Addressing poverty and inequality in the rural economy from a global perspective

Rodríguez‐Pose, Andrés; Hardy, Daniel

doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.02.005

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“…We hypothesize then that a policy of disrupting horn trafficking syndicates combined with addressing the inequality rife in communities living next to protected areas [23] could lead to rhino sustainability. Hence, this policy should be considered as an attractive option regardless of whether authorities favor demand reduction, asset protection, or supply provision policies.…”

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Combating Rhino Horn Trafficking: The Need to Disrupt Criminal Networks

Haas

Ferreira

2016

PLoS ONE

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The onslaught on the World’s wildlife continues despite numerous initiatives aimed at curbing it. We build a model that integrates rhino horn trade with rhino population dynamics in order to evaluate the impact of various management policies on rhino sustainability. In our model, an agent-based sub-model of horn trade from the poaching event up through a purchase of rhino horn in Asia impacts rhino abundance. A data-validated, individual-based sub-model of the rhino population of South Africa provides these abundance values. We evaluate policies that consist of different combinations of legal trade initiatives, demand reduction marketing campaigns, increased anti-poaching measures within protected areas, and transnational policing initiatives aimed at disrupting those criminal syndicates engaged in horn trafficking. Simulation runs of our model over the next 35 years produces a sustainable rhino population under only one management policy. This policy includes both a transnational policing effort aimed at dismantling those criminal networks engaged in rhino horn trafficking—coupled with increases in legal economic opportunities for people living next to protected areas where rhinos live. This multi-faceted approach should be the focus of the international debate on strategies to combat the current slaughter of rhino rather than the binary debate about whether rhino horn trade should be legalized. This approach to the evaluation of wildlife management policies may be useful to apply to other species threatened by wildlife trafficking.

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Combating Rhino Horn Trafficking: The Need to Disrupt Criminal Networks

Haas

Ferreira

2016

PLoS ONE

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“…Tackling rural poverty is a matter of international concern and is debated amongst governments, donor community and development agencies (Rodríguez-Pose & Hardy, 2015). The quest for solutions to rural poverty is both local and universal as the implications affect all.…”

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Implications of rural irrigation schemes on household economy. A case of Lower Gweru Irrigation Scheme, Zimbabwe

Dube

2016

S Afr. Jnl. Agric. Ext.

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“…While infrastructure is, of course, a key part of urbanisation, not all rural infrastructural developments are necessarily evidence of urban life. Woods’ () description of the “global countryside” contains various references to infrastructural elements, while infrastructure has been identified as a key element of developmental requirements in rural areas (Rodríguez‐Pose & Hardy, , p. 20). While comparative urbanist approaches have been strong in looking at everyday infrastructural lives (see the collection edited by Graham & Mcfarlane, ), similar comparative research is less present in most of rural studies.…”

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Transforming rural light and dark under planetary urbanisation: Comparing ordinary countrysides in India and the UK

Kumar

Shaw

2019

Trans Inst British Geog

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Contemporary global lightscapes are becoming increasingly complex and varied, creating an unusual geography of technological development and diffusion that defies many easy narratives of global interconnectivity. Specifically, new LED lighting technologies are being created through rural experimentation in both Global North and Global South. This makes lighting, and darkness, an interesting lens through which to intervene in debates on the relationship between city, countryside, and planet, specifically addressing the theoretical developments of comparative urbanism and planetary urbanisation. Heading calls to develop conceptual material from both Global North and Global South, we use case studies from Bihar (India) and the North Pennines (UK) to argue that the changing lighting technologies and practices show how “ordinary countrysides” are contributing to new planetary ways of living. We argue that while there are differences in how darkness and the implementation of artificial lighting are perceived in these sites, there are similarities that reveal an ongoing rural form of planetary living, outside the claims of urbanisation. Particularly, rural lives are marked by a closer connection to the planet, as expressed through experiences of rural darkness. Furthermore, in both sites the tenuous grasp on infrastructure and state services seems to reveal a shared rural experience. These findings suggest shared rural experiences of globalisation, but that the socio‐spatial contexts of places remain important in understanding their location within global systems. Furthermore, we join recent calls to suggest that further exploration of the difference between “global” and “planetary” might add nuance to theoretical trends in urban studies, rural studies, and geography.

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Addressing poverty and inequality in the rural economy from a global perspective

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Cited by 103 publications

References 70 publications

Combating Rhino Horn Trafficking: The Need to Disrupt Criminal Networks

Combating Rhino Horn Trafficking: The Need to Disrupt Criminal Networks

Implications of rural irrigation schemes on household economy. A case of Lower Gweru Irrigation Scheme, Zimbabwe

Transforming rural light and dark under planetary urbanisation: Comparing ordinary countrysides in India and the UK

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