The new actor was the referent, who basically acted as a go-between, linking volunteers with the provincial police and ensuring full coverage of the entire province on an on-demand basis. 2010. It was normal at that time. Critchlow, R., A. J. Plumptre, M. Driciru, A. Rwetsiba, E. J. Stokes, C. Tumwesigye, F. Wanyama, and C. M. Beale.
2008), and for other huntable species affected similarly by illegal releases, including red deer (The study area is the VCO province (46° 07′ N, 8° 17′ E), 2255 km² located in the northeasternmost part of the Piedmont region, close to the border of Switzerland, in the central Italian Alps (Fig. In fact, in the two districts permitting hunting, the successive delegation of responsibility to the local community proved most effective in legally reducing illegal releases of wild boar.Strategies that directly rely on local communities for the management of natural resources have experienced a “crisis of identity and purpose” (Dressler et al.
Massei, G., S. Roy, and R. Bunting. These two levels had to be considered in identifying the objective. This had the added benefit of further discouraging illegal releases because bred (tame) animals would be the first ones to be shot. Wild boar populations up, numbers of hunters down?
2010. [...] Each year we find less and less wild boar.
Second, Italian governance of natural resources follows a strict nested structure in which the flow of power is firmly top-down, i.e., from the state level, down to the regional level, and finally, to the province level, and there is little space for bottom-up innovation. In-depth interviews.
2009). 2015. The main purpose, as declared by Riccardo Maccagno (provincial police commander from 2012, and previously, vice-commander), “was to create a system able to reduce wild boar numbers, their damage, and, importantly, to stop illegal releases” (29 October 2015 interview). During the subsequent 26 years, only small changes were introduced (mainly to comply with the European Union regulations). Evaluation of possible mitigation measures to prevent introduction and spread of African swine fever virus through wild boar. 2018. 2012. File Size : 42.34 MB
Read : 1065 Hearn, R., C. Watkins, and R. Balzaretti. Changes in the composition of hunting catches in southeastern Cameroon: a promising approach for collaborative wildlife management between ecologists and local hunters. As in VCO1, VCO3 stakeholders recall these early years with enthusiasm. 1995, Hearn et al. The lessons from the previous two phases suggested bringing that proportion to a 50:50 split to reduce economic damage further.While this manuscript was under review, a highly unexpected change (for the authors of this article) in the Italian legislative system occurred, which basically lifted the main tenets of the CE system to the regional level (our study was based on insights gained from only one of seven provinces in the Piedmont region).
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In fact, one hunter told one of the authors that the dark-cutting meat resulting from regular hunting sessions involving dogs chasing the boar over extended periods and distances was “only fit for canine consumption.” Overall, then, the lessons from the first iteration brought about significant improvements in the management of the resource as well as higher quality meat (and more humane harvesting of meat; see Viganò et al. 2017). Some stakeholders were not shy to express their anger.
2010), and previous studies have suggested that “the best way to improve law enforcement is to increase the probability of detecting illegal activities, particularly identifying the people involved and penalizing them” (Plumptre et al.
Combatting illegal activities in the context of endangered and vulnerable species is clearly important for their preservation (Bennett 2011). Download : 214
As Luca Rotelli (a wildlife technician in the VCO province for the wildlife service of the Piedmont region from 1998 to 2010) explains, one of the main reasons for discouraging hunters from going after wild boar “was that we did not want people to buy and release new heads for their entertainment for the following hunting season. Pages 138-169 Lieberman, E. S. 2005. Deforestation and hunting effects on wildlife across Amazonian indigenous lands. Format : PDF The superordinate CE system represents a type of manipulation in the sense that it allows us to compare effectively the periods before (a baseline condition) and after (the treatment condition) the introduction of the system (in 2010) in each of the three districts, thus, allowing a systematic within-case and between-case analysis.Each case study drew on archival data (provided by the Osservatorio Faunistico Regione Piemonte, VCO province, and each district), interviews with participants in the various stakeholder groups, and direct as well as participant observation.
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The main drivers of its population growth in the area include the favorable climate, habitat and food conditions (in large part because of the indigenous chestnut forests), and releases of bred boar for hunting purposes (which have been illegal since at least 1989).As of 1996, VCO is divided into three hunting districts (VCO1, VCO2, and VCO3), each chaired by a committee “charged with wildlife management and hunting organization” (Piedmont Regional Law 70/1996, VCO2’s regulations have followed a different path.