Promoting hunting tourism in north Sweden: opinions of local hunters

Willebrand, Tomas

doi:10.1007/s10344-008-0235-2

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“…It is however also widely acknowledged that in order for hunting tourism to be sustainable, a number of problems need to be tackled, including the risk for overharvesting game populations, problems regarding sufficient economic profitability and possible tensions between different stakeholders (Keskinarkaus & Matilainen, 2010). Reporting on Sweden, Dahl and Sjöberg (2010), Willebrand (2009) and Gunnarsdotter (2005) argue that hunting tourism is seen by hunters as having both pros and cons. On the one hand, it can be viewed as having positive outcomes on local economies or meeting a growing demand among landless hunters.…”

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“…For example, research on nature-based tourism has revealed a number of problems regarding social sustainability, such as social conflicts or threats to local values or identities (e.g. Ashley & Roe 1998;Ebner, 2007;Kaltenborn, Andersen, Nelleman, Bjerke, & Thrane, 2008;Peterson, 2004;Puhakka et al, 2009;Saarinen, 2006;Stahl, 1979;Wang & Pfister, 2008;Willebrand, 2009).…”

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Opportunity or threat? Finnish hunters’ attitudes to hunting tourism

Nygård

Uthardt

2011

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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This article examines elements of the social sustainability of hunting tourism development by scrutinising Finnish hunters' opinions on three possible scenarios related to hunting tourism: the threat of an exclusion of local hunters, the threat of rising rents of hunting land and the threat to Finnish hunting customs and practice due to increasing numbers of foreign hunting tourists. Hunters' positions on these three issues are mapped and the determinants of their attitudes are analysed using unique national survey data on Finnish hunters and their attitudes (N = 1193). The results show a clear ambivalence to hunting tourism among hunters. While a majority of hunters tend to view hunting tourism as a threat, a large minority relate to it more positively. These attitudinal patterns can be explained only partly by socioeconomic factors, whereas factors pertaining to hunting experience and hunting profile play a somewhat more prominent role in understanding the legitimacy that hunting tourism enjoys in the eyes of hunters in Finland. Age, rural residence and participation in wildlife management are also found important for some issues. The ambiguities revealed could pose major problems for social sustainability and hunting tourism management and development.

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Opportunity or threat? Finnish hunters’ attitudes to hunting tourism

Nygård

Uthardt

2011

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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“…Comments such as "nonlocal hunters are coming in with dogs to vacuum-clean the terrain at the start of the season" were frequently given by northern hunters in the open commentary fields in the questionnaire. Their tolerance may not be founded in altruism at all, but rather originate from a wish to generate local income (Willebrand, 2009). …”

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Grouse Hunting Regulations and Hunter Typologies in Norway

Wam

Andersen

Pedersen

2013

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

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Game management relies on satisfied hunters. Satisfaction determinants are, however, seldom uniform across the whole hunter segment and may therefore be difficult to accommodate.Latent class analysis (LCA) is a probabilistic model-based approach to categorizing hunter typologies by, for example, their attitudes and preferences. We applied LCA to large-scale survey data relating to grouse hunting regulations in Norway (3,293 respondents). We identified three typologies with regard to importance of bag size (the "Experience Seeker" 43%, "Bag Oriented" 32% and "Northern Traditionalist" 25%) as well as crowding tolerance (the "Semi-tolerant Mainstream" 86%, "Altruistic Compatriot" 10% and "Passionate Crowdavoiding" 4%), but we could not find a set of typologies that conformed uniformly across the two. The potential and limitation of using hunter typologies in game management is discussed in an applied context. Broadly summarized, typologies are valuable for tailoring local hunting regulations, provided their actual distribution is identified at the appropriate scale. Key-words: bag limit, game, harvest, willingness-to-pay, ptarmigan Declining grouse populations is a pressing management issue worldwide (Storch, 2007). The underlying causes are complex, and while no study has yet identified one single factor that explains the declines at larger spatial scales, the most prominent threat seems to be habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation (e.g., Webb, Boarman, & Rotenberry, 2004;Marzluff & Neatherlin, 2006): changes that are long-lasting and not easily reversed.Additionally, we see growing evidence that game-bird hunting may be more additive to other causes of mortality than previously thought (Smith & Willebrand, 1999;Pedersen et al., 2004;Pöysä et al., 2004;Sandercock, Nilsen, Brøseth, & Pedersen, 2011;Connelly, Hagen, & Schroeder, 2011; but see also Sedinger, White, Espinosa, Partee, & Braun, 2010).It thus seems clear that harvest regulations are inevitable for mitigating grouse population declines. Management agencies then face a partly conflicting quest; they must achieve the ecological goal without overly restricting hunting opportunities and thereby jeopardize hunter satisfaction. Grouse hunting has a considerable socioeconomic impact.Norway, for example, has about 55,000 ptarmigan hunters (out of a population of 4.8 million people; Statistics Norway, 2010a), and they annually spend approximately €1,200 each on activities directly related to grouse hunting (Pedersen, & Karlsen, 2007;Storm, 2007;Andersen et al., 2009).As initiated by Hendee (1974), hunter satisfaction has many components and is therefore best looked at by a "multiple-satisfaction approach" (e.g. Hazel, Langenau, & Levine, 1990;Woods, Guynn, Hammitt, & Patterson, 1996;Frey, Conover, Borgo, & Messmer, 2003;Hayslette, Armstrong, & Mirarchi, 2001, Manfredo, Fix, & Teel, 2004Schroeder, Fulton & Lawrence, 2006). This extensive literature shows that satisfaction determinants are seldom uniform across the whole hunter segment, and that hunters...

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“…Moreover, they provide appropriate management measures, which may make game an important resource for the economy of certain areas, based on ecotourism (Willebrand, 2009). These types of studies define preferred areas for hunting, based on the land use type (Kaltenborn and Andersen, 2009 Indirect methods based on written sources (interviews, hunting bags, etc.)…”

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Main landscape metrics affecting abundance and diversity of game species in a semi-arid agroecosystem in the Mediterranean region

Belda¹,

Martínez-Pérez²,

Peiro³

et al. 1970

Span. j. agric. res.

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Hunting bags provide important information for conservation measures and wildlife management. This study is to assess relationships between landscape structure and game species. The community parameters (abundance, richness and diversity) and landscape/land use indices have been related, using GIS and statistical analysis, in the South-East of Spain (Marina Baja, Alicante). Game species richness (S) is determined by the presence of fruit groves (p = 0.001, R = 0.714) and landscape shape. The total density of species (TD) is influenced positively by fruit groves (p = 0.001, R = 0.783) and wooded shrublands (p = 0.002, R = 0.911), but is influenced negatively by urban areas (p < 0.001, R = 0.844). Small game communities correlate to irrigated fruit (p = 0.002, R = 0.754) and dry vineyard (p = 0.021, R = 0.839) and also with the diversity landscape index (p = 0.029, R = 0.708). Big game density is positively related to holm oak (p = 0.018, R = 0.812) and dense pine forests (p = 0.001, R = 0.849) and also with the total area landscape index (p = 0.011, R = 0.921). Population control species prefer irrigated fruit (p < 0.001, R = 0.775), fruit groves (p < 0.001, R = 0.857) and irrigated vineyard (p = 0.017, R = 0.833) land uses. Our conclusion is that most game species presents a positive relation with landscape structure, such as fractal dimension and shape index, and traditional agriculture based on irrigated and dry fruit crops.Additional key words: game community; GIS; hunting bags; Mediterranean agrosystem; semi-arid climate. ResumenPrincipales indicadores del paisaje que afectan a la comunidad de especies cinegéticas en un agroecosistema semiárido en la región mediterránea Los estadísticos de caza proporcionan información fundamental para implementar medidas de conservación y manejo de fauna. Este estudio pretende evaluar las relaciones entre la estructura del paisaje y las especies de caza. Se han relacionado los parámetros de la comunidad (abundancia, riqueza y diversidad), el paisaje y los índices de uso del suelo, usando SIG y análisis estadísticos, en el sureste de España (Marina Baja, Alicante). La riqueza de especies (S) está correlacionada positivamente con los frutales (p = 0,001, R = 0,714) y la forma del paisaje. La densidad total de especies (TD) está influenciada positivamente por los frutales (p = 0,001, R = 0,783) y el matorral arbolado (p = 0,002, R = 0,911), aunque influida negativamente por las zonas urbanas (p < 0,001, R = 0,844). Las especies de caza menor se correlacionan con el frutal de regadío (p = 0,002, R = 0,754), el viñedo de secano (p = 0,021, R = 0,839) y con el índice de diversidad del paisaje (p = 0,029, R = 0,708). La densidad de especies de caza mayor se relaciona positivamente con el encinar (p = 0,018, R = 0,812), el pinar denso (p = 0,001, R = 0,849) y con el índice de área total del paisaje (p = 0,011, R = 0,921). Las especies que requieren control de la población prefieren el frutal (p < 0,001, R = 0,775), la viña de regadío (p = 0,017, R = 0,833) y frutales de sec...

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Promoting hunting tourism in north Sweden: opinions of local hunters

Abstract: Hunting tourism can help to diversify local economies in rural areas.

Cited by 31 publications

References 19 publications

Opportunity or threat? Finnish hunters’ attitudes to hunting tourism

Opportunity or threat? Finnish hunters’ attitudes to hunting tourism

Grouse Hunting Regulations and Hunter Typologies in Norway

Main landscape metrics affecting abundance and diversity of game species in a semi-arid agroecosystem in the Mediterranean region

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