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The effect of conservation policies on wildlife hunting and consumption in north-eastern Madagascar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2021

Hervet J Randriamady Open the ORCID record for Hervet J Randriamady [Opens in a new window] ,
Seollee Park ,
Danamona Andrianarimanana ,
Abdy Berobia  and
Christopher D Golden
Hervet J Randriamady*
Affiliation:
Madagascar Health and Environmental Research (MAHERY), Maroantsetra, Madagascar Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Seollee Park
Affiliation:
Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Danamona Andrianarimanana
Affiliation:
Madagascar Health and Environmental Research (MAHERY), Maroantsetra, Madagascar
Abdy Berobia
Affiliation:
Madagascar Health and Environmental Research (MAHERY), Maroantsetra, Madagascar
Christopher D Golden
Affiliation:
Madagascar Health and Environmental Research (MAHERY), Maroantsetra, Madagascar Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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Author for correspondence: Hervet J Randriamady, Email: [email protected]
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Summary

The Makira Natural Park (Makira) is the largest terrestrial protected area in Madagascar, supporting nearly 200,000 people living around the park, who derive a significant proportion of their animal-source foods from hunting. Makira is currently managed with three different policies: (1) traditional management with no external assistance; (2) community-based forest management (Gestion Contractualisée des Forêts; GCF) with non-governmental support and externally developed policies; and (3) strict external management policies (Zone d’Occupation Controlée; ZOC), meaning a zone of controlled residence for communities inside the core protected area. Here, we longitudinally assess the impacts of these policies on wildlife hunting and consumption by using a difference-in-differences method to evaluate policy efficacy. We found that externally developed conservation policies led to drastically reduced wildlife hunting and consumption in Makira. We also found that public education in the form of environmental awareness-raising, conducted 1 year before adoption, led to a greater concealment of hunting behaviours. Overall, wildlife hunting and consumption have decreased in the Makira region since the adoption of GCF and ZOC policies and could be effective at reducing the unsustainable wildlife hunting across the Makira, particularly when supported by economic development and the creation of alternative sources of livelihood and food.

Keywords

anticipatory effectsbushmeatcommunity-based forest managementconservation policydifference-in-differencesimpact evaluationlemursMakiranutritionprotected areaswildlife consumption
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Research Paper
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Environmental Conservation , Volume 48 , Issue 3 , September 2021 , pp. 225 - 232
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Foundation for Environmental Conservation

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