Social development and biodiversity conservation synergies for the West African giraffe in a human–wildlife landscape

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41340%2F23%3A97395" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41340/23:97395 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/environmental-conservation/article/abs/social-development-and-biodiversity-conservation-synergies-for-the-west-african-giraffe-in-a-humanwildlife-landscape/24820FA4214BEB344628D24F104671F3" target="_blank" >https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/environmental-conservation/article/abs/social-development-and-biodiversity-conservation-synergies-for-the-west-african-giraffe-in-a-humanwildlife-landscape/24820FA4214BEB344628D24F104671F3</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0376892923000243" target="_blank" >10.1017/S0376892923000243</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Social development and biodiversity conservation synergies for the West African giraffe in a human–wildlife landscape

Original language description

The West African giraffe is restricted to Niger, but historically it inhabited much of the Sudano-Sahelian zone. The population is concentrated in the ‘Giraffe Zone’ (GZ), an unprotected area with a high human population density. Since the mid-1990s, the giraffe population has steadily increased mainly due to the collective social and conservation initiatives of the government, non-governmental organizations and the local community. In 2018, the first West African giraffe satellite population was established through the reintroduction of eight individuals into Gadabedji Biosphere Reserve (GBR). In this study, we aimed to describe the current state of human–giraffe coexistence, human attitudes towards giraffe and human habits of natural resources use through a questionnaire survey conducted in the GZ and GBR. Although most of the GZ respondents highlighted crop damage caused by giraffe, we also found overall positive attitudes towards the animals. Most respondents from both sites expressed positive attitudes towards giraffe, highlighting that they do not see poaching as a major current threat. However, the giraffe population continues to be directly threatened by habitat loss through firewood cutting, livestock overgrazing and agriculture expansion. Long-term conservation of the West African giraffe is dependent on better habitat protection and understanding of current human–giraffe coexistence through ensuring that giraffe presence will benefit local communities across their range.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10619 - Biodiversity conservation

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

ISSN

0376-8929

e-ISSN

0376-8929

Volume of the periodical

50

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

259-266

UT code for WoS article

001080192600001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85173871422