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A Systemic Approach to Understand the Conservation Status and Viability of the Critically Endangered Cat Ba Langur
Author(s) -
Phan Thuc D.,
Nguyen Nam C.,
Bosch Ockie J. H.,
Nguyen Thanh V.,
Le Tuyen T.,
Tran Ha T.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
systems research and behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 1092-7026
DOI - 10.1002/sres.2387
Subject(s) - wildlife , livelihood , tragedy of the commons , population , subsistence agriculture , leverage (statistics) , wildlife conservation , environmental resource management , population viability analysis , environmental planning , critically endangered , business , endangered species , geography , sociology , economics , ecology , commons , computer science , biology , demography , machine learning , agriculture
Wildlife conservation is a dynamically complex system, linking seemingly disparate biological and cultural components. This article offers policy professionals an illustration of how a dynamically complex system was diagnosed by applying the system dynamics approach. An integrated method was applied to develop a causal loop diagram, showing the interconnected variables within the system, relating to the conservation status and viability of Cat Ba Langur. Rural poverty, low livelihoods options, human population growth, inappropriate tourism planning and weak management capacity are challenges that have prevented the langur population from increasing over the last decades. Tragedy of commons and shifting the burden systems archetypes were identified and then leverage points for saving the species were proposed. A shift towards the systems perspective of viewing wildlife conservation as the dynamically complex system enables decision‐makers to avoid the unintended consequences emerging from the linear thinking, and find sustainable solutions for both wildlife and human. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.