Economic and conservation significance of the trophy hunting industry in sub-Saharan Africa

By P. Lindsey, P. Roulet, Stephanie S. Romañach. 2007

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change

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In Ecology

1. David W. Macdonald
2. Andrew J. Loveridge
3. Stephanie S. Romañach
4. E. Cameron
5. Arun Agrawal
6. Michael J. Somers
7. Fredrik Dalerum
8. K. Kunkel

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1. C. Bracer
2. J. Milder
3. F. Nelson
4. Arun Agrawal
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6. J. Cinner
7. Sven Wunder
8. Insa Theesfeld

Citations in the corpus

• To bait or not to bait: A comparison of camera-trapping methods for estimating leopard Panthera pardus density (2014, background): “Nonetheless, more leopards are hunted in Zimbabwe than in any other country (Lindsey et al., 2007).”
• Trends and future potential of payment for ecosystem services to alleviate rural poverty in developing countries. (2010, background): “…access to ecotourism sites) 2200 (60) Tourists, hunters, anglers, commercial tour operators, conservation NGOs Public and private land owners, communities Lindsey et al. 2007, Bishop et al. 2008 (D) Eco-certified products 0 n/a n/a n/a †Global value; value for developing countries in parentheses.”
• Can we save large carnivores without losing large carnivore science (2017, unknown): “This point is further underscored by the situation in South Africa, where the introduction or removal of large carnivores has largely been driven by economic incentives (Lindsey et al., 2007), and the long term ecological effects have been overlooked.”
• The potential for large carnivores to act as biodiversity surrogates in southern Africa (2008, background): “Although sometimes a source of human wildlife conXict (e.g., WoodroVe et al. 2007a; Gusset et al. 2008), large carnivores have important economic implications through ecotourism and commercial trophy hunting (Lindsey et al. 2005a, 2007).”
• Patronage or Participation? Community‐based Natural Resource Management Reform in Sub‐Saharan Africa (2008, background): “Zambia’s hunting industry is currently estimated at about US$ 4–5 million in total annual turnover, although it was worth perhaps US$ 9 million before being banned for two years in 2001 (DSI, 2004; Lindsey et al., 2007).”
• Ecological and financial impacts of illegal bushmeat trade in Zimbabwe (2011, background): “Illegal bushmeat hunting probably occurs in a significant proportion of the c. 1.4 million km2 used for safari hunting in sub-Saharan Africa (Lindsey et al., 2007).”