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Effective Enforcement in a Conservation Area

There are two primary approaches to wildlife conservation, the generation of economic benefits from wildlife to local communities, so that protecting wildlife is in their interest, and the enforcement of protected areas. Outside of protected areas, community- based conservation must be the cornerstone of protection (1). However, within protected areas there is debate as to whether enforcement can maintain wildlife and even whether protected areas as wildlife reserves are realistic or morally justified (2). Here, we present the history of illegal harvesting in Serengeti National Park (SNP), Tanzania; estimate the amount of antipoaching activity by park staff; and show how the level of funding for antipoaching has affected the trends in abundance of three severely affected species: African buffalo, elephant, and black rhino.

Credits: Science 314, 1266 (2006); DOI: 10.1126/science.1132780

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