Using scenarios-based interviews to predict changes in wild meat hunting and consumption in response to different alternatives projects
Using scenarios-based interviews to predict changes in wild meat hunting and consumption in response to different alternatives projects
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使用基于场景的访谈来预测野生肉狩猎和消费的变化，以应对不同的替代项目
DOI：
10.1111/csp2.12777
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发表时间：
2022
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Brittain S
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作者：
Brittain S
野生肉类替代品项目通过提供野生肉类的替代食品来解决不可持续的狩猎问题，在全球南方的许多地区都很常见。然而，在实施之前了解其可能的保护和社会成果至关重要，以确保它们设计良好，稀缺的资金得到正确的使用，以及项目的预期成果是可以实现的。我们使用基于情景的访谈来探索喀麦隆六个假设的野生肉类替代品项目对五年内家庭狩猎和消费率的潜在影响。我们在喀麦隆Dja动物保护区周围的四个村庄进行了171次采访，并调查了替代食品的提供，增加创收机会以及项目实施的规模如何影响人们的参与意愿和能力。在提供食物和创收活动的野生肉类替代品项目下，预测的家庭狩猎和消费率下降最多。然而，这取决于在家庭而不是社区一级提供的项目。与目前的基准相比，社区一级的野生肉类替代品项目仅导致狩猎和消费的轻微减少，因此，在本研究区域，社区一级的项目不太可能实现其预期的保护目标。这些结果表明，在项目设计最终确定和实施之前，与社区进行有效对话的重要性，不仅要探讨他们的偏好，还要探讨首选和成功的野生肉类替代品项目的特点。我们的研究结果提供了一个了解的特点，野生肉类替代品项目的首选Dja动物保护区周围的社区，使用一种通用的方法。我们确定了可能破坏农村地区野生肉类替代品项目成功的因素，并为寻求在未来开发类似项目的保护从业者提供指导。
Wild meat alternatives projects addressing unsustainable hunting by providing alternative foods to wild meat are commonplace across many parts of the Global South. However, understanding their possible conservation and social outcomes prior to implementation is vital, to ensure that they are well designed, that scarce funds are correctly directed, and that the intended outcomes of the project are achievable. We used scenario‐based interviews to explore the potential effects of six hypothetical wild meat alternatives projects in Cameroon on household rates of hunting and consumption over five years. We conducted 171 interviews across four rural villages around the Dja Faunal Reserve in Cameroon, and investigated how the alternative food offered, the addition of income‐generating opportunities, and the scale at which the project was implemented would affect people's willingness and ability to participate. Predicted household rates of hunting and consumption reduced the most under wild meat alternatives projects that offered both food and income‐generating activities. However, this depends on the project being offered at the household, rather than the community, level. Community‐level wild meat alternatives projects only resulted in marginal reductions in hunting and consumption compared to the current baseline and, as such, in this study area community‐level projects are unlikely to achieve their intended conservation goals. These results illustrate the importance of effective dialogue with communities to explore not only their preferences, but also the characteristics of preferred and successful wild meat alternatives projects, before the project design is finalized and implemented. Our findings provide an understanding of the characteristics of wild meat alternatives projects preferred by communities around the Dja Faunal Reserve, using a generalisable approach. We identify factors that may undermine the success of wild meat alternatives projects in rural areas, and provide guidance to conservation practitioners seeking to develop similar projects in future.