Journal
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
Volume 189, Issue -, Pages 1-4Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.04.028
Keywords
Compliance; Conservation; Illegal; Illicit; Methods; Natural resources; Non-compliance; Rules
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This paper establishes the context for the special issue, Detecting and Understanding Violations of Conservation Rules. Illicit or non-compliant human behaviors may occur in all ecosystems and range from subsistence illegal resource collection to poaching by organized criminal syndicates. Such acts have an enormous impact on social ecological systems, but monitoring non-compliance is challenging, primarily because the topic is sensitive and victims are voiceless. The future of many conservation areas depends upon compliance with conservation rules. However, with a growing human population, consumptive societies, and rapid expansion of business opportunities fueled by new technology, there is little doubt that demand will remain steady or increase for many of our natural resources. We outline major conservation compliance issues and impacts, and review models and methods used to monitor and respond to the problem for both subsistence and commercial non-compliance. (C) 2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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