Research On The Sustainable Livelihoods Of Farmers In The Communities Surrounding The Ecological Function Reserve

The establishment of ecological function protection zones plays an important role in conserving water sources,regulating flood storage,preventing wind and sand fixation,and maintaining biodiversity.Compared with farmers in other regions,the farmers in the surrounding areas of ecological function protection areas have a closer relationship with natural resources.Their production and life depend on natural resources,and the establishment of ecological function protection areas limits these farmers.The use of natural resources in the region has changed the way farmers live traditionally.However,many farmers have experienced some incompatibility in the face of new livelihood methods,resulting in further deterioration of livelihoods,unsustainable livelihoods of farmers,and urgent problems to be solved.Based on the above background,this paper takes the ecological function protection area as the research area,takes the neighboring community farmers as the research subject,takes the farmer’s livelihood as the research content,and builds a set of ecological function protection area surrounding community based on the research results of the existing scholars.The research framework for sustainable livelihood of farmers,using literature analysis inductive method,field survey method,case analysis method and statistical description method for the livelihood status,livelihood strategy,livelihood output and causes of problems of farmers in the surrounding communities of ecological function protection areas in China The analysis was carried out,and combined with the case study of Sichuan Xuebaoding National Nature Reserve,in order to provide some suggestions for the sustainable livelihood of the farmers around the ecological function protection area.The results show that,overall,compared with ordinary farmers,ecological functions protect the livelihood of farmers in surrounding communities with certain specialities,and the dependence on natural capital is far greater than that of ordinary farmers,resulting in a relatively simple way of livelihood for farmers.At the same time,the livelihood capital ofthe surrounding community farmers is at a relatively low level,in which the natural capital is severely restricted,the human capital is relatively low,the physical capital needs to be further improved,the social capital is small and the level is low,and the livelihood of the surrounding farmers is faced.Assets,income,and welfare risks have a certain degree of unsustainability for farmers’ livelihoods.In the process of developing farmers’ livelihoods,all stakeholders directly or indirectly affect the interests of farmers through their own behavioral activities,resulting in continuous changes in the livelihood capital of farmers,continuous adjustment of livelihood strategies,and increased sustainability of livelihoods of a small number of farmers.Most farmers still do not meet sustainable livelihood goals.Therefore,this paper proposes that the livelihood of farmers should be adjusted to improve the sustainability of farmers’ livelihoods.However,there are many types of ecological function protected areas.The living capital of the surrounding communities in different types of areas is not the same.Different types should be fully considered.The ecological function of the ecological function protected area has the characteristics of livelihood capital,and proposes the sustainable livelihood development path of the farmers in the surrounding areas of the ecological function protection area,and alleviates the contradiction between protection and livelihood.