Impacts of a trophy hunting ban on private land conservation in South African biodiversity hotspots

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dc.contributor.authorParker, Kimen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDe Vos, Altaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorClements, Hayley S.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBiggs, Duanen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBiggs, Reinette, 1979-en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-17T12:39:57Z
dc.date.available2023-01-17T12:39:57Z
dc.date.issued2020-04-22
dc.descriptionCITATION: Parker, K. et al. 2020. Impacts of a trophy hunting ban on private land conservation in South African biodiversity hotspots. Conservation Science and Practice, 2:e214, doi:10.1111/csp2.214.en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.comen_ZA
dc.description.abstractPrivate land conservation areas (PLCAs) have become critical for achieving global conservation goals, but we lack understanding of how and when these areas respond to global pressures and opportunities. In southern Africa, where many PLCAs rely on trophy hunting as an income-generating strategy, a potential ban on trophy hunting locally or abroad holds unknown consequences for the future conservation of these lands. In this study, we investigate the consequences of a potential trophy hunting ban in PLCAs in two biodiversity hotspots in South Africa's Eastern and Western Cape provinces. We used semistructured interviews with PLCA managers and owners to elicit perceived impacts of an internationally imposed trophy hunting ban on conservation activities in PLCAs, and to probe alternative viable land uses. The majority of interviewees believed that both the economic viability of their PLCA and biodiversity would be lost following a hunting ban. Owners would primarily consider transitioning to ecotourism or livestock farming, but these options were constrained by the social-ecological context of their PLCA (e.g., competition with other PLCAs, ecological viability of farming). Our results suggest that a trophy hunting ban may have many unintended consequences for biodiversity conservation, national economies, and the livelihoods of PLCA owners and employees. Along with similar social-ecological studies in other areas and contexts, our work can inform policy decisions around global trophy hunting regulation.en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.format.extent12 pagesen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationParker, K. et al. 2020. Impacts of a trophy hunting ban on private land conservation in South African biodiversity hotspots. Conservation Science and Practice, 2:e214, doi:10.1111/csp2.214.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2578-4854 (online)
dc.identifier.orciddoi:10.1111/csp2.214
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/126216
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherWileyen_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyrighten_ZA
dc.subjectPrivate land conservationen_ZA
dc.subjectHunting trophies -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectTrophy hunting banen_ZA
dc.subjectBiodiversity conservation -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.titleImpacts of a trophy hunting ban on private land conservation in South African biodiversity hotspotsen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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