Paying for an Endangered Predator Leads to Population Recovery
Abstract Keeping viable predator populations on a human‐dominated planet will require innovative approaches that promote local coexistence with human activities. Conservation performance payments, which are linked specifically to the production of a desired environmental output, have received increa...
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crwiley:10.1111/conl.12171 2024-06-23T07:53:28+00:00 Paying for an Endangered Predator Leads to Population Recovery Persson, Jens Rauset, Geir R. Chapron, Guillaume 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.12171 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fconl.12171 en eng Wiley http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Conservation Letters volume 8, issue 5, page 345-350 ISSN 1755-263X 1755-263X journal-article 2015 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12171 2024-06-06T04:20:16Z Abstract Keeping viable predator populations on a human‐dominated planet will require innovative approaches that promote local coexistence with human activities. Conservation performance payments, which are linked specifically to the production of a desired environmental output, have received increasing attention but their effectiveness in predator conservation remains undocumented. Here, we show that paying Sámi reindeer herders for wolverine ( Gulo gulo ) reproductions has been instrumental in the recovery of wolverines in Sweden. Adult female wolverines were significantly less exposed to illegal killing and this allowed the population to more than double in a decade. We argue that this program provides protection for adult female wolverines through a combination of direct monetary value and indirect protection because of monitoring activities. The program's success, even in a system where livestock is the main prey for the predator, reveals an exceptional potential for future implementations in large carnivore conservation. Article in Journal/Newspaper Gulo gulo Wiley Online Library Conservation Letters 8 5 345 350 |
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Abstract Keeping viable predator populations on a human‐dominated planet will require innovative approaches that promote local coexistence with human activities. Conservation performance payments, which are linked specifically to the production of a desired environmental output, have received increasing attention but their effectiveness in predator conservation remains undocumented. Here, we show that paying Sámi reindeer herders for wolverine ( Gulo gulo ) reproductions has been instrumental in the recovery of wolverines in Sweden. Adult female wolverines were significantly less exposed to illegal killing and this allowed the population to more than double in a decade. We argue that this program provides protection for adult female wolverines through a combination of direct monetary value and indirect protection because of monitoring activities. The program's success, even in a system where livestock is the main prey for the predator, reveals an exceptional potential for future implementations in large carnivore conservation. |
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Persson, Jens Rauset, Geir R. Chapron, Guillaume Paying for an Endangered Predator Leads to Population Recovery |
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Paying for an Endangered Predator Leads to Population Recovery |
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Paying for an Endangered Predator Leads to Population Recovery |
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Paying for an Endangered Predator Leads to Population Recovery |
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Paying for an Endangered Predator Leads to Population Recovery |
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