Despite the activities of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in protected areas in Cross River State, a high level of forest resource exploitation is still occasioned by indiscriminate logging, wildlife poaching, bush burning, and dangerous fishing. Previous studies in the study area and Africa have identified some reasons for this continuous biodiversity exploitation. However, the effect of the activities of the WCS has yet to be analyzed. This study used a correlational research design to examine the Wildlife Conservation Society's (WCS) activities and biodiversity conservation in Protected Areas in Cross River State. A sample of 1360 respondents from a population of 76,704 inhabitants in the 25 support Zone Communities in Afi, Mbe, and Okwangwo Divisions of Cross River National Park (CRNP) was drawn. After receiving face and content validity from experts, a 30-item structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The instrument's Cronbach alpha reliability indices varied between 0.83 and 0.89. The data analysis method employed was Simple Linear Regression analysis. The analysis revealed that conservation education activities, alternative livelihood support, and anti-poaching patrols significantly contributed to biodiversity conservation in Protected Areas in Cross River State. Based on this result, it was concluded that the activities of WCS to ensure adequate conservation of biodiversity-ecosystem in Protected Areas in Cross River State yield intermediate results. It was recommended that WCS intensify efforts in educating community people around protected areas in Cross River State, increase and monitor alternative livelihood support, and intensify anti-poaching patrols in all the protected areas.

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尼日利亚克罗斯河州保护区野生动物保护协会的活动和生物多样性保护

尽管野生动物保护协会 (WCS) 在克罗斯河州的保护区开展了活动，但滥砍滥伐、野生动物偷猎、焚烧灌木丛和危险捕捞仍然造成森林资源的高水平开发。先前在研究地区和非洲进行的研究已经确定了这种持续的生物多样性开发的一些原因。然而，WCS 活动的效果还有待分析。本研究采用相关研究设计来考察野生动物保护协会 (WCS) 的活动和克罗斯河州保护区的生物多样性保护。我们从克罗斯河国家公园 (CRNP) 的 Afi、Mbe 和 Okwangwo 区 25 个支持区社区的 76,704 名居民中抽取了 1360 名受访者作为样本。在获得专家的表面效度和内容效度后，使用包含 30 项的结构化调查问卷来收集数据。该仪器的 Cronbach alpha 可靠性指数在 0.83 到 0.89 之间变化。采用的数据分析方法是简单线性回归分析。分析显示，保护教育活动、替代生计支持和反偷猎巡逻对克罗斯河州保护区的生物多样性保护做出了重大贡献。基于这一结果，得出的结论是，WCS 为确保克罗斯河州保护区生物多样性生态系统得到充分保护而开展的活动取得了中间成果。建议WCS加大对克罗斯河州保护区周围社区居民的教育力度，增加和监测替代生计支持，并加强所有保护区的反偷猎巡逻。