Farmers’ perception of the ecosystem services provided by diurnal raptors in arid Rajasthan
Farmers are the most important stakeholders in wildlife conservation in the agricultural landscape. Understanding the farmer’s perceptions, attitude, behaviour, and knowledge toward conservation is critical in developing an effective conservation programme in human-dominated landscapes. We conducted...
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| author | Govind Tiwari Puneet Pandey Rahul Kaul Randeep Singh |
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| description | Farmers are the most important stakeholders in wildlife conservation in the agricultural landscape. Understanding the farmer’s perceptions, attitude, behaviour, and knowledge toward conservation is critical in developing an effective conservation programme in human-dominated landscapes. We conducted semi-structured face-to-face interviews with 373 farmers to understand the farmer’s perception of ecosystem services provided by diurnal raptors in the arid region of Rajasthan from July 2020 to February 2021 and from August 2021 to January 2022. We grouped ecosystem services and disservices into larger categories and estimated the correlation between them, finding that disservices are negatively correlated with benefits. Raptors were perceived as beneficial for their role in controlling rodents and pests, but negatively for poultry predation. In addition, we built a binomial generalised linear model with a logit function to better understand the factors that influence farmers’ perceptions of raptors (positive or negative). We observed that males and females have different attitudes toward the ecosystem services provided by raptors. It is critical to understand social perceptions in order to conserve species that are rare on a global scale but may face negative perceptions on a local scale. Our study connects ecological information with socio-demographic factors, which can be useful in developing policy measures for raptor conservation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6cbe786a1400455ca8e045f5abccf41d2023-12-03T09:56:50ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592023-08-0111e1599610.7717/peerj.15996Farmers’ perception of the ecosystem services provided by diurnal raptors in arid RajasthanGovind Tiwari0Puneet Pandey1Rahul Kaul2Randeep Singh3Amity Institute of Forestry and Wildlife, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaEnprotec India Foundation, Dehardun, Uttarakhand, IndiaWildlife Trust of India, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaAmity Institute of Forestry and Wildlife, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaFarmers are the most important stakeholders in wildlife conservation in the agricultural landscape. Understanding the farmer’s perceptions, attitude, behaviour, and knowledge toward conservation is critical in developing an effective conservation programme in human-dominated landscapes. We conducted semi-structured face-to-face interviews with 373 farmers to understand the farmer’s perception of ecosystem services provided by diurnal raptors in the arid region of Rajasthan from July 2020 to February 2021 and from August 2021 to January 2022. We grouped ecosystem services and disservices into larger categories and estimated the correlation between them, finding that disservices are negatively correlated with benefits. Raptors were perceived as beneficial for their role in controlling rodents and pests, but negatively for poultry predation. In addition, we built a binomial generalised linear model with a logit function to better understand the factors that influence farmers’ perceptions of raptors (positive or negative). We observed that males and females have different attitudes toward the ecosystem services provided by raptors. It is critical to understand social perceptions in order to conserve species that are rare on a global scale but may face negative perceptions on a local scale. Our study connects ecological information with socio-demographic factors, which can be useful in developing policy measures for raptor conservation.https://peerj.com/articles/15996.pdfArid regionCommunity perceptionEcosystem servicesFarmersGeneralised linear modelRaptors |
| spellingShingle | Govind Tiwari Puneet Pandey Rahul Kaul Randeep Singh Farmers’ perception of the ecosystem services provided by diurnal raptors in arid Rajasthan PeerJ Arid region Community perception Ecosystem services Farmers Generalised linear model Raptors |
| title | Farmers’ perception of the ecosystem services provided by diurnal raptors in arid Rajasthan |
| title_full | Farmers’ perception of the ecosystem services provided by diurnal raptors in arid Rajasthan |
| title_fullStr | Farmers’ perception of the ecosystem services provided by diurnal raptors in arid Rajasthan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Farmers’ perception of the ecosystem services provided by diurnal raptors in arid Rajasthan |
| title_short | Farmers’ perception of the ecosystem services provided by diurnal raptors in arid Rajasthan |
| title_sort | farmers perception of the ecosystem services provided by diurnal raptors in arid rajasthan |
| topic | Arid region Community perception Ecosystem services Farmers Generalised linear model Raptors |
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