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Wildlife management, illegal hunting and conflicts. A bioeconomic analysis*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Anders Skonhoft  and
Jan Tore Solstad
Anders Skonhoft
Affiliation:
Department of Economics, University of Trondheim, N-7055 Dragvoll, Norway
Jan Tore Solstad
Affiliation:
Centre for Environment and Development, University of Trondheim, N-7055 Dragvoll, Norway
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Abstract

The paper analyzes the conflict between illegal and legal exploitation of wildlife species in an East African context. In the model there are two agents, an agency managing a national park of fixed area and a group of local people living in the vicinity of the park. The park agency has the legal right to exploit the wildlife, while the local people hunt illegally. Because of the property rights, the park agency has incentives to invest in the stock of wildlife, while the behaviour of the local people is steered by short-term considerations. The model is analyzed in two steps. Firstly, the market solution is studied. Next, the model is examined when user and property rights are given to the local people.

Type
Theory and Applications
Information
Environment and Development Economics , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , May 1996 , pp. 165 - 181
Copyright
Copyright © 1996, Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

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This research was supported by a grant from The Norwegian Research Council through the Biological Diversity Program. The paper has benefited from discussions at seminars in Stockholm (The Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics) and at our own department in Trondheim. We are also grateful for comments from two anonymous referees.

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