Factors promoting hunting groups’ sustainable harvest of moose in a co-management system
Abstract Collaboration between and within management levels and involvement of local communities (co-management) increases sustainable management of natural resources. In Finland, moose (Alces alces) are harvested by hunting groups within a co-management system, providing meat and social benefits. W...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:c9fb035178b34ebc8cef380a6708c292 2024-01-07T09:38:06+01:00 Factors promoting hunting groups’ sustainable harvest of moose in a co-management system Laura S. Tuominen Mikael Wikström Heikki Helanterä Patrik Karell Jyrki Pusenius Lauri Rapeli Leena Ruha Timo Vuorisalo Jon E. Brommer 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48348-2 https://doaj.org/article/c9fb035178b34ebc8cef380a6708c292 EN eng Nature Portfolio https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48348-2 https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322 doi:10.1038/s41598-023-48348-2 2045-2322 https://doaj.org/article/c9fb035178b34ebc8cef380a6708c292 Scientific Reports, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2023) Medicine R Science Q article 2023 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48348-2 2023-12-10T01:48:15Z Abstract Collaboration between and within management levels and involvement of local communities (co-management) increases sustainable management of natural resources. In Finland, moose (Alces alces) are harvested by hunting groups within a co-management system, providing meat and social benefits. We computed the 14-year change in moose harvest (2007–2020) for 4320 hunting groups. Moose harvest declined on average 1.1% per year, but with substantial variation in moose harvest changes between the hunting groups. We extracted information describing the collaboration between the hunting groups, their democratic status as well as leader dynamics, and the year of establishment. A hunting group’s moose harvest was more stable (i.e. declined less) when the hunting group was (1) established a longer time ago; (2), had more changes in leadership over time, but did not depend on collaboration with other local hunting groups (in terms of jointly holding moose hunting licenses), whether the hunting group was a registered society (presumed to be more democratic than a non-registered one) or had consecutive leaders that shared a surname (presumed to be related). We conclude that encouraging resource users’ early establishment in groups and groups’ long-term persistence and promoting democratic leadership roles improves stable benefits from a natural resource in a co-management system. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alces alces Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Scientific Reports 13 1 |
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Abstract Collaboration between and within management levels and involvement of local communities (co-management) increases sustainable management of natural resources. In Finland, moose (Alces alces) are harvested by hunting groups within a co-management system, providing meat and social benefits. We computed the 14-year change in moose harvest (2007–2020) for 4320 hunting groups. Moose harvest declined on average 1.1% per year, but with substantial variation in moose harvest changes between the hunting groups. We extracted information describing the collaboration between the hunting groups, their democratic status as well as leader dynamics, and the year of establishment. A hunting group’s moose harvest was more stable (i.e. declined less) when the hunting group was (1) established a longer time ago; (2), had more changes in leadership over time, but did not depend on collaboration with other local hunting groups (in terms of jointly holding moose hunting licenses), whether the hunting group was a registered society (presumed to be more democratic than a non-registered one) or had consecutive leaders that shared a surname (presumed to be related). We conclude that encouraging resource users’ early establishment in groups and groups’ long-term persistence and promoting democratic leadership roles improves stable benefits from a natural resource in a co-management system. |
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Factors promoting hunting groups’ sustainable harvest of moose in a co-management system |
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