Factors affecting urban and rural tolerance towards conflict-prone endangered megafauna in Peninsular Malaysia

doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01179

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	Factors affecting urban and rural tolerance towards conflict-prone endangered megafauna in Peninsular Malaysia
	Tan, Ange S. L.; de la Torre, J. Antonio ; Wong, Ee Phin 4; Thuppil, Vivek 1,2; Campos-Arceiz, Ahimsa
刊名	GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
	2020
卷号	23 页码:-
关键词	HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT ASIAN ELEPHANTS SRI-LANKA ATTITUDES CONSERVATION PERCEPTIONS MITIGATION INSIGHTS MODEL
ISSN号	2351-9894
DOI	10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01179
英文摘要	The long-term survival of conflict-prone megafauna such as tigers Panthera tigris and Asian elephants Elephas maximus requires people's tolerance and willingness to coexist with them. Understanding people's attitudes can help design conservation interventions that are more effective and supported by various stakeholders. We studied Malaysian citizens attitudes towards local megafauna and the influence of urbanization, conservation awareness, local context, taxonomic bias, and conflict severity on people's attitudes and tolerance towards endangered megafauna. We conducted 733 interviews in three locations with different degrees of urbanization (capital city, small town, and rural area). Interviews in the city and small town were conducted in zoos and shopping malls to investigate the role of local context. Our respondents showed relatively good knowledge of local wildlife and wildlife conservation issues and thought that wildlife conservation was predominantly the government's responsibility. People in all groups showed a taxonomic bias, expressing more tolerance towards less conflict-prone tapirs than towards potentially more dangerous elephants, and even less towards tigers. Urbanization and awareness had consistently positive effects on people's attitudes, while the local context (zoos vs shopping malls) had very minor effects. Our results suggest that awareness campaigns can have a positive effect to promote positive attitudes towards wildlife in Malaysia and the need for stratified approaches when it comes to conservation campaigns. In urban settings, efforts should be made to enhance people's sense of ownership and responsibility in conservation, while in rural areas efforts should focus on reducing the cost of conflict on people while promoting tolerance and willingness to coexist with conflict-prone megafauna. (C) 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
学科主题	Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000568729100001
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.xtbg.org.cn/handle/353005/11817]
专题	西双版纳热带植物园_2012年后新成立研究组
作者单位	1.Univ Nottingham Malaysia, Sch Psychol, Semenyih, Malaysia 2.Univ Nottingham Malaysia, Management & Ecol Malaysian Elephants, Semenyih, Malaysia 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Southeast Asia Biodivers Res Inst, Yezin 05282, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar 4.Bioconciencia AC, Programa Jaguares Selva Maya, Mexico City, DF, Mexico 5.Prifysgol Bangor Univ, Ysgol Seicoleg Sch Psychol, Bangor LL57 2UW, Gwynedd, Wales 6.Univ Nottingham Malaysia, Sch Environm & Geog Sci, Semenyih 43500, Malaysia 7.Chinese Acad Sci, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Ctr Integrat Conservat, Mengla 666303, Yunnan, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Tan, Ange S. L.,de la Torre, J. Antonio,Wong, Ee Phin,et al. Factors affecting urban and rural tolerance towards conflict-prone endangered megafauna in Peninsular Malaysia[J]. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION,2020,23:-.
APA	Tan, Ange S. L.,de la Torre, J. Antonio,Wong, Ee Phin,Thuppil, Vivek,&Campos-Arceiz, Ahimsa.(2020).Factors affecting urban and rural tolerance towards conflict-prone endangered megafauna in Peninsular Malaysia.GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION,23,-.
MLA	Tan, Ange S. L.,et al."Factors affecting urban and rural tolerance towards conflict-prone endangered megafauna in Peninsular Malaysia".GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION 23(2020):-.