Looking for a common ground: useful knowledge and adaptation in wolf politics in southwestern Finland

Pellikka, Jani; Hiedanpää, Juha

doi:10.2981/wlb.00269

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“…These persons are educated about the biology, ecology and movement behaviour of wolves and footprint identification, but there are no formal exams used for the LCCP nomination process. Contact details of LCCPs are publicly available and are known in local rural societies (Pellikka and Hiedanpää 2017).…”

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“…Since 1990, the wildlife triangle network (12 km triangleshaped transect lines) monitors approximately 10,000 km of transect lines each winter (Linden et al 1996); however, for wolves, it provides information only about trends over years (Kojola et al 2014). Volunteer-provided point observations are the primary data source for monitoring large carnivorous mammals (Kojola et al 2014;Pellikka and Hiedanpää 2017). Other important monitoring data are collected through telemetry, but the estimated annual proportion of all territories mapped by telemetry has decreased over the last 15 years, from 30-40% to 15-20% (S. Heikkinen, unpublished data).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Balancing costs and confidence: volunteer-provided point observations, GPS telemetry and the genetic monitoring of Finland’s wolves

2018

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Reliable and updated population estimates are a necessity for the successful conservation and management of endangered animal populations. Citizen science has become increasingly important in wildlife monitoring and is an attractive concept due to its low costs. However, the applicability of citizen science in the monitoring of large carnivore populations is questionable for various reasons, including the difficulties associated with species identification. In Finland, where estimates of the fragmentary wolf (Canis lupus) population have varied between 140 and 280 animals in the last 10 years, population monitoring has been based on volunteerprovided data and telemetry. To compensate for a recent decrease in the proportion of territories with boundaries mapped through telemetry, a non-invasive genetics project was launched in 2016. We evaluated the experiences from this project, in which noninvasive genetic techniques were, for the first time, widely used (n = 22 territories, 54% of the 41 apparent territories hosted by wolves in March 2017) to determine the post-hunting population estimate in early March 2017, before pack sizes began to decrease due to dispersal by sub-adult wolves. In territories where the non-invasive genetic monitoring was executed in the winter of 2016/2017, the pack sizes resulting from the volunteer-provided observations and the genetic analyses were highly correlated. By using the most typical variation in the proportion of non-residents in the wolf populations (6-20%, Fuller et al. 2003), we derived a population estimate of 150-178 wolves for early March 2016, and, by considering the known mortality during the study period, a minimum estimate of 204-234 wolves for early Aug. 2016. Despite its high costs, we recommend that non-invasive genetic monitoring should cover all known territories supporting Finland's small and exploited wolf population. This much costlier protocol may be unrealistic in Finland. In any case, there is a need for more genetic sampling to test the quality of volunteer-provided data.

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Section: Volunteer-provided Point Observationsmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Balancing costs and confidence: volunteer-provided point observations, GPS telemetry and the genetic monitoring of Finland’s wolves

2018

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“…Frank and Eklund (2017). Other instruments include culling/lethal control of problem-causing animals (Pellikka & Hiedanpää, 2017;Sjölander-Lindqvist, 2015), and license or quota hunting (Cinque (2015); (Mykrä et al, 2017). However, hunting is only allowed when the large carnivore population has reached favorable conservation status, as a measure to prevent illegal hunting or increase the acceptance of the large carnivores.…”

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IUCN SSC guidelines on human-wildlife conflict and coexistence

2023

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As human-wildlife conflicts become more frequent, serious and widespread worldwide, they are notoriously challenging to resolve, and many efforts to address these conflicts struggle to make progress. These Guidelines provide an essential guide to understanding and resolving human-wildlife conflict. The Guidelines aim to provide foundations and principles for good practice, with clear, practical guidance on how best to tackle conflicts and enable coexistence with wildlife. They have been developed for use by conservation practitioners, community leaders, decision makers, researchers, government officers and others. Focusing on approaches and tools for analysis and decision making, they are not limited to any particular species or region of the world.

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“…Finland stands out from the other case countries due to its high level of involvement of stakeholder representatives and local level actors (e.g. Hansson-Forman et al, 2018;Pellikka & Hiedanpää, 2017;Ratamäki, 2008) and Norway and Sweden deviate from the other case countries because they are the only countries in which responsibilities and power shift from the regional to the national level when set carnivore population targets are not being met (e.g. Risvoll et al, 2016;Sandström et al, 2018).…”

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“…Other widely applied instruments include permanent or pilot subsidy programmes for preventive measures (e.g. Frank & Eklund, 2017), culling/lethal control of problemcausing animals (Pellikka & Hiedanpää, 2017;Sjölander-Lindqvist, 2015), and licence-or quota hunting (e.g. Cinque, 2015;Mykrä et al, 2017).…”

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Governing dual objectives within single policy mixes: an empirical analysis of large carnivore policies in six European countries

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Arbieu

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Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning

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Policy mixes (i.e. the total structure of policy processes, strategies, and instruments) are complex constructs that can quickly become incoherent, inconsistent, and incomprehensive. This is amplified when the policy mix strives to meet multiple objectives simultaneously, such as in the case of large carnivore policy mixes. Building on Rogge and Reichardt's analytical framework for the analysis of policy mixes, we compare the policy mixes of Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, Germany (specifically Saxony and Bavaria), and Spain (specifically Castilla y León).The study shows that the large carnivore policy mixes in the case countries show signs of lacking vertical and horizontal coherence in the design of policy processes, weak consistency between objectives and designated policy instruments, and, as a consequence, lacking comprehensiveness. We conclude that creating consistent, coherent, and comprehensive policy mixes that build on multiple objectives requires stepping away from sectorized policy development, toward a holistic, systemic approach, strong collaborative structures across policy boundaries and regions, the inclusion of diverse stakeholders, and constant care and attention to address all objectives simultaneously rather than in isolation.

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Looking for a common ground: useful knowledge and adaptation in wolf politics in southwestern Finland

Cited by 8 publications

References 15 publications

Balancing costs and confidence: volunteer-provided point observations, GPS telemetry and the genetic monitoring of Finland’s wolves

Balancing costs and confidence: volunteer-provided point observations, GPS telemetry and the genetic monitoring of Finland’s wolves

IUCN SSC guidelines on human-wildlife conflict and coexistence

Governing dual objectives within single policy mixes: an empirical analysis of large carnivore policies in six European countries

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