If local people get no benefit or role in a conservation area what challenge may arise?

Correct answer: Community support may weaken

Conservation works best when people living near a protected area are treated as partners rather than being ignored. Local residents often depend on forests, water, grazing areas or other natural resources, and they possess useful knowledge about the local environment. If they receive no benefit and have no role in decisions, they may feel excluded. This can reduce trust, cooperation and willingness to support conservation rules.

Option A is correct because weak community support is a likely challenge when local people gain nothing from protection. The other choices are unrealistic: wildlife will not automatically increase, poaching will not end by itself, and conservation will not become completely simple. Sharing benefits, creating suitable livelihood opportunities, involving residents in monitoring and respecting their knowledge can strengthen conservation. The central lesson is that protection needs social as well as ecological support.