Increase anti-poaching law-enforcement or reduce demand for wildlife products? A framework to guide strategic conservation investments

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dc.contributor.authorHolden, Matthew H.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBiggs, Duanen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBrink, Henryen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBal, Payalen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorRhodes, Jonathanen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMcDonald-Madden, Eveen_ZA
dc.contributor.editorFulton, Elizabethen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-11T09:10:32Z
dc.date.available2019-09-11T09:10:32Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionCITATION: Holden, M. H., et al. 2018. Increase anti-poaching law-enforcement or reduce demand for wildlife products? a framework to guide strategic conservation investments. Conservation Letters, doi:10.1111/conl.12618.en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.comen_ZA
dc.description.abstractDonors, NGOs, and governments increasingly invest in campaigns to reduce con-sumer demand for wildlife products in an attempt to prevent the decline of overex-ploited and poached species. We provide a novel framework to aid these investmentdecisions based on a demand reduction campaign's return on investment compared toantipoaching law enforcement. A resulting decision rule shows that the relative effec-tiveness of demand reduction compared to increased enforcement depends entirely onsocial and economic uncertainties rather than ecological ones. Illustrative case stud-ies on bushmeat and ivory reveal that campaigning to reduce demand may be morecost-effective than antipoaching enforcement if demand reduction campaigns drivemodest price reductions. The outputs from this framework can link targeted monitor-ing of wildlife product prices to management decisions that protect species threatenedby harvest and trade.en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipAustralian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisionsen_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/conl.12618?af=R
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.format.extent9 pages : illustrationsen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHolden, M. H., et al. 2018. Increase anti-poaching law-enforcement or reduce demand for wildlife products? a framework to guide strategic conservation investments. Conservation Letters, doi:10.1111/conl.12618en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1755-263X (online)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.1111/conl.12618
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/106444
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherWiley Open Accessen_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyrighten_ZA
dc.subjectBushmeaten_ZA
dc.subjectWildlife conservation -- Law and legislationen_ZA
dc.subjectDemand reduction of wildlife productsen_ZA
dc.subjectWildlife products industryen_ZA
dc.subjectAntipoaching law enforcementen_ZA
dc.titleIncrease anti-poaching law-enforcement or reduce demand for wildlife products? A framework to guide strategic conservation investmentsen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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