Property rights and natural resource conservation. A bio-economic model with numerical illustrations from the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem

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dc.contributor.authorJohannesen, A.en
dc.contributor.authorSkonhoft, A.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialSerengeti-Mara Ecosystemen
dc.coverage.spatialSub-Saharan Africaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:09:21Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:09:21Zen
dc.date.issued2004en
dc.description.abstractThis study develops a model for wildlife emigrating seasonally between a conservation area and a neighboring area. When being outside the conservation area, harvesting takes place by a group of small-scale farmers. The local people have two motives for harvesting; to get rid of ``problem'' animals as roaming wildlife destroys crops and agricultural products, and hunting for meat and trophies. Depending on the specification of the property rights, the harvesting is legal or illegal. It is demonstrated that it is far from clear which of the two property rights regimes that gives the highest wildlife abundance. Hence, contrary to what is argued for in the literature, handing the property rights over to the local people means not automatically more wildlife and a more ``sustainable'' resource utilization. The reason lies in the nuisance motive for harvesting. The exploitation under the two different property rights regimes are illustrated by numerical calculations with data that fits reasonably well with the exploitation of the wildebeest population in the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier619en
dc.identifier.citationEnvironmental and Resource Economics 28(4): 469-488en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1023/B:EARE.0000036774.15204.49en
dc.identifier.issn0924-6460en
dc.identifier.issn1573-1502en
dc.identifier.other619_00003.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65655en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherDordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Science+Business Media B.V, Formerly Kluwer Academic Publishers B.V.en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2004 by Kluwer Academic Publishers.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectWildlifeen
dc.subjectEcosystem managementen
dc.subjectHumid zonesen
dc.subjectSustainabilityen
dc.subjectEcosystemen
dc.subjectBiodiversityen
dc.subjectEnvironmental impactsen
dc.subjectTropical zonesen
dc.subjectModelingen
dc.subjectConservationen
dc.subjectHabitat destructionen
dc.subjectResource management toolsen
dc.subjectNatural resource managementen
dc.subjectBio-economicsen
dc.subjectProperty rightsen
dc.subjectSerengetien
dc.subjectWildlifeen
dc.subjectEcosystem Farm/Enterprise Scale Field Scale Governanceen
dc.titleProperty rights and natural resource conservation. A bio-economic model with numerical illustrations from the Serengeti-Mara ecosystemen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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