Title
Effectiveness of a social marketing strategy, coupled with law enforcement, to conservetigers and their prey in Nam Et Phou Louey National Protected Area, Lao People’sDemocratic Republic
Author(s)
Saypanya, S.;Hansel, T.;Johnson, A.;Bianchessi, A.;Sadowsky, B.
Published
2013
Publisher
Conservation Evidence
Abstract
The Nam Et Phou Louey National Protected Areain the Lao People’s Democratic Republic contains thelast confirmed breeding population of tigers (Panthera tigris) in Indochina. There are two main threatsto tigers, direct killing of tigers and the illegal hunting of wild ungulates, the tigers’ principle prey.Villagers living around the National Protected Area rely on these same ungulates as an important source of protein in their daily diet. The illegal hunting of tigers and prey for commercial trade is unsustainable and is driven by a lack of ownership by local villagers who engage in illegal activities and by government agencies that do not enforce the laws. To reduce these threats the Nam Et Phou Louey National Protected Area is using a social marketing campaign in parallel with traditional enforcement to change the behavior of illegal hunters, village members, and government officials. To determine campaign effectiveness, a survey instrument was developed to measure knowledge, attitudes and behavior change, which included both a control and pre and post surveys of target audiences. The pre and post surveys indicate a significant shift along the theory of change from knowledge to behavior change. The assumption is that over time this shift will also lead to threat reduction to, and thus increase of, tiger and prey populations.
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