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Community attitudes towards wildlife management in the Bolivian Chaco

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Andrew J. Noss  and
Rosa Leny Cuéllar
Rosa Leny Cuéllar
Affiliation:
Proyecto Kaa-lya, Casilla 6272, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
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The process of community wildlife management in the Izozog area of the Bolivian Chaco began with participatory field research – self-monitoring of hunting activities and research on key game species. On-going discussions in community meetings have elicited seven wildlife management recommendations: (1) establishing hunting zones, (2) hunting only adults, (3) hunting only males during the reproductive season, (4) hunting only for the family's needs, (5) hunting only abundant animals, (6) protecting plants that are important to wildlife, and (7) prohibiting hunting by outsiders. We compare community attitudes towards these management measures. A majority of communities favour, in decreasing order, measures 7, 4, 6 and 1, communities are divided with respect to measures 2 and 3, and most communities oppose measure 5. Two socio-economic characteristics of communities – location and ethnicity – are associated with patterns of attitudes towards wild-life management among communities, whereas religion, economic activity and community size are not. Izoceño communities are currently reinterpreting traditional beliefs both to support and to oppose active wildlife management measures.

Keywords

Boliviacommunity wildlife managementhuntingindigenous peoplesperceptions
Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 35 , Issue 4 , October 2001 , pp. 292 - 300
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 2001

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