scholarly journals The Pack Hunter (Dhole): Received Little Scientific Attention

1970 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 8-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ambika Pd Khatiwada ◽  
KD Awasthi ◽  
Narayan Pd Gautam ◽  
Shant Raj Jnawali ◽  
Naresh Subedi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Action Plan ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Camera Trapping ◽  
Conservation Education ◽  
Snow Leopard ◽  
Conservation Action ◽  
Conservation Area ◽  
History Of ◽  
Scientific Attention ◽  
Kanchenjunga Conservation Area

The dholes received little scientific attention due to the lower charisma factor than other larger carnivores found in the same areas like Tiger and Snow Leopard. This is the first study of dholes that was conducted in Kanchenjunga Conservation Area (KCA), Nepal in 2010. Camera trapping, sign survey, interview and group discussion with local people were carried out to assess the presence/absence of dholes in KCA, conflict with humans and to know the history of dholes in the area. The camera trapping evidence (Three pictures of dholes caught on camera trap) confirmed the dhole presence in KCA. According to the Snow Leopard Conservation Sub-Committee (SLCC) report about 87.5% of livestock were killed by dholes only in Yamphudin. Conservation education and comprehensive carnivore conservation action plan is recommended for the conservation of dholes. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/init.v4i0.5531The Initiation Vol.4 2011 8-13

scholarly journals Visitors’ willingness to pay for snow leopard Panthera uncia conservation in the Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal

Oryx ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 633-642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maurice G. Schutgens ◽  
Jonathan H. Hanson ◽  
Nabin Baral ◽  
Som B. Ale
Keyword(s):  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Economic Valuation ◽  
Snow Leopard ◽  
Conservation Action ◽  
Conservation Area ◽  
Annapurna Conservation Area ◽  
Snow Leopards ◽  
Logit Regression Model ◽  
Panthera Uncia

AbstractThe Vulnerable snow leopard Panthera uncia experiences persecution across its habitat in Central Asia, particularly from herders because of livestock losses. Given the popularity of snow leopards worldwide, transferring some of the value attributed by the international community to these predators may secure funds and support for their conservation. We administered contingent valuation surveys to 406 international visitors to the Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal, between May and June 2014, to determine their willingness to pay a fee to support the implementation of a Snow Leopard Conservation Action Plan. Of the 49% of visitors who stated they would pay a snow leopard conservation fee in addition to the existing entry fee, the mean amount that they were willing to pay was USD 59 per trip. The logit regression model showed that the bid amount, the level of support for implementing the Action Plan, and the number of days spent in the Conservation Area were significant predictors of visitors’ willingness to pay. The main reasons stated by visitors for their willingness to pay were a desire to protect the environment and an affordable fee. A major reason for visitors’ unwillingness to pay was that the proposed conservation fee was too expensive for them. This study represents the first application of economic valuation to snow leopards, and is relevant to the conservation of threatened species in the Annapurna Conservation Area and elsewhere.

scholarly journals Status and trends of human-wildlife conflict: A case study of Lelep and Yamphudin region, Kanchenjunga Conservation Area, Taplejung, Nepal

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roshan Sherchan ◽  
Ananta Bhandari
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Group Discussion ◽  
Loss Rate ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Crop Damage ◽  
Conservation Area ◽  
Severe Problem ◽  
Wildlife Conflict ◽  
Kanchenjunga Conservation Area ◽  
Human Wildlife Conflict

Aim Human-wildlife conflict is one of the major challenges in Kanchenjunga Conservation Area. It may erode public support in wildlife conservation. Here, we review the extent to which wildlife damages livestock and crops. Location Lelep and Yamphudin region, Kanchenjunga Conservation Area, Taplejung, Nepal Materials and methodsThe study employed a combination of surveying methods such as focus group discussion, key informant interview and field observation from 21 July to 06 August 2013. Focus group discussion was done primarily with the representatives of snow leopard conservation committee in Lelep and Yamphudin. Key Findings Livestock depredation in Ghunsa valley, Lelep village development committee was increasing with an annual average loss rate of 11% in ten years (2005- 2014). Despite community-based insurance schemes, loss has increased to 28% from 17.2% in 2014. No retaliatory killings of snow leopards were reported since 2005, which may be attributable to the insurance scheme. In Yamphudin, the average annual livestock loss rate was 4.7% from 2005 to 2014, mostly by wild dogs. Similarly, crop damage was a severe problem in Yamphudin, mostly by the Himalayan black bear, palm civet, barking deer, rhesus monkey and porcupine. Conservation implication Although strict guarding was effective to reduce conflict, alternative strategy is needed that requires minimum human involvement. Premium and relief amount is inadequte. It therefore needs a thorough revision. Predator proof corals in Lonak, Dhudhpokhari, Ramjer and Dasa pasture can be effective means to reduce the potential conflict.

Economic impacts of livestock depredation by snow leopard Uncia uncia in the Kanchenjunga Conservation Area, Nepal Himalaya

2004 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 322-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
NAHO IKEDA
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Herd Size ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
Cash Income ◽  
Snow Leopard ◽  
Conservation Area ◽  
Livestock Depredation ◽  
Snow Leopards ◽  
Kanchenjunga Conservation Area

It is necessary to fully understand the economic conditions of local herders in order to find solutions to the conflicts between wildlife conservation and livestock rearing in remote areas of low-income countries. In the Kanchenjunga Conservation Area (KCA), Nepal, livestock depredation by snow leopards impacts on yak herders' livelihoods. Retaliatory killings of snow leopard by the herders have been reported and the concerned authorities recently initiated snow leopard conservation programmes. In 2001, interviews with the yak herders who used the pastures in the Ghunsa valley in the preceding year collected data on the incidence of livestock death caused by snow leopards. The annual net cash income of the yak herders was estimated by obtaining baseline values of sales and expenditure per livestock head through field measurement of dairy products and interviews with a sample of herders. As yet, the average annual damage does not appear to have adversely affected fundamental livelihoods in households with an average herd size (36.6 head). However, in the worst scenario of livestock depredation, households with medium or small-sized herds (<40 head) might risk their living conditions becoming unsustainable or having to withdraw from yak pastoralism. A supplementary interview showed that the majority of the herders, except those who took completely neutral attitudes towards the regional conservation and development programme, had negative views of the snow leopard conservation policy. For the snow leopard conservation programme in the KCA to be a success, there must be a system to compensate the herders' households for livestock damage.

TOWARDS DEVELOPING A SUSTAINABLE HERITAGE TOURISM AND CONSERVATION ACTION PLAN FOR IRBID’S HISTORIC CORE

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naif Adel Haddad ◽  
Leen Adeeb Fakhoury
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Heritage Conservation ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Conservation Action ◽  
Urban Heritage ◽  
Conservation Action Plan

Tal (mount) Irbid in Irbid city, Jordan, with its continuous human occupation from the Bronze Age until the present, demonstrates the main landmark that has guided the spread of the urban growth of the city. The outcome of studies carried out at Irbid’s historic core, in relation to assessing the loss and degradation of the core’s cultural heritage, shall be analyzed, investigated, and discussed, as also concerns, obstacles, and issues of sustainability to this urban heritage conservation and tourism planning. The paper starts by defining the urban heritage for the historic core, which tends to be set aside, in the city’s rapid development. Actually, the remaining historic buildings can also provide the necessary inter-relationships between the historic core areas and the wider urban context to achieve a sustainable and integrated tourism and conservation action plan for the three heritage neighborhoods around the Tal, while building on tourism opportunities and taking into consideration the needs and the vital role of the local community. The paper concludes that urban heritage conservation and protection of the integrity and identity of the historic core city fabric can assist in its branding, promotion, and management in ways that could enhance the local community belonging, quality of everyday lifestyle, and visitors' experience. 

scholarly journals Using BAD for good: how best available data facilitated a precautionary policy change to improve protection of the prey of the tiger Panthera tigris in Malaysia

Oryx ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 420-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kae Kawanishi ◽  
Gopalasamy Reuben Clements ◽  
Melvin Gumal ◽  
Gareth Goldthorpe ◽  
Mohd Nawayai Yasak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prey Species ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Camera Trapping ◽  
Panthera Tigris ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Illegal Hunting ◽  
Tapirus Indicus ◽  
Prey Populations

AbstractTiger Panthera tigris populations are under threat from poaching and depletion of their prey populations. The National Tiger Action Plan for Malaysia contains several actions addressing the threat of legal and illegal hunting of tiger prey species. One action in this plan required an investigation of whether urgent policy changes were needed to improve the protection of the prey of tigers, based on existing data. As the lack of reliable baseline data prevented us from determining population trends accurately, we compiled camera-trapping data from 23 studies conducted between 1997 and 2008 on four principal tiger prey species (sambar Rusa unicolor, barking deer Muntiacus muntjac, wild boar Sus scrofa and bearded pig S. barbatus) and two potential prey species (gaur Bos gaurus and Malayan tapir Tapirus indicus) and compared their distributions and relative abundances. From 10,145 wildlife photographs spanning 40,303 trap-nights, sambar, bearded pig and gaur appeared to be most threatened given their restricted distribution and low relative abundance. Among these, the gaur has full legal protection and has received more conservation attention than the other two species. Following our assessment and advocacy a 6-year moratorium on hunting both sambar and barking deer was imposed by the Malaysian government and the highest protection status possible was afforded the bearded pig. This case study illustrates how best available data (BAD), in this case from camera-trapping studies, can be harnessed to effect precautionary policy changes to curb the impacts of hunting on threatened predator and prey populations that could crash well before resources would otherwise be available for rigorous scientific assessments.

Turning strategy into action: implementing a conservation action plan in the Cape Floristic Region

2003 ◽  
Vol 112 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 291-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline M Gelderblom ◽  
Brian W van Wilgen ◽  
Jeanne L Nel ◽  
Trevor Sandwith ◽  
Mark Botha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Action Plan ◽  
Cape Floristic Region ◽  
Conservation Action ◽  
Conservation Action Plan

Karel Štrekelj and His Unpublished Collection of Slovenian Folktales

Fabula ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 58 (3-4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Kropej Telban
Keyword(s):  
Folk Songs ◽  
Folk Tales ◽  
Folklore Studies ◽  
Arduous Task ◽  
Scientific Edition ◽  
History Of ◽  
Scientific Attention ◽  
Historical Grammar ◽  
History Of Literature ◽  
Wilhelm Grimm

Abstract:Karel Štrekelj (1859–1912), a prominent Slovenian folklorist and philologist, published among other a scientific edition of Slovenian Folk Songs and was also the first to introduce the term »folklore« to Slovenian humanities. He focused his scientific attention on dialects, etymology, historical grammar, and history of literature but his greatest contribution was to the field of folklore studies and ethnology. While he published the collection of folk songs, the manuscripts of folk tales have remained unpublished. These tales had been sent to him by collectors from different parts of the Slovenian ethnic territory. Although Štrekelj did intend to publish them in a critical edition of Slovenian folktales and legends his untimely death prevented him from starting to organize this extensive material. He already created some basic criteria for such an arduous task, and intended to contact his Czech colleague Jiři Polívka in Prague for further instructions. In comparison with other major yet older collections of this type, for example those published by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Aleksander Nikolaevič Affanasev, and Vuk Karadžić it may be said that Slovenian folktales from Štrekelj's legacy are unquestionably of great importance for the Slovenian nation though.

scholarly journals Future vision

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 346-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Rogerson
Keyword(s):  
Action Plan ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Funded Research ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Global Action ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ict Ethics ◽  
Future Vision

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the world of information and communications technology (ICT) from its early days to the near future. The aim is to consider how successfully academia, industry and government have worked together in delivering ethically acceptable ICT which is accessible to those who might benefit from such advances. The paper concludes with suggestions of a fresh approach for the future. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws upon evidence from the history of computers, funded research projects, professional bodies in the field, the ETHICOMP conference series and reported ICT disasters. The author uses his experience as both an ICT practitioner and an academic in the ICT ethics field to synthesise the evidence so providing a foundation on which to build an outline global action plan. Findings – The paper lays out the findings that there has been much detailed observation and analysis of the ethical challenges surrounding ICT but the transformation of this into widespread practical positive action remains elusive. It explores why progress has been difficult. Originality/value – This review of the interconnecting landscapes of practical ICT, funded research and the ICT ethics community is new. The attempt to demonstrate what progress has been made and to identify the underlying factors which influence progress are valuable to future generations working in this area. The concluding suggestions for action offer a starting point for entering the next phase of ICT ethics.

scholarly journals Climate Variability and Associated Response of Larix griffithii in Kanchenjunga Conservation Area of Nepal

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-30
Author(s):  
Sijar Bhatta ◽  
Man Kumar Dhamala ◽  
Prakash Chandra Aryal ◽  
Raju Chauhan ◽  
Binod Dawadi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Variability ◽  
Conservation Area ◽  
Kanchenjunga Conservation Area

scholarly journals Prevalence of Diabetes and Its Determinants in the Young Adults Indian Population-Call for Yoga Intervention

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raghuram Nagarathna ◽  
Parul Bali ◽  
Akshay Anand ◽  
Vinod Srivastava ◽  
Suchitra Patil ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Indian Population ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Central Zone ◽  
Diabetes Risk ◽  
Parental History ◽  
Family History Of Diabetes ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
History Of

BackgroundThe young Indian population, which constitutes 65% of the country, is fast adapting to a new lifestyle, which was not known earlier. They are at a high risk of the increasing burden of diabetes and associated complications. The new evolving lifestyle is not only affecting people’s health but also mounting the monetary burden on a developing country such as India.AimWe aimed to collect information regarding the prevalence of risk of diabetes in young adults (&lt;35 years) in the 29 most populous states and union territories (7 zones) of India, using a validated questionnaire.MethodsA user-friendly questionnaire-based survey using a mobile application was conducted on all adults in the 29 most populous states/union territories of India, after obtaining ethical clearance for the study. Here, we report the estimation of the prevalence of the risk of diabetes and self-reported diabetes on 58,821 young individuals below the age of 35 years. Risk for diabetes was assessed using a standardized instrument, the Indian diabetes risk score (IDRS), that has 4 factors (age, family history of diabetes, waist circumference, and physical activity). Spearman’s correlation coefficient was used to check the correlations.ResultsThe prevalence of high (IDRS score &gt; 60), moderate (IDRS score 30–50), and low (IDRS &lt; 30) diabetes risk in young adults (&lt;35 years) was 10.2%, 33.1%, and 56.7%, respectively. Those with high-risk scores were highest (14.4%) in the Jammu zone and lowest (4.1%) in the central zone. The prevalence of self-reported diabetes was 1.8% with a small difference between men (1.7%) and women (1.9%), and the highest (8.4%) in those with a parental history of diabetes. The south zone had the highest (2.5%), and the north west zone had the lowest (4.4%) prevalence.ConclusionsIndian youth are at high risk for diabetes, which calls for an urgent action plan through intensive efforts to promote lifestyle behavior modifications during the pandemics of both communicable and noncommunicable diseases.

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