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Poaching Detection Technologies—A Survey [PDF]

Sensors, 2018
Between 1960 and 1990, 95% of the black rhino population in the world was killed. In South Africa, a rhino was killed every 8 h for its horn throughout 2016. Wild animals, rhinos and elephants, in particular, are facing an ever increasing poaching crisis.
Eyuel Ayele, Nirvana Meratnia, Jacob Kamminga   +2 more
exaly   +7 more sources

Mapping the Research Landscape on Poaching: A Decadal Systematic Review

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Poaching is a widespread activity that affects wildlife management goals and undermines conservation efforts worldwide. Despite its complexity, poaching is still commonly addressed by researchers as a one-dimensional phenomenon.
Murali Krishna Chatakonda, Nevena Marković, Camila A Islas   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Spatially Explicit Analysis of Poaching Activity as a Conservation Management Tool

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2012
Most Americans support legal hunting for food or as a population management tool, but there are strong concerns about illegal hunting activities such as poaching.
Stephen L. Webb
exaly   +2 more sources

PoachNet: Predicting Poaching Using an Ontology-Based Knowledge Graph [PDF]

Sensors
Poaching poses a significant threat to wildlife and their habitats, necessitating advanced tools for its prediction and prevention. Existing tools for poaching prediction face challenges such as inconsistent poaching data, spatiotemporal complexity, and ...
Naeima Hamed, Omer Rana, Pablo Orozco-terWengel, Benoît Goossens, Charith Perera   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

What shapes the mammal species poaching in protected areas: biophysical or anthropogenic factors? A case study in Pendjari Biosphere Reserve [PDF]

Nature Conservation, 2022
Understanding what shapes the mammal species poaching in protected areas is critical to developing targeted management strategies for reducing poaching. We collected the data for poaching incidents on the GPS coordinates from 2011 to 2017 to map poaching
Finagnon Galvius Degbelo, Chabi Adéyèmi Marc Sylvestre Djagoun, Sêwanoudé Scholastique Mireille Toyi, Elie A. Padonou, Méryas Kouton, Nathan Gichohi, Philip Muruthi, Brice Sinsin   +7 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Artisanal Fisher Association Leaders’ Estimates of Poaching in Their Exclusive Access Management Areas

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
In marine environments, poaching can become a key threat to marine ecosystem conservation. Poaching can occur in marine protected areas and/or in fishery management areas.
Pedro Romero, Rodrigo A. Estévez, Rodrigo A. Estévez, Pablo Romero, Stefan Gelcich, Stefan Gelcich   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using a crime prevention framework to evaluate tiger counter-poaching in a Southeast Asian rainforest

Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2023
Tigers are a conservation-reliant species, as multiple populations face the risk of local extinction due to poaching arising from the continued demand for their body parts. Preventing tiger poaching poses a challenge for the rangers responsible for their
Wai Yee Lam, Wai Yee Lam, Chee-Chean Phung, Zainal Abidin Mat, Hamidi Jamaluddin, Charina Pria Sivayogam, Charina Pria Sivayogam, Fauzul Azim Zainal Abidin, Azlan Sulaiman, Melynda Ka Yi Cheok, Noor Alif Wira Osama, Salman Sabaan, Abdul Kadir Abu Hashim, Mark Daniel Booton, Abishek Harihar, Gopalasamy Reuben Clements, Gopalasamy Reuben Clements, Rob Stuart Alexander Pickles   +17 more
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Species availability and socio-economics drive prosecutions for regional mammal and bird poaching across China, 2014–2020

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2023
The illegal poaching of vertebrate species for subsistence or economic trade presents a major global threat to biodiversity, ecosystem functionality and public health.
Zi-Xuan Zhao, Mei-Ling Shao, Chris Newman, Yi Luo, Zhao-Min Zhou   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Investigation of the effect of poaching on African elephant (Loxodonta africana) group size and composition in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania

Scientific African, 2020
Monitoring the impacts of poaching on wildlife is crucial to the management of ecosystems and wildlife populations. Previous studies have shown that poaching can affect the demography, reproduction and behavior of wildlife.
Lameck Mkuburo, Cuthbert Nahonyo, Josephine Smit, Trevor Jones, Edward Kohi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quantifying Illegal Extraction of Sea Turtles in Costa Rica

Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2021
Estimates of illegal wildlife trade vary significantly and are often based on incomplete datasets, inferences from CITES permits or customs seizures.
Helen Pheasey, Helen Pheasey, George Glen, Nicole L. Allison, Luis G. Fonseca, Didiher Chacón, Jaime Restrepo, Roldán A. Valverde, Roldán A. Valverde   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source