An assessment of the impact of the 2014 US elephant trophy importation ban on the hunting patterns in Matetsi Hunting Complex, north-west Zimbabwe
This study assessed the influence of a 2014 United States of America (USA) imposed ban on the importation of elephant (Loxodonta africana) hunted trophies from Zimbabwe on the hunting patterns (i.e., elephant quota allocation, utilisation and hunter’s or client country of origin dynamics) in Matetsi...
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| author | Stanley Nyamayedenga Clayton Mashapa Rayfield J. Chateya Edson Gandiwa |
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| description | This study assessed the influence of a 2014 United States of America (USA) imposed ban on the importation of elephant (Loxodonta africana) hunted trophies from Zimbabwe on the hunting patterns (i.e., elephant quota allocation, utilisation and hunter’s or client country of origin dynamics) in Matetsi Hunting Complex. The study was divided into two period, i.e., pre- ban (2008–2013) and post-ban (2014–2017). Although the study results showed a non-significant quota allocation variation difference between the pre-ban and post-ban periods, there was however, a significant decline in quota utilisation in post-ban period compared to the pre-ban period. Accordingly, a significant decline in US hunters or clients was recorded in the post-ban period. It is concluded that trophy hunting and trade bans by some global north countries without an alternative global conservation framework that provides conservation incentives will likely reverse the gains in wildlife conservation and rural development in some global south countries where sustainable utilisation is an integral part of the wildlife conservation practice. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-18b4133a7b814aa69dfd0935a8137f9d2022-12-21T19:59:23ZengElsevierGlobal Ecology and Conservation2351-98942021-10-0130e01758An assessment of the impact of the 2014 US elephant trophy importation ban on the hunting patterns in Matetsi Hunting Complex, north-west ZimbabweStanley Nyamayedenga0Clayton Mashapa1Rayfield J. Chateya2Edson Gandiwa3Department of Forest Resources and Wildlife Management, National University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box AC 939, Ascot, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe; Mushandike College of Wildlife Management, Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, Private Bag 9036, Masvingo, ZimbabweSchool of Wildlife, Ecology and Conservation, Chinhoyi University of Technology, Private Bag 7724, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe; Corresponding author.Mushandike College of Wildlife Management, Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, Private Bag 9036, Masvingo, ZimbabweSchool of Wildlife, Ecology and Conservation, Chinhoyi University of Technology, Private Bag 7724, Chinhoyi, ZimbabweThis study assessed the influence of a 2014 United States of America (USA) imposed ban on the importation of elephant (Loxodonta africana) hunted trophies from Zimbabwe on the hunting patterns (i.e., elephant quota allocation, utilisation and hunter’s or client country of origin dynamics) in Matetsi Hunting Complex. The study was divided into two period, i.e., pre- ban (2008–2013) and post-ban (2014–2017). Although the study results showed a non-significant quota allocation variation difference between the pre-ban and post-ban periods, there was however, a significant decline in quota utilisation in post-ban period compared to the pre-ban period. Accordingly, a significant decline in US hunters or clients was recorded in the post-ban period. It is concluded that trophy hunting and trade bans by some global north countries without an alternative global conservation framework that provides conservation incentives will likely reverse the gains in wildlife conservation and rural development in some global south countries where sustainable utilisation is an integral part of the wildlife conservation practice.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989421003085ElephantsIvory tradeTrophy huntingZimbabwe |
| spellingShingle | Stanley Nyamayedenga Clayton Mashapa Rayfield J. Chateya Edson Gandiwa An assessment of the impact of the 2014 US elephant trophy importation ban on the hunting patterns in Matetsi Hunting Complex, north-west Zimbabwe Global Ecology and Conservation Elephants Ivory trade Trophy hunting Zimbabwe |
| title | An assessment of the impact of the 2014 US elephant trophy importation ban on the hunting patterns in Matetsi Hunting Complex, north-west Zimbabwe |
| title_full | An assessment of the impact of the 2014 US elephant trophy importation ban on the hunting patterns in Matetsi Hunting Complex, north-west Zimbabwe |
| title_fullStr | An assessment of the impact of the 2014 US elephant trophy importation ban on the hunting patterns in Matetsi Hunting Complex, north-west Zimbabwe |
| title_full_unstemmed | An assessment of the impact of the 2014 US elephant trophy importation ban on the hunting patterns in Matetsi Hunting Complex, north-west Zimbabwe |
| title_short | An assessment of the impact of the 2014 US elephant trophy importation ban on the hunting patterns in Matetsi Hunting Complex, north-west Zimbabwe |
| title_sort | assessment of the impact of the 2014 us elephant trophy importation ban on the hunting patterns in matetsi hunting complex north west zimbabwe |
| topic | Elephants Ivory trade Trophy hunting Zimbabwe |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989421003085 |
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