Conservation Letters Volume 11 Issue 1, Page 3

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Impact of Local Empowerment on Conservation Practices in a Highly Developed Country

Engen, Sigrid; Hausner, Vera Helene

2018 Conservation Letters

Community‐based conservation, where local decision makers are responsible for balancing conservation and development, is often preferred to exclusionary conservation that prioritizes use‐limitation through strict regulation. Unraveling the evidence for conservation impact of different governance...

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A Sustainability Agenda for Tropical Marine Science

Partelow, Stefan; Schlüter, Achim; Wehrden, Henrik; Jänig, Manuel; Senff, Paula

2018 Conservation Letters

doi:10.1111/conl.12351

Tropical coasts face unprecedented sustainability challenges for advancing human welfare and maintaining ecosystem functioning and diversity. These coupled social–ecological processes exist within interdependent relationships across multiple levels and scales. Reflection is needed on the...

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Preventing Global Extinction of the Javan Rhino: Tsunami Risk and Future Conservation Direction

Setiawan, Ridwan; Gerber, Brian D.; Rahmat, Ujang Mamat; Daryan, Daryan; Firdaus, Asep Yayus;

2018 Conservation Letters

doi:10.1111/conl.12366

The Javan rhino (Rhinoceros sondaicus) is one of the most threatened mammals on Earth. The only remaining individuals live as part of a small population isolated in a single protected area, Ujung Kulon National Park, Java, Indonesia. Despite almost a century of studies, little is known about the...

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Neocolonial Conservation: Is Moving Rhinos to Australia Conservation or Intellectual Property Loss

Hayward, Matt W.; Ripple, William J.; Kerley, Graham I. H.; Landman, Marietjie; Plotz, Roan D.;

2018 Conservation Letters

doi:10.1111/conl.12354

The Australian Rhino Project (http://www.theaustralianrhinoproject.org) proposes importing 80 rhinos from South Africa to Australia by 2019 at a cost of over $US4 million, with the first six due to have been moved in 2016. This project has high‐profile supporters in the private sector, zoos, and...

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The Importance of Fishing Grounds as Perceived by Local Communities Can be Undervalued by Measures of Socioeconomic Cost Used in Conservation Planning

Hamel, Mélanie A.; Pressey, Robert L.; Evans, Louisa S.; Andréfouët, Serge

2018 Conservation Letters

doi:10.1111/conl.12352

Marine reserve placement must account for the importance of places for resource use to minimize negative socioeconomic impacts and improve compliance. It is often assumed that placing marine reserves in locations that minimize lost fishing opportunities will reduce impacts on coastal communities,...

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Evaluating the Design of Behavior Change Interventions: A Case Study of Rhino Horn in Vietnam

Olmedo, Alegría; Sharif, Vian; Milner‐Gulland, E.J.

2018 Conservation Letters

doi:10.1111/conl.12365

Behavioral change interventions are increasingly widely used in conservation. Several projects addressing rhino horn consumption were recently launched in Vietnam. We used key informant interviews, document analysis, and marketing theory to explore their strategies for intervention design,...

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