Developing the Cost of Large Carnivore Conflict Rapid Response Units - A Namibian Case Study


Autoria(s): Bauer, Melissa J
Contribuinte(s)

Dollar, Luke J

Data(s)

24/04/2015

Resumo

Namibia is home to half the world’s remaining wild cheetahs and - provides critical habitat for lions, leopards, spotted and brown hyena and African Wild Dogs. Despite such ecological importance, only 5% of cheetah's, <1% of African Wild Dogs', and similar percentages of remaining habitat for other large carnivores exists on officially protected lands. As a result, human/carnivore conflict is a large problem on private lands, where 60% of surveyed farmers will shoot any large carnivore on sight. This project explores building a carnivore rapid response team equipped to mitigate human/carnivore conflict through researching the financial costs of such an endeavor, with an eye on capitalizing potential benefits to all 6 Namibian large carnivore species.

Identificador

http://hdl.handle.net/10161/9647

Idioma(s)

en_US

Palavras-Chave #Carnivore #Namibia #Human/Wildlife Conflict #Conservation Strategies
Tipo

Masters' project