Exploring multiple dimensions of conservation success: Long-term wildlife trends, anti-poaching efforts and revenue sharing in Kibale National Park, Uganda

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dc.check.date2023-01-05
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dc.contributor.authorSarkar, Dipto
dc.contributor.authorBortolamiol, S.
dc.contributor.authorGogarten, J. F.
dc.contributor.authorHartter, J.
dc.contributor.authorHou, R.
dc.contributor.authorKagoro, W.
dc.contributor.authorOmeja, P.
dc.contributor.authorTumwesigye, C.
dc.contributor.authorChapman, C. A.
dc.contributor.funderAlexander von Humboldt-Stiftungen
dc.contributor.funderInternational Development Research Centreen
dc.contributor.funderNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canadaen
dc.contributor.funderNational Science Foundationen
dc.contributor.funderTheo Hills Memorial Fund, Canadaen
dc.contributor.funderNational Natural Science Foundation of Chinaen
dc.contributor.funderDeutscher Akademischer Austauschdiensten
dc.contributor.funderBundesministerium für Bildung und Forschungen
dc.contributor.funderLeakey Foundationen
dc.contributor.funderNational Geographic Societyen
dc.contributor.funderSocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canadaen
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-21T11:47:43Z
dc.date.available2022-01-21T11:47:43Z
dc.date.issued2022-01-05
dc.description.abstractParks are essential for protecting biodiversity and finding ways to improve park effectiveness is an important topic. We contributed to this debate by examining spatial and temporal changes in illegal activities in Kibale National Park, Uganda between 2006 and 2016 and used existing data to evaluate how the changes were correlated with the living conditions of people in neighboring communities, as well as patrolling effort. We explore the effectiveness of conservation strategies implemented in Kibale, by quantifying changes in the abundance of nine animal species over two to five decades. While uncertainty in such animal survey data are inherently large and it is hard to generalize across a 795-km2 area that encompasses diverse habitat types, data suggest an increase in animal abundance in the National Park. An increase in patrolling effort by park guards over the decade was correlated with a decline in the number of traps and snares found, which suggests patrolling helped limit resource extraction from the park. The park’s edge was extensively used for illegal forest product extraction, while the setting of snares occurred more often deeper in the forest. Perhaps counter-intuitively, increased community wealth or park-related employment in a village next to the park were positively correlated with increased illegal forest product extraction. Overall, our results suggest that the portfolio of conservation strategies used over the last two to five decades were effective for protecting the park and its animals, although understanding the impact of these efforts on local human populations and how to mitigate any losses and suffering they sustain remains an important area of research and action. It is evident that complex social, political and economic drivers impact conservation success and more interdisciplinary studies are required to quantify and qualify these dimensions.en
dc.description.sponsorshipInternational Development Research Centre (‘Climate change and increasing human-wildlife conflict’); Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Research Chairs program); National Science Foundation (GRS 0352008; CNH-EX 1114977); National Natural Science Foundation of China (#31870396); Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (430-2021-00686).en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.citationSarkar, D., Bortolamiol, S., Gogarten, J. F., Hartter, J., Hou, R., Kagoro, W., Omeja, P., Tumwesigye, C. and Chapman, C. A. (2022) 'Exploring multiple dimensions of conservation success: Long-term wildlife trends, anti-poaching efforts and revenue sharing in Kibale National Park, Uganda', Animal Conservation. doi: 10.1111/acv.12765en
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/acv.12765en
dc.identifier.eissn1469-1795
dc.identifier.issn1367-9430
dc.identifier.journaltitleAnimal Conservationen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/12441
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc.en
dc.rights© 2021 The Zoological Society of London. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following item: Sarkar, D., Bortolamiol, S., Gogarten, J. F., Hartter, J., Hou, R., Kagoro, W., Omeja, P., Tumwesigye, C. and Chapman, C. A. (2022) 'Exploring multiple dimensions of conservation success: Long-term wildlife trends, anti-poaching efforts and revenue sharing in Kibale National Park, Uganda', Animal Conservation, doi: 10.1111/acv.12765, which has been published in final form at: https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12765 This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.en
dc.subjectBiodiversity managementen
dc.subjectConservation and developmenten
dc.subjectIllegal activitiesen
dc.subjectKibale National Parken
dc.subjectPoachingen
dc.subjectSnaresen
dc.subjectPatrolling efforten
dc.subjectUgandaen
dc.titleExploring multiple dimensions of conservation success: Long-term wildlife trends, anti-poaching efforts and revenue sharing in Kibale National Park, Ugandaen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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