Vol 3 Issue 2 April 2015-June 2015

Abstract: This paper discusses the main common challenges faced by researchers involved with community participation. The challenges discussed in this paper are from experiences we lived during the data collection from Nyanga informal settlement in Cape Town. The research that got us involved with field work is basically on the use of different means of food and drinks preparation before selling them. 

During our data collections at Nyanga transport interchange, some challenges were faced. Some of the challenges we faced are listed below and discussed afterwards: 1) locating the participants, 2) choosing meaningful information from them, 3) Language barriers, lack of trust and the researcher‘s security, 4) validating information, 5) time arrangements.

The methods used in this qualitative research were mainly, participants’ observation, depth interviews/questionnaires and technical experiments. Of these, participants’ observation is the typical qualitative method in that the subjects are studied in their environment.

It was seen that information given by the participants does not reflect actual status of the phenomenon; observation and experiments make a difference between real and verbal apparent.

Keywords:  scientific research, community participation, challenges, observation.

Title: Scientific Research Tied With Social Science Research: Challenges to Expect and Ways to Overcome Them

Author: Rissa Niyobuhungiro, Judith Favish, Harro von Blottintz

International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations

ISSN 2348-1218 (print), ISSN 2348-1226 (online)

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Abstract: In an in-descript area of the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli (Vasona) there lies a Lion Safari with approximately 101 hectares of land. The earmarked land is divided into two due to an essential main road passing trough and hence only 62 hectares of the lad is being used as a real time Lion Safari (south end). The other half of the reserved forest land 39 hectares (river end) has been earmarked for purposed of a-forestation, floral research, recreation, and tourism. The case of study for this research is this 39 hectares of Forest Land which is not being directly used (river end) for the Lion’s Habitat / Safari but is meant for a-forestation, floral research, recreation, and tourism, and to be maintained by the forest department. After a detailed research on factual data, satellite imagery and physical verification it is revealed that in a period of 12 years, most of the Forest Land of the 39 hectare in question has been grabbed for farming and personal use.    

Keywords: Silvassa, Forest, Tourism, Land grab, agriculture, misuse, neglect.

Title: Misuse of Forest Tourism:  A Case study on the unused Forest land at the “Vasona Lion Safari” of the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Author: Anshumali Pandey

International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations

ISSN 2348-1218 (print) ISSN 2348-1226 (online)

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