Title
The cost to save a species– some empirical results
Author(s)
Mufeng, Voon; Pheng, Low Chee; Khalid, Norhidayati; Hashim, Tuan Haji Suhairi Haji; Yusop. Hasnan; Cheong, Francis; Gumal, Melvin
Published
2014
Abstract
Saving an iconic species that is targeted by hunters and poachers can be a very difficult task. This is made more so if poaching is pervasive and the anti-poaching or enforcement effort to curb wildlife loss is much less than the effort seen for the former. From empirical evidence, there appears to be an increasing level of poaching seen across certain forested landscapes in Malaysia, targeted at both plants and wildlife. Although anti-poaching efforts worldwide range from community conservation, media highlights and publicity, to actual arrests and prosecution of the perpetrators, we will only highlight certain tools, training and strategies that have been used and are currently being used to reduce poaching of wildlife and degradation of their habitats in the Johor and Pahang Endau-Rompin Landscape. Enforcement data from 2008 -2013 are also used to illustrate a multi-pronged anti-poaching approach. The roles of the various stakeholders, means of reporting, financial cost of this exercise, future threats and potential mitigation methods are also discussed.
Keywords
strategies; cost; Anti-poaching
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