NDLI: Protected Areas in Tropical Africa: Assessing Threats and Conservation Activities

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Author	Tranquilli, Sandra Michael, Abedi-lartey Abernethy, Katharine Amsini, Fidèle Asamoah, Augustus Balangtaa, Cletus Blake, Stephen Bouanga, Estelle Breuer, Thomas Brncic, Terry M. Campbell, Geneviève Chancellor, Rebecca Chapman, Colin A. Davenport, Tim R. B. Dunn, Andrew Dupain, Jef Ekobo, Atanga Eno-nku, Manasseh Gilles, Etoga Furuichi, Takeshi Gatti, Sylvain Ghiurghi, Andrea Hashimoto, Chie Hart, John A. Head, Josephine Martin, Hega Herbinger, Ilka Hicks, Thurston C. Holbech, Lars H. Bas, Huijbregts Kühl, Hjalmar S. Imong, Inaoyom Yeno, Stephane Le-duc Linder, Joshua Marshall, Phil Lero, Peter Minasoma Morgan, David Leonard, Mubalama N'goran, Paul K. Nicholas, Aaron Nixon, Stuart Normand, Emmanuelle Leonidas, Nziguyimpa Zacharie, Nzooh-dongmo Richard, Ofori-amanfo Ogunjemite, Babafemi G. Petre, Charles-albert Rainey, Hugo J. Sebastien, Regnaut Robinson, Orume Aaron, Rundus Sanz, Crickette M. Okon, David Tiku Todd, Angelique Warren, Ymke Sommer, Volker
Editor	Moreira, Francisco
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	Numerous protected areas (PAs) have been created in Africa to safeguard wildlife and other natural resources. However, significant threats from anthropogenic activities and decline of wildlife populations persist, while conservation efforts in most PAs are still minimal. We assessed the impact level of the most common threats to wildlife within PAs in tropical Africa and the relationship of conservation activities with threat impact level. We collated data on 98 PAs with tropical forest cover from 15 countries across West, Central and East Africa. For this, we assembled information about local threats as well as conservation activities from published and unpublished literature, and questionnaires sent to long-term field workers. We constructed general linear models to test the significance of specific conservation activities in relation to the threat impact level. Subsistence and commercial hunting were identified as the most common direct threats to wildlife and found to be most prevalent in West and Central Africa. Agriculture and logging represented the most common indirect threats, and were most prevalent in West Africa. We found that the long-term presence of conservation activities (such as law enforcement, research and tourism) was associated with lower threat impact levels. Our results highlight deficiencies in the management effectiveness of several PAs across tropical Africa, and conclude that PA management should invest more into conservation activities with long-term duration.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114154
Starting Page	114154
File Format	PDF
ISSN	19326203
e-ISSN	19326203
Journal	PLoS ONE
Issue Number	12
Volume Number	9
Language	English
Publisher	Public Library of Science
Publisher Date	2014-12-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	Public Library of Science
Subject Keyword	Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all) Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all) Medicine(all) Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Multidisciplinary

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