Global lessons from successful rhinoceros conservation in Nepal
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Article Title | Global lessons from successful rhinoceros conservation in Nepal |
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ERA Journal ID | 3221 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Aryal, Achyut (Author), Acharya, Krishna Prasad (Author), Shrestha, Uttam Babu (Author), Dhakal, Maheshwar (Author), Raubenhiemer, David (Author) and Wright, Wendy (Author) |
Journal Title | Conservation Biology |
Journal Citation | 31 (6), pp. 1494-1497 |
Number of Pages | 4 |
Year | 2017 |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISSN | 0888-8892 |
1523-1739 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12894 |
Web Address (URL) | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.12894/epdf |
Abstract | Global populations of rhinoceros have declined alarmingly, from about 500,000 at the beginning of the 20th century to 29,000 in 2016, largely due to an escalation of poaching for rhinoceros horn (Traffic 2016; Biggs et al. 2013). The current global rhino population is comprised of three Asian Species and two African species, the latter located in South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia and Zimbabwe,. In Africa, the Southern white rhinoceros population is estimated at 20,700; and there are estimated to be around 4,885 black rhinoceros. The greater one-horned rhinoceros, found in Nepal and India, has a population of approximately 3,555. The other Asian rhino species are confined to Indonesia and have much lower numbers; there are fewer than 100 Sumatran rhinos and only 58–61 Javan rhinos. The number of African rhino killed by poachers in the last ten years is estimated at 5,957 (Traffic 2016; Emslie et al. 2013; Poaching fact2016), about 1,338 of these were taken in 2015, a year in which the highest number of rhino were taken since the late 1980s (Traffic 2016; Gaworecki 2016; Figure 1). At current poaching rates, Africa’s rhino populations may be extinct within 20 years (Di Minin et al. 2015). The Sumatran and Javan rhino populations continue to decline due to habitat destruction, poaching and inbreeding (Save the Rhino, 2016b) pushing them to the verge of extinction. |
Keywords | Rhinoceros, Nepal, Africa, Conservation |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 419999. Other environmental sciences not elsewhere classified |
410401. Conservation and biodiversity | |
Byline Affiliations | Massey University, New Zealand |
Ministry of Forests and Environment, Nepal | |
Institute for Agriculture and the Environment | |
University of Sydney | |
Federation University | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q3y66/global-lessons-from-successful-rhinoceros-conservation-in-nepal
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