The Conservation Costs of Game Ranching

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dc.contributor.authorPitman, Ross T
dc.contributor.authorFattebert, Julien
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Samual T
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Kathryn S
dc.contributor.authorHill, Russell A
dc.contributor.authorHunter, Luke T B
dc.contributor.authorSlotow, Rob
dc.contributor.authorBalme, Guy A
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-08T06:55:03Z
dc.date.available2021-10-08T06:55:03Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThe devolution of user rights of wildlife in southern Africa has led to a widespread land-use shift from livestock farming to game ranching. The economic advantages of game ranching over livestock farming are significant, but so too are the risks associated with breeding financially valuable game where free-ranging wildlife pose a credible threat. Here, we assessed whether the conservation potential of game ranching, and a decentralized approach to conservation more generally, may be undermined by an increase in human-wildlife conflict. We demonstrate that game rancher tolerance towards free-ranging wildlife has significantly decreased as the game ranching industry has evolved. Our findings reveal a conflict of interest between wealth and wildlife conservation resulting from local decision-making in the absence of adequate centralized governance and evidence-based best practice. As a fundamental pillar of devolution-based natural resource management, game ranching proves an important mechanism for economic growth, albeit at a significant cost to conservation.
dc.identifier.apacitationPitman, R. T., Fattebert, J., Williams, S. T., Williams, K. S., Hill, R. A., Hunter, L. T. B., ... Balme, G. A. (2016). The Conservation Costs of Game Ranching. <i>Conservation Letters</i>, 10(4), 402 - 412. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34404en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationPitman, Ross T, Julien Fattebert, Samual T Williams, Kathryn S Williams, Russell A Hill, Luke T B Hunter, Rob Slotow, and Guy A Balme "The Conservation Costs of Game Ranching." <i>Conservation Letters</i> 10, 4. (2016): 402 - 412. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34404en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationPitman, R.T., Fattebert, J., Williams, S.T., Williams, K.S., Hill, R.A., Hunter, L.T.B., Slotow, R. & Balme, G.A. et al. 2016. The Conservation Costs of Game Ranching. <i>Conservation Letters.</i> 10(4):402 - 412. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34404en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1755-263X
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Pitman, Ross T AU - Fattebert, Julien AU - Williams, Samual T AU - Williams, Kathryn S AU - Hill, Russell A AU - Hunter, Luke T B AU - Slotow, Rob AU - Balme, Guy A AB - The devolution of user rights of wildlife in southern Africa has led to a widespread land-use shift from livestock farming to game ranching. The economic advantages of game ranching over livestock farming are significant, but so too are the risks associated with breeding financially valuable game where free-ranging wildlife pose a credible threat. Here, we assessed whether the conservation potential of game ranching, and a decentralized approach to conservation more generally, may be undermined by an increase in human-wildlife conflict. We demonstrate that game rancher tolerance towards free-ranging wildlife has significantly decreased as the game ranching industry has evolved. Our findings reveal a conflict of interest between wealth and wildlife conservation resulting from local decision-making in the absence of adequate centralized governance and evidence-based best practice. As a fundamental pillar of devolution-based natural resource management, game ranching proves an important mechanism for economic growth, albeit at a significant cost to conservation. DA - 2016 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town IS - 4 J1 - Conservation Letters LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2016 SM - 1755-263X T1 - The Conservation Costs of Game Ranching TI - The Conservation Costs of Game Ranching UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34404 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/34404
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationPitman RT, Fattebert J, Williams ST, Williams KS, Hill RA, Hunter LTB, et al. The Conservation Costs of Game Ranching. Conservation Letters. 2016;10(4):402 - 412. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34404.en_ZA
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Biological Sciences
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Science
dc.sourceConservation Letters
dc.source.journalissue4
dc.source.journalvolume10
dc.source.pagination402 - 412
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.12276
dc.subject.otherdecentralization
dc.subject.otherdevolution
dc.subject.otherhuman‐wildlife conflict
dc.subject.otherland‐use planning
dc.subject.othernatural resource management
dc.subject.otherpersecution
dc.subject.otherproblem animal control
dc.subject.othertolerance
dc.titleThe Conservation Costs of Game Ranching
dc.typeJournal Article
uct.type.publicationResearch
uct.type.resourceJournal Article
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