Pendjari National Park, a biosphere reserve in north-western Benin, serves as an abundant source of ecosystem
services to its surrounding population. Overexploitation of these resources has posed a threat on the park’s
biodiversity, creating a need for effective park protection management. African Parks, a non-profit conservation
organisation, has been performing this task since May 2017. Their latest conservation measure has been the
placement of a fence around the buffer zone, a protected area which was previously overused by the local
communities. In response to its measures and approach, African Parks encounters resistance from the local
communities. This study has analysed which factors influence whether someone agrees with the placement of a
fence or not. One of these factors was assumed to be park dependency, in other words, for how much of their
income someone is dependent on the park.