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Sarah L Carroll^1,2, Susanne M Vogel³, Purity Nititi Taek

¹Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.

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|October 22, 2024

概括

有效的保护需要了解人类对野生动物的态度. 这项在肯尼亚和坦桑尼亚的研究发现,重视大象和减轻负面影响是当地社区积极保护态度的关键.

科学领域:

保护科学保护科学
野生动物管理的人类维度
空间生态学空间生态学

背景情况:

有效的保护规划需要整合社会数据,这些数据通常由于非空间分析或未解决的偏见而未得到充分利用.
了解当地对野生动物的态度,例如非洲大象 (Loxodonta africana),对于在共同的景观中成功地实现人类和野生动物的共存至关重要.

研究的目的:

量化和绘制肯尼亚-坦桑尼亚边境地区对非洲大象保护的当地态度.
确定人类态度的关键驱动因素,考虑数据偏见和不确定性.
通过了解社会景观,为有针对性的保护战略提供信息.

主要方法:

一种混合方法的方法,将贝叶斯的等级模型与对来自177个家庭的调查数据的主题分析结合起来.
空间显式建模用于映射态度及其决定因素.
对开放式响应和与当地社区共同解释的定性分析.

主要成果:

相信大象的社会文化价值对一般的保护态度产生了积极的影响 (平均增加 = 0.31).
野生动物的负面影响显著减少了当地积极的保护态度 (平均下降 = -0.20).
安全问题,生计影响和缺乏激励因素对当地人对人类和大象共存的态度产生了负面影响.

结论:

保护战略必须维持社会文化价值观,并解决人类福祉和安全问题.
对物种无关的野生动物影响减缓和激励计划对于改善保护结果至关重要.
对社会数据的空间显式建模揭示了对有针对性的保护规划至关重要的细度变化.

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