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| McPherson, Jana M.; Centre for Conservation Research, Calgary Zoological Society; janam@calgaryzoo.com; Sammy, Joy; Centre for Conservation Research, Calgary Zoological Society; Protected Areas and Poverty Reduction Canada-Africa Learning Alliance, Vancouver Island University; joy.sammy@gmail.com; Sheppard, Donna J.; Centre for Conservation Research, Calgary Zoological Society; Nature Conservation Research Centre; Protected Areas and Poverty Reduction Canada-Africa Learning Alliance, Vancouver Island University; Rural Studies, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph; donnas@calgaryzoo.com; Mason, John J.; Nature Conservation Research Centre; jos091963@gmail.com; Brichieri-Colombi, Typhenn A.; Centre for Conservation Research, Calgary Zoological Society; TyphenBC@calgaryzoo.com; Moehrenschlager, Axel; Centre for Conservation Research, Calgary Zoological Society; axelm@calgaryzoo.com. |
| Cultural traditions can conflict with modern conservation goals when they promote damage to fragile environments or the harvest of imperiled species. We explore whether and how traditional, culturally motivated species exploitation can nonetheless aid conservation by examining the recent “discovery” in Avu Lagoon, Ghana, of sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii gratus), a species familiar to locals, but not previously scientifically recorded in Ghana and regionally assumed extinct. Specifically, we investigate what role traditional beliefs, allied hunting practices, and the associated traditional ecological knowledge have played in the species’ discovery and subsequent community-based conservation; how they might influence future... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Anlo-Keta Lagoon Complex; Community-based conservation; Local knowledge; Shrines; Traditional beliefs; Traditional ecological knowledge; Traditional species harvest; Tragelaphus spekii gratus. |
| Ano: 2016 |
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