Collaboration for community-based wildlife management |
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Authors: | Christopher?R?Gaughan Email author" target="_blank">Stephen?DestefanoEmail author |
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Institution: | (1) Human Dimensions Research Unit, Cornell University, 245 Roberts Hall, Ithaca, NY, 14853;(2) Human Dimensions Research Unit, Cornell University, 306 Fernow Hall, Ithaca, NY, 14853;(3) Wildlife Management Institute, 4015 Cheney Drive, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80526;(4) Division of Federal Aid, 300 Westgate Center Drive, Hadley, MA, 01035;(5) Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County, 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca, NY, 14850 |
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Abstract: | Perhaps as remarkable as the general upsurge in public interest in wildlife over the last 30 years is the trend toward greater
community-based wildlife management since the late 1980s. This paper discusses the challenges and opportunities at the local,
community scale of collaboration for wildlife management. We explain how collaborative activity between the professional wildlife
manager and community stakeholders can lead to improved identification of human-wildlife interactions and better understanding
of wildlife-related impacts that are of primary management concern in the community. Community-based collaborative decision
making can also effectively result in the specification of management actions that are acceptable to a community. Furthermore,
agency-community collaboration can lead to co-management that goes beyond stakeholder input or involvement in decision making
about management objectives and actions, and includes appropriate sharing of responsibility for implementation and evaluation.
A growing role for the wildlife agency in such situations is facilitating the development of local capacity by filling information
and process needs so that individuals and groups in a community can participate effectively in collaborative efforts appropriate
to the necessary level of agency-community engagement. This opportunity for the wildlife profession promises to be rewarding
and have lasting positive influence on communities for the benefit of wildlife management. However, most agencies cannot address
every issue at a community level. Public wildlife managers need guidelines for judgment about when to engage in community-based
wildlife management. They need to assess various risks associated with not engaging in a particular issue and to prioritize
the potential situations where various degrees of community engagement may be desirable. This paper highlights these intriguing
challenges and opportunities associated with community-based wildlife management.
An erratum to this article is available at . |
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Keywords: | collaboration wildlife management community-based |
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