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Assessing the Effectiveness of a Community-based Livestock Insurance Program
Justine Shanti Alexander1, Bayarjargal Agvaantseren2, Enkhtuvshin Gongor2
1Snow Leopard Trust, 4649 Sunnyside Avenue N., Seattle, 98103, WA, USA. Justine@snowleopard.org.
Environmental Management
|April 12, 2021
Summary
A community livestock insurance program in Mongolia increased participant satisfaction and conservation engagement for snow leopards. While effective, additional interventions are needed to fully reduce retaliatory killings.
Area of Science:
- Conservation Biology
- Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation
- Community-Based Conservation
Background:
- Financial incentives are often proposed to reduce human-carnivore conflict and promote coexistence.
- Evidence for the effectiveness of these financial mechanisms in diverse ecological and social settings is limited.
- This study examines a community-based livestock insurance program in Mongolia aimed at snow leopard conservation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of a community-based livestock insurance program for snow leopard conservation.
- To assess the program's impact on human-carnivore interactions and community engagement.
- To determine the program's contribution to overall conservation goals.
Main Methods:
- A results-based evaluation approach was employed using program records (2009-2018) and surveys (2016-2017).
- Key indicators were compared between participating communities and control communities.
- Program coverage, livestock insured, participant satisfaction, financial contributions, reported livestock losses, and intentions to kill snow leopards were assessed.
Main Results:
- The insurance program achieved high coverage, insuring nearly 11,000 livestock across 65% of households.
- Participant satisfaction and financial contributions increased over time, indicating strong community ownership.
- Participants reported fewer livestock losses and less intention to kill snow leopards compared to control groups, suggesting increased conservation engagement.
Conclusions:
- The livestock insurance program demonstrated success in achieving its objectives related to community engagement and mitigating conflict costs.
- Strong community ownership and increased conservation engagement were observed.
- Despite positive outcomes, snow leopard mortalities persisted in the initial years, highlighting the need for supplementary conservation interventions to fully curb retaliatory killings.
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