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Políticas para el cumplimiento de leyes sobre vida silvestre: Balance entre detección y penalidades en el valle de Luangwa, Zambia
Author(s) -
LeaderWilliams N.,
MilnerGulland E.J.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
conservation biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.2
H-Index - 222
eISSN - 1523-1739
pISSN - 0888-8892
DOI - 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1993.07030611.x
Subject(s) - wildlife , law enforcement , enforcement , balance (ability) , business , natural resource economics , geography , law , economics , political science , ecology , biology , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation
Models have shown that levels of law enforcement in Luangwa Valley, Zambia, during the 1980s were not adequate to prevent illegal exploitation of black rhinos and African elephants. Theory suggests that the deterrent effect of an increase in detection rate will be larger than that of a similar increase in penalty. The most effective penalty, in economic terms, would be a variable fine related to the number of illegal trophies harvested, but this may be hard to legislate effectively. Wildlife managers conserving rhinos and elephants should focus on improving detection rates rather than on requesting severe penalties with no improvements in detection.