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| Clements, Hayley S; Percy FitzPatrick Institute, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, South Africa; clementshayley@gmail.com; Cumming, Graeme S; Percy FitzPatrick Institute, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, South Africa; ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Australia; gscumming@gmail.com; Kerley, Graham I. H.; Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa; graham.kerley@nmmu.ac.za. |
| The proliferation of private land conservation areas (PLCAs) is placing increasing pressure on conservation authorities to effectively regulate their ecological management. Many PLCAs depend on tourism for income, and charismatic large mammal species are considered important for attracting international visitors. Broad-scale socioeconomic factors therefore have the potential to drive fine-scale ecological management, creating a systemic scale mismatch that can reduce long-term sustainability in cases where economic and conservation objectives are not perfectly aligned. We assessed the socioeconomic drivers and outcomes of large predator management on 71 PLCAs in South Africa. Owners of PLCAs that are stocking free-roaming large predators identified revenue... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus; Cross-scale interaction; Ecotourism; Financial objectives; Lion Panthera leo; Minimum area requirements; Predator management; Social-ecological. |
| Ano: 2016 |
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