Intervener trustworthiness predicts cooperation with conservation interventions in an elephant conflict public goods game

Baynham-Herd, Zachary; Molony, Thomas; Redpath, Stephen M.; Keane, Aidan

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“…However, we found that the games were well received by the community, with players rapidly understanding and engaging with the NetLogo interface. Our study thus adds to previous work demonstrating the value of experimental games as a tool to investigate stakeholder perspectives and decision-making (Baynham-Herd et al, 2020;Janssen et al, 2014;Redpath et al, 2018). This approach is highly adaptable and applicable across a wide range of conflict contexts (Bell et al, 2016;Rakotonarivo, Bell, Abernethy, et al, 2021;Rakotonarivo, Jones, et al, 2021).…”

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“…We found positive correlations between number of scare decisions and perceptions of being individually respected in the community and feeling that current wildlife management schemes respect local culture. Several studies have found that perceptions of trust and equity affect uptake of management strategies and cooperation (Baynham‐Herd et al, 2020; Rakotonarivo, Bell, Abernethy, et al, 2021; Rakotonarivo, Jones, et al, 2021). This highlights the need for interventions to be developed in an inclusive manner, with fair representation of stakeholder interests and genuine participation in decision‐making processes (Armitage et al, 2020; Redpath et al, 2017; Sjölander‐Lindqvist et al, 2015).…”

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An experimental game to examine pastoralists' preferences for human–lion coexistence strategies

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1. Reconciling conflicts between wildlife conservation and other human activities is a pervasive, multifaceted issue. Large carnivores, such as the African lion Panthera leo are often the focus of such conflicts as they have significant ecological and cultural value but impose severe social and financial costs on the communities that live alongside them. 2. To effectively manage human-lion conflict, it is vital to understand stakeholder decision-making and preferences regarding mitigation techniques and coexistence strategies.3. We used a novel experimental game framed around lions and livestock protection, played across eight villages in Tanzania, to examine stakeholder behaviour in response to three incentive structures: support for non-lethal scaring, and individual-and community-level subsidies for provision of wildlife habitat. 4. We found that non-lethal deterrent methods were the preferred mitigation strategy and that individual subsidies most increased the provision of wildlife habitat. Subsidies that were conditional on other community members' decisions were less effective at increasing habitat choices. Player characteristics and attitudes appeared to have little influence on game behaviour. However, there was some evidence that gender, wealth, perceptions of respect, and the behaviour of other players affected decision-making.5. Achieving success in managing conservation conflicts requires genuine stakeholder participation leading to mutually beneficial results. Our findings suggest that, while incentive-based instruments can promote pro-conservation behaviour, these may be more effective when targeted at individuals rather than groups. We demonstrate how experimental games offer a practical and

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“…This can be further built upon by increasing rational trust in subsequent monitoring visits when staff bring knowledge or skills to help the landowner. Perceived trustworthiness is often an important predictor of cooperation with conservation organizations (Baynham‐Herd et al, 2020).…”

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“…Perceived trustworthiness is often an important predictor of cooperation with conservation organizations (Baynham-Herd et al, 2020).…”

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Sustaining land and people over time: Relationships with successor landowners on conservation easements

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Conservation is increasingly recognized and funded on private lands. Making conservation last despite turnover in people requires maintaining social relationships. For example, conservation easements (CEs), also called conservation covenants, are legal agreements for private land conservation typically expected to last in perpetuity, yet their public benefits depend on successor landowners. We focus on the social relations in stewarding lands held by successor landowners who purchased or inherited a property after the conservation agreement was in place. We conducted 38 semi‐structured interviews with key informants, conservation organization staff and successors who own conserved properties in Wisconsin, USA. These interviews revealed the importance of the relationship between conservation organization staff and landowners and the roles of trust, shared goals, meaning‐making and power. These social relationships can influence the land management choices of landowners and compliance enforcement approaches of conservation organizations. In light of these findings, policymakers and professionals should consider rapid outreach to new owners of conserved properties and greater investments in landowner relationships to build multiple dimensions of trust, connect on shared goals and help landowners find positive meaning in conservation agreements. We recommend documenting these personal dimensions of conservation for future staff, whose effectiveness in the field depends on their ability to make conservation policy salient for particular people and places. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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“…Because trust in a person or group delivering an intervention predicts people's levels of cooperation (Baynham-Herd et al, 2020), we also gathered information on whom they believe this help should and would or not came from.…”

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Using a Conflict Framework Analysis to Help Beekeepers and Giant Armadillos (Priodontes maximus) Coexist

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Damage caused by wildlife is one reason preventing peaceful coexistence between humans and wildlife. To identify the complexity and scope of human-wildlife interactions and to guide conservation interventions, a theoretical framework has been recently proposed, based on the field of conflict analysis and peacebuilding. Despite its importance, to our knowledge, there are no studies yet testing the framework. We therefore adapted and expanded the framework to investigate a wildlife-people interaction scenario, involving damage by giant armadillos (Priodontes maximus) to apiaries in the Brazilian Cerrado biome of Mato Grosso do Sul state. From August to November 2018, we interviewed 111 beekeepers identified through a mixed random and snowball sampling design to assess at which level of conflict this interaction could be framed, and to identify strategies able to promote coexistence. Analysis of the five key areas of the framework suggested the current human-wildlife interaction is a level one conflict. This means the negative relation between beekeepers and giant armadillos is still not rooted in less visible, more complex social disagreements, but founded in a material dispute: destruction of beehives. We used the findings to create an intervention strategy which involves: (i) the implementation of mitigation strategies that prevent giant armadillos from predating beehives; (ii) a certification scheme to acknowledge beekeepers' efforts to implement the mitigation strategies, and (iii) a Citizen Science Program using an app that enables data gathering for adaptive management, as well as maintains beekeeper engagement. We hope beekeepers-giant armadillos' coexistence will become beneficial rather than a challenge with the novel interventions.

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Intervener trustworthiness predicts cooperation with conservation interventions in an elephant conflict public goods game

Abstract: This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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An experimental game to examine pastoralists' preferences for human–lion coexistence strategies

An experimental game to examine pastoralists' preferences for human–lion coexistence strategies

Sustaining land and people over time: Relationships with successor landowners on conservation easements

Using a Conflict Framework Analysis to Help Beekeepers and Giant Armadillos (Priodontes maximus) Coexist

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