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Consumer income growth and rhino poaching in South Africa
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Ngwakwe, Collins C. Mokgalong, Nehemia M. |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | There is growing research in the market analyses of rhino poaching and the concomitant illicit trading; this paper adopts a slightly different approach to market dimension by examining the possible relationship between the income rise in Asian rhino horn customer countries and rhino poaching in South Africa. The paper combines a review approach with data analysis using the multiple regression statistics. Findings from the regression coefficients suggest that the rise in the income of Asian rhino horn purchaser countries has a positive significant relationship with the rise in rhino poaching in South Africa. The findings thus are significant for conservation policy management and research; in addition to local law enforcement, a greater joint international rhino trading pact is desirable between South Africa and the rhino horn Asian consumer countries. Literature findings indicate that regulation alone has not, and cannot, achieve desired rhino conservation; thus the paper suggests, inter alia, the need for a tighter immigration control on hunting permits to rhino horn consumer Asian countries. Additionally, given that rising income in Asia tends to spur a demand for rhino horn, the South African government may pursue a joint moral persuasion strategy on the Asian consumers to reduce the demand for rhino horn. Furthermore, given the relationship found between unemployment and rhino poaching in this analysis, the paper recommends that government needs to consider the creation of a better opportunity cost of poaching by initiating competitive income earning opportunities around the rhino habitat communities – this could be done by encouraging and supporting (with competitive financial incentives) rhino farming by communities and individuals around the rhino habitat in South Africa. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 5 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://businessperspectives.org/images/pdf/applications/publishing/templates/article/assets/6008/EE_2014_03_Ngwakwe.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://businessperspectives.org/journals?args%5B0%5D=0&element=e46cdb75-ca7e-4c69-97ee-741acaab6046&format=raw&item_id=6008&method=download&task=callelement |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
