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Wildlife snaring – an indicator of community response to a community-based conservation project

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Dale M. Lewis  and
Andrew Phiri
Dale M. Lewis
Affiliation:
Conservation Biologist, Wildlife Conservation Society of the Bronx Zoo, ADMADE Technical Advisor, Nyamaluma Institute, Box 82, Mfuwe, Zambia.
Andrew Phiri
Affiliation:
Nyamaluma institute, Box 82, Mfuwe, Zambia.
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Abstract

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The use of wire snares for catching wildlife to support household needs was treated as an indicator to evaluate community support and understanding for a community-based resource management project. Data were based on snare counts in areas surrounding the targeted community as well as from interviews with individuals purported to have had a history of snaring. The high use of snares conflicted with expected behaviour for a community benefiting from the project. Snaring levels were high enough to threaten the viability of the safari industry and the derived revenues that were meant to be shared with the community. These contradictions suggested flaws in the project: an overdependence on external donor-supported management and lack of real community involvement and leadership in management of the resource. This study underscores the critical importance for monitoring land-use behaviour as an indicator of the success of community-based management projects.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , April 1998 , pp. 111 - 121
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1998

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