Duffy, R. orcid.org/0000-0002-6779-7240, St John, F.A.V., Büscher, B. et al. (1 more author) (2016) Toward a new understanding of the links between poverty and illegal wildlife hunting. Conservation Biology, 30 (1). pp. 14-22. ISSN 0888-8892
Abstract
Conservation organizations have increasingly raised concerns about escalating rates of illegal hunting and trade in wildlife. Previous studies have concluded that people hunt illegally because they are financially poor or lack alternative livelihood strategies. However, there has been little attempt to develop a richer understanding of the motivations behind contemporary illegal wildlife hunting. As a first step, we reviewed the academic and policy literatures on poaching and illegal wildlife use and considered the meanings of poverty and the relative importance of structure and individual agency. We placed motivations for illegal wildlife hunting within the context of the complex history of how wildlife laws were initially designed and enforced to indicate how hunting practices by specific communities were criminalized. We also considered the nature of poverty and the reasons for economic deprivation in particular communities to indicate how particular understandings of poverty as material deprivation ultimately shape approaches to illegal wildlife hunting. We found there is a need for a much better understanding of what poverty is and what motivates people to hunt illegally.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 The Authors. Conservation Biology published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Society for Conservation Biology. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | ivory; poaching; rhino horn; rural development; wildlife trade |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Politics and International Relations (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ECONOMIC & SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL ES/L012413/2 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 15 Nov 2016 15:10 |
Last Modified: | 15 Nov 2016 22:45 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12622 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/cobi.12622 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:107453 |
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