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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.05.004
	Beyond compensation: Integrating local communities' livelihood choices in large carnivore conservation
	Harihar A.; Veríssimo D.; MacMillan D.C.
发表日期	2015
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	33
英文摘要	Conserving biodiversity in human-dominated regions of the world is complex, particularly in case of large carnivores where perceived conflicts exist with economic development, expanding human populations and livelihoods. Using a systematic 'bottom-up' consultative framework, based on a choice modelling approach that accounts for heterogeneity in the population, we explore alternative strategies that meet conservation and human development goals. Focusing on the Gujjars, a pastoralist community in northern India our research identifies the community's preferred government support measures to encourage coexistence with tigers. We find that direct losses from predation are secondary concerns compared to development measures despite these losses being comparable to other tiger landscapes. Further we found that almost all sampled households (283/292) preferred resettlement over any form of coexistence, with positive preferences for larger land-sizes, the immediate and permanent transfer of property rights, a government-built house and the potential to generate a living from agro-pastoralism. As resettlement would avoid conflict with tigers and lead to habitat and prey recovery, it follows that tiger conservation and human development goals could be best realized by securing vast areas of inviolate tiger habitat through community resettlement to acceptable locations away from tiger habitat. Although Gujjars in our case study prefer resettlement as the way forward, we highlight the need for a responsive policy and institutional framework that can accommodate local needs and ensure there are adequate opportunities for the creation of sustainable livelihoods within tiger habitats. More generally, we show how different outcomes for tigers and humans can be explored empirically to generate better outcomes for carnivores and people at a landscape scale. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
英文关键词	Choice experiment; Coexistence; Gujjar; Resettlement; Tiger; Western Terai Arc Landscape
学科领域	biodiversity; bottom-up approach; carnivore; coexistence; community development; economic development; felid; human development index; institutional framework; pastoralism; property rights; resettlement policy; sustainability; conservation management; ethnic group; governance approach; heterogeneity; integrated approach; living resource; local participation; nature-society relations; predation; India; Tarai
语种	英语
scopus关键词	biodiversity; bottom-up approach; carnivore; coexistence; community development; economic development; felid; human development index; institutional framework; pastoralism; property rights; resettlement policy; sustainability; conservation management; ethnic group; governance approach; heterogeneity; integrated approach; living resource; local participation; nature-society relations; predation; India; Tarai
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/117498
作者单位	Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Kent, CT2 7NZ, United Kingdom; Wildlife Institute of India, PO Box 18, Chandrabani, Dehradun, 248001, India
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Harihar A.,Veríssimo D.,MacMillan D.C.. Beyond compensation: Integrating local communities' livelihood choices in large carnivore conservation[J],2015,33.
APA	Harihar A.,Veríssimo D.,&MacMillan D.C..(2015).Beyond compensation: Integrating local communities' livelihood choices in large carnivore conservation.Global Environmental Change,33.
MLA	Harihar A.,et al."Beyond compensation: Integrating local communities' livelihood choices in large carnivore conservation".Global Environmental Change 33(2015).