Harihar, Abishek, Ghosh-Harihar, Mousumi, MacMillan, Douglas C. (2014) Human resettlement and tiger conservation – Socio-economic assessment of pastoralists reveals a rare conservation opportunity in a human-dominated landscape. Biological Conservation, 169 (2). pp. 167-175. ISSN 0006-3207. (doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2013.11.012) (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:38244)
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Abstract
Resettlement of people for conservation is a contentious issue, but remains an important policy for conserving
should ideally be supported with careful evaluation of the needs of wildlife, socio-economic
a semi-structured questionnaire survey of 158 households across a gradient of tiger occupancy, we found
opportunity to expand inviolate areas for tigers in the western Terai Arc Landscape. The main ‘push
education and health facilities. Thus, our findings represent a rare instance where excessive extraction
The desire for resettlement was also re-enforced by losses of livestock to diseases (72.7%) and carnivores
resettled households. Demand for resettlement was uniformly strong regardless of local tiger occupancy,
given higher livestock depredation and possibilities for conflict. Our findings, therefore, represent a novel
of predator pressure, and could build a constituency for tiger conservation among local communities
consistent with national and global objectives.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.11.012 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | Compensation, Human resettlement, Tigers, Livelihood, Livestock depredation |
Subjects: |
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
Divisions: |
Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Anthropology and Conservation Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Anthropology and Conservation > DICE (Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology) |
Depositing User: | Douglas MacMillan |
Date Deposited: | 12 Feb 2014 12:06 UTC |
Last Modified: | 16 Feb 2021 12:51 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/38244 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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