scholarly journals Ivory in Kathmandu

Oryx ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 317-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esmond Bradley Martin
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Recent Survey ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Elephant Ivory

Elephant ivory is still on sale in Kathmandu, in Nepal, despite the fact that this transgresses the country's legislation. In a recent survey of 184 shops frequented by tourists 1454 ivory items were found for sale. Trade in ivory is at a vey low level, but dealers are still importing ivory. The Forest officers and police need to be motivated to confiscate the ivory and take the offenders to court. Without fully implementing Nepal's 25-year-old National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act, the authorities are indirectly encouraging people to flout the restrictions.

scholarly journals The barasingha, or swamp deer, in Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve, Nepal

Oryx ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Henshaw
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Field Study ◽  
National Parks ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Irrigation Canal ◽  
Protective Measures ◽  
Deer Species ◽  
The World ◽  
Wildlife Reserve ◽  
Swamp Deer

Between 1988 and 1993 six periods of field study were undertaken to investigate the environmental impact of the construction of a main irrigation canal and other works in the proposed extension of Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve and to recommend protective measures. Suklaphanta is administered by His Majesty's Government of Nepal through the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation. Special emphasis was placed upon the barasingha Cervus duvauceli population because it is the largest remaining group of this endangered deer species in the world. This paper presents recommendations for the management of the barasingha and its habitat.

scholarly journals Ecotourism in Russian Karelia: Emergence, development, opportunities

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-66
Author(s):  
Alexander Osipov
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Slow Growth ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Conservation Areas ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Triangular Relationship ◽  
Regional Authorities ◽  
Poor Infrastructure

This review article examines the development of ecotourism in national parks in the Republic of Karelia over the last 30 years. In Russia, the term “ecotourism” has appeared in newspapers and scholarly articles since the 1990s and its popularity is still increasing. The authorities in the Republic of Karelia have argued that tourism and especially ecotourism have the potential to become a major sector of the Republic’s economy. This article focuses on the meaning of this term internationally, and especially in the context of Russia and Karelia, and considers this definition through the lens of conventional historiography. The key issue of this research is the triangular relationship between ecotourists, local communities and wildlife conservation areas or national parks, where ecotourism functions as a major tool, connecting all these points. This paper applies comparative historical research methods as part of a qualitative approach, analysing a variety of primary sources including archive materials, interviews and forum discussions. The article concludes that the slow growth of ecotourism, despite the attempts of regional authorities and the assistance of the European Union, is due to several reasons including remote locations, poor infrastructure and the lack of symbolic meaning for national parks.

Marginalisation of the Waata Oromo Hunter–Gatherers of Kenya: Insider and Outsider Perspectives

Africa ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aneesa Kassam ◽  
Ali Balla Bashuna
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
National Parks ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Political Representation ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Social Activist ◽  
Hunter Gatherers ◽  
Northern Kenya ◽  
British Colonial

AbstractThis paper examines how the way of life of a little known group of hunter–gatherers, the Waata Oromo, was brought to an end through British colonial wildlife conservation laws and the creation of national parks in Kenya. Through this policy and that of the containment of ethnic groups to ‘tribal reserves’, the Waata lost their place in the regional economic system and suffered loss of cultural identity. It also meant that when Kenya gained independence, the Waata were not recognised as a distinct entity with rights to their own political representation. Instead, they became appendages of the dominant pastoral groups with which they had been associated. They were thus doubly marginalised, in both economic and political terms. The paper describes how this situation has led some Waata in northern Kenya to claim separate ethnic status. It discusses the problem from the point of view of a Waata social activist and of an anthropologist. These two perspectives raise further issues for the etic/emic debate in anthropology.

scholarly journals Large ranches as conservation tools in the Venezuelan llanos

Oryx ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 274-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Hoogesteijn ◽  
Colin A. Chapman
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Wildlife Habitat ◽  
Private Land ◽  
Cattle Production ◽  
Natural Habitats ◽  
Personal Involvement ◽  
Venezuelan Llanos ◽  
Seasonally Flooded

Traditionally, wildlife conservation efforts have concentrated on the establishment of national parks and reserves. Additional strategies are needed if we are to conserve more than a small proportion of the world's natural habitats and their wildlife. One such strategy is the application of wildlife conservation regulations by private land owners on their properties. This paper uses examples of ranches in the seasonally flooded llanos of Venezuela to evaluate if effective wildlife conservation can coexist with sustainable wildlife use and cattle production. Income estimates derived from cattle production data varied among ranches from $US7.1 to $US26.4 per ha, while estimates of potential additional income through regulated capybara Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris and caiman Caiman crocodilus exploitation ranged up to $US7.7 per ha. The economic benefits of capybara and caiman harvests can be realized only by protecting wildlife habitat. Thus, it is suggested that large ranches in the llanos can play a major role in wildlife conservation as well as provide economic gains for those involved. Common denominators for success are: personal involvement of owners, effective patrolling systems, co-operation of neighbouring ranchers in patrolling activities, and ranches being located far from densely populated areas. For the programmes to succeed in the long term, government and conservation agencies will need to give more support to landowners.

Musings on Biodiversity by a Retired Park Manager

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Robert e. Fox
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resource Management ◽  
National Parks ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Landscape Management ◽  
Scientific Advice ◽  
Relative Lack ◽  
Park Manager ◽  
Significant Effort

Biodiversity continues to decline in Australia despite significant effort by government, industry and concerned citizens. In this essay the author draws upon his >30 years of experience at the sharp end of natural resource management to consider some factors that may be contributing to the relative lack of progress. While national parks and reserves form a small part of the overall Australian landscape their importance in the battle to retain biodiversity is undeniable. However, rigidity of thinking on the part of park managers has limited the support base for parks and thus their potential in leading integrated landscape management at the all-important local level. The rise of animal libertarianism is further impacting on the ability of parks and wildlife managers to make rational decisions based on the best scientific advice. Animal libertarianism, influential in our western, primarily urban-based society, causes significant problems in wildlife conservation. Anthropomorphic concepts of rights have little application in the animal world and contribute even less to the conservation of species.

scholarly journals Present day status and future of nature conservation in the Republic of Malawi

Koedoe ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
D.G. Anstey Anstey ◽  
A.J. Hall-Martin Hall-Martin
Keyword(s):  
Nature Conservation ◽  
National Parks ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Colonial Administration ◽  
Tsetse Control ◽  
Benign Neglect ◽  
Game Reserve ◽  
The Status ◽  
Game Fish ◽  
The Republic

When Malawi (formerly Nyasaland) became independent in 1964 the status and future of its game reserves were in jeopardy. The former administration had adopted a policy of benign neglect towards the country's wildlife areas (Anon 1963), and the remnants of the Department of Game, Fish and Tsetse Control had been absorbed by the Forestry Department in 1963. Fortunately the Life President of Malawi, Dr H Kamuzu Banda, took a strong interest in wildlife conservation and it was only his personal intervention, and the advent of independence, that saved the former Lengwe Game Reserve from deproclamation (Hayes 1967) as planned by the colonial administration. With the Life President's encouragement and the dedicated efforts of the staff responsible for wildlife, the tide which had been running strongly against nature conservation was turned, culminating in the establishment of a separate Department of National Parks and Wildlife only a decade after independence.

scholarly journals Wildlife in Zaïre

Oryx ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacques Verschuren
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Director General ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
African Countries ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Will

Zaïre is one of the foremost African countries in thefieldof wildlife conservation, with large areas of wild country still almost untouched, a magnificent range of wildlife, large well managed national parks, and the will and intention to conserve and extend these, as President Mobutu Sese Seko has made clear. This year conservationists from all over the world will be able to see a little of how this vast country is conserving its wildlife when they meet there for the IUCN General Assembly. In this article the former Director General of Zaïre's Institut National pour la Conservation de la Nature, who has worked there as a biologist since 1948, surveys the main wildlife areas. A second article, in the next Oryx, will describe the status of the major mammals.

scholarly journals Avitourism opportunities as a contribution to conservation and rural livelihoods in the Hindu Kush Himalaya - a field perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 14318-14327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nishikant Gupta ◽  
Mark Everard ◽  
Ishaan Kochhar ◽  
Vinod Kumar Belwal
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Knowledge Generation ◽  
Bird Conservation ◽  
Critical Data ◽  
Hydropower Plants ◽  
Hindu Kush ◽  
Baseline Information

The Hindu Kush Himalaya is a biodiversity hotspot subject to multiple anthropogenic stressors, including hydropower plants, pollution, deforestation and wildlife poaching, in addition to changing climate.  Bird photography tourism, as a locally important element of avitourism, has the potential to integrate sustainable development and wildlife conservation.  We conducted field surveys around the reaches of four Indian Himalayan rivers—the Kosi, western Ramganga, Khoh, and Song—outside of protected national parks (the Corbett and Rajaji tiger reserves) to ascertain the distribution of bird species along river corridors that could be sites of avitourism. Species richness along the surveyed reaches were: Kosi (79), western Ramganga (91), Khoh (52), and Song (79). This study contributes critical data to the existing baseline information on the avifaunal species of Uttarakhand.  It further discusses the possibility of developing avitourism for knowledge generation on species distribution and innovative livelihood options for local communities in Uttarakhand, reinforcing local vested interest in bird conservation.  The findings have generic applicability worldwide.  

scholarly journals Avitourism opportunities as a contribution to conservation and rural livelihoods in the Hindu Kush Himalaya - a field perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 14328-14333
Author(s):  
Nishikant Gupta ◽  
Mark Everard ◽  
Ishaan Kochhar ◽  
Vinod K Belwal
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Knowledge Generation ◽  
Bird Conservation ◽  
Critical Data ◽  
Hydropower Plants ◽  
Hindu Kush ◽  
Baseline Information

The Hindu Kush Himalaya is a biodiversity hotspot subject to multiple anthropogenic stressors, including hydropower plants, pollution, deforestation and wildlife poaching, in addition to changing climate.  Bird photography tourism, as a locally important element of avitourism, has the potential to integrate sustainable development and wildlife conservation.  We conducted field surveys around the reaches of four Indian Himalayan rivers—the Kosi, western Ramganga, Khoh, and Song—outside of protected national parks (the Corbett and Rajaji tiger reserves) to ascertain the distribution of bird species along river corridors that could be sites of avitourism. Species richness along the surveyed reaches were: Kosi (79), western Ramganga (91), Khoh (52), and Song (79). This study contributes critical data to the existing baseline information on the avifaunal species of Uttarakhand.  It further discusses the possibility of developing avitourism for knowledge generation on species distribution and innovative livelihood options for local communities in Uttarakhand, reinforcing local vested interest in bird conservation.  The findings have generic applicability worldwide.  

Expected Effects of Land-use Patterns on Future Supplies of Bushmeat in Africa South of the Sahara

1977 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel O. A. Asibey
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
National Parks ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Economic Incentive ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Land Use Patterns ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Changing Patterns ◽  
Effects Of Land Use

Bushmeat is meat, of whatever nature, that is obtained from wild animals, and historically people everywhere in the inhabited world have, at some stage in the evolution of their culture, been dependent on it to some extent. Wildlife conservation is essential for varied bushmeat production, and the two are particularly closely interconnected in the countries of Africa lying to the south of the Sahara; this brings in environmental conservation as a third factor of basic importance.The economic incentive being often considerable, the record of protection and management of wildlife in some countries in Africa south of the Sahara is impressive, though in others it is lagging, while even in the famous National Parks the failure to cull large mammals may lead to drastic habitat deterioration due to over-population: wider, regularized use of bushmeat could provide a beneficial answer to this problem. Meanwhile there is a great demand for bushmeat in Ghana and many other African countries, and it is expected that this demand—and hopefully the supply—will increase with changing patterns of land-use.There is thus strong economic and other justification for environmental management with the objective inter alia of maintaining and increasing bushmeat production in most countries of Africa south of the Sahara.

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