Don't forget to look down - collaborative approaches to predator conservation

摘要: Finding effective ways of conserving large carnivores is widely recognised as a priority in conservation. However, there disagreement about the most way to do this, with some favouring top-down ‘command and control’ approaches others collaboration. Arguments for coercive have been presented elsewhere; here we present arguments In many parts developed world, flexibility approach built into legislation, so that conservation objectives are balanced other legitimate goals. developing limited resources, poverty weak governance mean collaborative likely play particularly important part carnivore general, policies may lead deterioration political legitimacy potentially non-compliance issues such illegal killing, whereas psychological ownership, enhanced trust, learning, better social outcomes. Sustainable hunting/trapping plays crucial management carnivores. There different models how conserve effectively across research now required reduce uncertainty examine effectiveness these contexts.