使用激励支付来促进人类与食肉动物的共存
Adam Pekor1, Ingela Jansson2, Ololotu Munka2
1Department of Environmental Science and Technology, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA.
概括
坦桑尼亚的一项狮子保护激励支付计划为村庄在其土地上的狮子提供了直接的经济利益. 这一举措成功地弥补了牲畜损失,并支持了社区发展,促进了人类和食肉动物的共存.
科学领域:
- 保护生物学 保护生物学
- 人类与野生动物之间的冲突
- 基于社区的保护.
背景情况:
- 尽量减少大型食肉动物的财务负担对于它们的保护至关重要.
- 基于激励的计划为人类与食肉动物的共存提供了一个有希望的方法.
- 对大型食肉动物以激励为基础的保护研究是有限的.
研究的目的:
- 审查新型狮子保护激励支付 (CIP) 计划的设计,实施和结果.
- 评估金融激励措施在促进坦桑尼亚人与狮子共存方面的有效性.
- 确定开发类似的保护计划所吸取的经验教训.
主要方法:
- 在坦桑尼亚的恩戈朗戈罗保护区进行为期3年的CIP试点项目的案例研究.
- 根据每月的狮子观测,向村庄提供直接支付.
- 家庭调查以衡量计划的认识和支持.
主要成果:
- 村庄的收入超过了狮子失去的牲畜价值的两倍.
- 项目收入主要投资于与教育相关的项目.
- 观察到社区对CIP计划的高度意识和支持.
结论:
- CIP计划在缓解人狮冲突和支持当地发展方面取得了成功.
- 成功的关键因素包括一个实用的支付框架,适应性沟通和利益相关者的支持.
- 这些发现为全球设计可持续的激励型保护计划提供了宝贵的见解.
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