Civil Unrest and the Poaching of Rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park, India

Civil unrest and political instability have been associated with endangered species poaching. This paper accounts for a period of civil unrest in Assam, India, which saw a marked increase in rhino poaching. Census data on the greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) in the Kaziranga Nati...

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dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv Lopes, Adrian. "Civil Unrest and the Poaching of Rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park, India." Ecological Economics 103, no. 1 (July, 2014): 20-28
0921-8009
http://hdl.handle.net/11073/8542
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.04.006
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.04.006
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Civil unrest
Poaching
Rhinoceros unicornis
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description Civil unrest and political instability have been associated with endangered species poaching. This paper accounts for a period of civil unrest in Assam, India, which saw a marked increase in rhino poaching. Census data on the greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam are used to estimate a population growth function. In calibrating the growth function's parameters the census data are used in conjunction with rhino poaching data. The rhino population and poaching data are used to econometrically estimate a harvest function. The relationship between civil unrest and rhino poaching is identified as positive and significant. The analysis factors in the probable relationships between poaching and several additional variables- including black market rhino horn prices, potential size of black markets, and anti-poaching efforts. These variables are seen to have the predicted associations with poaching, and help isolate the latter's relationship with civil unrest in the regression models. The goodness of fit between the data on rhino population and poaching and the estimates from regression models are studied.
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spelling Civil Unrest and the Poaching of Rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park, IndiaLopes, AdrianCivil unrestPoachingRhinoceros unicornisCivil unrest and political instability have been associated with endangered species poaching. This paper accounts for a period of civil unrest in Assam, India, which saw a marked increase in rhino poaching. Census data on the greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam are used to estimate a population growth function. In calibrating the growth function's parameters the census data are used in conjunction with rhino poaching data. The rhino population and poaching data are used to econometrically estimate a harvest function. The relationship between civil unrest and rhino poaching is identified as positive and significant. The analysis factors in the probable relationships between poaching and several additional variables- including black market rhino horn prices, potential size of black markets, and anti-poaching efforts. These variables are seen to have the predicted associations with poaching, and help isolate the latter's relationship with civil unrest in the regression models. The goodness of fit between the data on rhino population and poaching and the estimates from regression models are studied.Elsevier2016-10-19T06:37:08Z2016-10-19T06:37:08Z2014-07info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfLopes, Adrian. "Civil Unrest and the Poaching of Rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park, India." Ecological Economics 103, no. 1 (July, 2014): 20-280921-8009http://hdl.handle.net/11073/854210.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.04.006en_USEcological Economicshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.04.006oai:repository.aus.edu:11073/85422024-08-22T12:17:58Z
spellingShingle Civil Unrest and the Poaching of Rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park, India
Lopes, Adrian
Civil unrest
Poaching
Rhinoceros unicornis
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title Civil Unrest and the Poaching of Rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park, India
title_full Civil Unrest and the Poaching of Rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park, India
title_fullStr Civil Unrest and the Poaching of Rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park, India
title_full_unstemmed Civil Unrest and the Poaching of Rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park, India
title_short Civil Unrest and the Poaching of Rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park, India
title_sort Civil Unrest and the Poaching of Rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park, India
topic Civil unrest
Poaching
Rhinoceros unicornis
url http://hdl.handle.net/11073/8542