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Prevalence and drivers of poison use by South African commercial farmers and perceptions of alternative livestock protection measures
| dc.contributor.author | Brink, Christiaan Willem | |
| dc.contributor.author | Thomson, Robert Leslie | |
| dc.contributor.author | Amar, Arjun | |
| dc.contributor.author | Girardello, Marco | |
| dc.contributor.author | Santangeli, Andrea | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-03-03T18:13:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-03-03T18:13:20Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The use of poison to eliminate predators is causing African vulture populations to collapse. To understand the prevalence and motivations of this practice we conducted an extensive survey with South African commercial farmers. Using a specialised questioning technique and ad hoc quantitative methods we found that an estimated 22% and 31% of farmers used poison over a 1-year and 5-year period, respectively. Poison use hotspots generally coincided with small stock farming areas. The strongest predictor of poison use was whether farmers believed the practice to be common amongst their peers. Our results suggest that farmers' attitudes to vultures are primarily positive, and farmers are less likely to use poisons if they frequently encounter vultures on their farm. Overall, our findings provide an understanding on poison use that provides leverage points to change farmers' behaviour and help avert the African vulture crisis and possible cascading ecosystem impacts. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | We would like to thank all respondents for their participation and the following individuals for their kind hospitality to a lonely researcher on the road: Vivienne and Mike van Breda, Kabous Louw, Sonja and Jutta Moxham and Rory Evans. Furthermore, Ben J. Dilley, for his carpentry skills and assistance in kitting out our research vehicle. This study was funded by the NRF-DST Centre of Excellence funding to the FitzPatrick Institute of Ornithology. AS was funded by the Academy of Finland (Grant No. 307909). | en |
| dc.description.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.citation | Brink C.W., Thomson R.L., Amar A., Girardello M. & Santangeli A. (2021). Prevalence and drivers of poison use by South African commercial farmers and perceptions of alternative livestock protection measures. “Ambio”, 50(6), 1211-1221. DOI: 10.1007/s13280-020-01461-2 | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s13280-020-01461-2 | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 1654-7209 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0044-7447 | |
| dc.identifier.pmc | PMC8068749 | |
| dc.identifier.pmid | 33454916 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/6214 | |
| dc.identifier.wos | 000608389200005 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | pt_PT |
| dc.publisher | Springer | pt_PT |
| dc.relation.publisherversion | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13280-020-01461-2 | pt_PT |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Human-wildlife Conflict | en |
| dc.subject | Predator Management | en |
| dc.subject | Vulture Conservation | en |
| dc.subject | Wildlife Crime | en |
| dc.title | Prevalence and drivers of poison use by South African commercial farmers and perceptions of alternative livestock protection measures | en |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.conferencePlace | Switzerland | en |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 1221 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.issue | (6) | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 1211 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.title | Ambio | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.volume | 50 | pt_PT |
| rcaap.rights | closedAccess | pt_PT |
| rcaap.type | article | pt_PT |
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