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| Prakash, A.S. | |
| Wildlife crime prevention measures undertaken in a protected area: a study among conservation stakeholders in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, western Ghats (India) | |
| 2022 Full Book | |
The study results demonstrated that the level of proactive mechanism employed by the forest officers/staff to deter wildlife are found to be fair; whereas the level of an intelligence-led approach to prevent and detect wildlife crime in the MTR is found to be poor. However, the level of the abillity and capacity of forest officers/staff to handle wildlife crime was found to be fair. It can also be concluded from the findings that the level of the steps taken by them to involve the local community to conserve wildlife is good. The outcome of the study has also established that there is a significant positive correlation between the various dependent variables, such as the level of proactive mechanism employed to deter wildlife crime, an intelligence-led approach to prevent and detect wildlife crime, the ability and capacity to handle wildlife crime, and the steps taken to nvolve the local community to conserve wildlife and the overall wildlife crime prevention measures. The present study hs also established that the level of various wildlife crime prevention measures significantly varies among the respondents who have different levels of education, overall years of work experience, their current designation and the forest range to which they belong. However, the findings also show that no significant difference was found in the level of various wildlife crime prevention measures among the respondents with different levels of work experience in their current designation and their forest territory. The study has also estblished that the role of the local community, the other conservation stakeholder, was found to be significant. The local community has undertaken various wildlife conservation/crime prevention measures, such as the proactive mechanism to conserve wildlife, the sharing of traditional knowledge to conserve wildlife, and their active involvement in conserving wildlife. |
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