department to employ targeted measures to improve the efficiency of giant panda protection It is of great significance for sustainable development to measure the dependence of community farmers’ livelihood on the natural resources of the giant panda protected land and analyze its influencing factors. The paper constructs an econometric model to analyze the influence factors of livelihood capital on the natural resource dependence of community farmers
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