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T1 Let us give voice to local farmers: Preferences for farm-based strategies to enhance human–elephant coexistence in Africa
A1 Montero Botey, María
A1 Soliño Millán, Mario
A1 Perea, Ramón
A1 Martínez Jauregui, María
K1 Mitigation measures
K1 Choice experiment
K1 Human ecology
K1 Human-animal relationships
K1 Relaciones humano-animal
K1 Wildlife management
K1 Africa
K1 Animals and civilization
K1 Wildlife conservation - Africa
K1 Animales - África
K1 Willingness to pay
K1 Beehives
K1 Colmenas
K1 Elephants
K1 Agriculture
K1 3105.12 Ordenación y Conservación de la Fauna Silvestre
K1 5102.01 Agricultura
AB Simple Summary: Local communities living on the edge of protected areas often experience negative impacts on their livelihoods due to wildlife. These situations threaten support for long-term conservation of wildlife and wild habitats so a key for conservation sustainability should be based on implementing socially accepted and economically sustainable mitigation practices. For successful design and implementation of mitigation strategies, it is vital to engage local communities and understand their preferences and previous experiences. In this study, we present a choice experiment as a tool to analyze local farmer preferences for the most common farm-based solutions to reduce African elephant crop damage. Results show that there are significant differences among responses triggered by farmers’ previous experience with elephants and socioeconomic situation, with a marked spatial distribution among respondents. This methodology, based on a choice modeling approach considering the differential availability of resources and previous experience with elephants or other wildlife, is highly applicable, with small changes in other areas where wildlife competes with local communities for resources. This approach also represents a suitable instrument for identifying stakeholders’ preferences in each specific context.
PB MDPI
SN 2076-2615
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/61967
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/61967
LA eng
NO Animals, 2022, Vol. 12, Nº. 14, 1867
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 11-jul-2024