Exploring the Knowledge and Perceptions of Local Communities on Illegal Hunting: Long Term Trends in a West African Protected Area

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41330%2F21%3A87006" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41330/21:87006 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/60460709:41340/21:87006
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/12/11/1454" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/12/11/1454</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f12111454" target="_blank" >10.3390/f12111454</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Exploring the Knowledge and Perceptions of Local Communities on Illegal Hunting: Long Term Trends in a West African Protected Area
Original language description
Local communities in rural areas are dependent on hunting for their livelihoods and rely on their knowledge to understand wildlife ecology. Their knowledge and perceptions may be vital for forming effective and sustainable management plans related to wildlife conservation. We aimed to examine perceptions of local people living inside,153 households, and outside (n = 178 households, the Kogyae Strict Nature Reserve, KSNR, Ghana, regarding bushmeat prevalence and long term trends in illegal hunting, and to explore peoples knowledge about hunting tools, species, and reasons to hunt illegally. Perceptions of bushmeat sightings and illegal hunting trends were influenced by living inside or outside the protected area, gender, and residence time. Residents living inside the reserve perceived bushmeat and hunting as frequently present in their environment mainly due to frequent sightings of bushmeat and other wildlife products, while people living adjacent to the KSNR were more knowledgeable about the decrea
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50704 - Environmental sciences (social aspects)

Project
<a href="/en/project/EF19_074%2F0016295" target="_blank" >EF19_074/0016295: Drivers and mechanisms of habitat selection and movement patterns of native ungulate communities in relation to resource distribution and livestock grazing in West African protected areas</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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