ABSTRACT This paper assessed household perceptions of the effects of wildlife management strategies on subsistence poaching in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. A total of 226 households in the Okavango Delta villages of Ditshiping, Khwai, Tubu, and Habu were interviewed about their views regarding wildlife legislation, policies, strategies, and possible impacts on subsistence poaching. Informed by the Routine Activities Theory, this study revealed that households perceived Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) as an effective strategy to reduce subsistence poaching. However, following the 2014 government moratorium on wildlife hunting, CBNRM became ineffective in reducing poaching. The hunting ban was perceived by households to have resulted in loss of trophy hunting income, joblessness, lack of game meat, and increases in subsistence poaching. CBNRM and the hunting ban were conflicting strategies, the simultaneous implementation of which led to the alienation of local communities in wildlife management and the perceived upsurge in subsistence poaching.

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社区对博茨瓦纳奥卡万戈三角洲野生动物管理策略和自给偷猎的看法

摘要 本文评估了博茨瓦纳奥卡万戈三角洲家庭对野生动物管理策略对自给性偷猎的影响的看法。奥卡万戈三角洲 Ditshiping、Khwai、Tubu 和 Habu 村庄的 226 户家庭接受了采访，了解他们对野生动物立法、政策、策略以及对生存偷猎可能产生的影响的看法。根据日常活动理论，这项研究表明，家庭将基于社区的自然资源管理 (CBNRM) 视为减少生存偷猎的有效策略。然而，在 2014 年政府暂停野生动物狩猎之后，CBNRM 在减少偷猎方面变得无效。家庭认为狩猎禁令导致狩猎收入减少、失业、缺乏野味、和增加生存偷猎。CBNRM 和狩猎禁令是相互冲突的策略，同时实施导致当地社区在野生动物管理方面的疏远和自给自足的偷猎激增。