| A multistakeholder exercise to identify research and conservation priorities for Asian elephants in China | |
Chen, Shu; Sun, Guo-Zheng; Wang, Yun2; Huang, Cheng3,4,5; Chen, Ying6,7; Liu, Peng7; Deng, Yun9,10,11; Cao, Da-Fan; Zhang, Ming-Xia; Ong, Saylin14; Zhang, Zhong-Yuan; Yang, Hong-Pei; Wang, Qiao-Yan; Wang, Bin16; Zheng, Xuan17; Lei, Yuan18; Li, Chun19; Sun, Jing20; Bao, Ming-Wei; Yang, Zi-Cheng; Guan, Lei2; Sun, Ya-Kuan; Zhou, Fang-Yi; Liu, Jing-Xin ; Li, Li-Li; Wang, Fang; Corlett, Richard T.; Quan, Rui-Chang; Chen, Ming-Yong; Zhang, Li8,24; Shi, Kun6; Campos-Arceiz, Ahimsa
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| 2021 | |
| Source Publication | GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
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| ISSN | 2351-9894 |
| Volume | 27Issue:xxPages:- |
| Abstract | China is home to a small but expanding population of wild Asian elephants (Elephas maximus). Both research interest and conservation efforts have increased in recent years, but these have been fragmented. Here we present the results from a collaborative, multisectorial, multi-stakeholder exercise to identify priorities for Chinese elephant research and conservation. We first compiled a comprehensive list of issues, categorized under nine research and nine conservation themes, through an on-line survey of stakeholders. These issues were subsequently consolidated, timelined (as short-, mid-, or long-term issues), and ranked by their perceived priority in a two-day workshop attended by 44 people representing 28 organizations. The initial list of 656 issues (337 research and 319 conservation) was consolidated into a list of 251 (121 research and 130 conservation) issues. After priority ranking, we retained the top-three issues within each theme (making a total of 55 priority issues, due to a tie), which are then discussed in detail in this paper. Most (87%, n = 55) priority issues were classified as short-term, suggesting that the exercise might have succeeded in identifying the current priorities, but not emerging issues that might require attention in future. Some issues appeared in various forms in different themes. Among research questions, participants highlighted the importance of understanding the carrying capacity of the current elephant range habitats, elephant movement patterns and expected range changes, the drivers of human-elephant conflict (HEC), improvements to the current HEC financial compensation mechanism, and ways of engaging local communities in HEC mitigation. Regarding elephant conservation, recurrent issues included effectively engaging communities, improving HEC early-warning systems and financial compensation mechanisms, establishing a new national park within elephant range, and creating mechanisms for communication and collaboration among elephant research and conservation stakeholders in China. Our exercise was effective in engaging experts from a diversity of different sectors and organizations in discussions about Asian elephants in China, and generated a list of priorities that can help guide elephant research and conservation efforts. (C) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. |
| Keyword | ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IVORY TRADE LAND-USE HABITAT CONFLICT XISHUANGBANNA MAXIMUS TRANSFORMATION CONNECTIVITY LESSONS |
| Subject Area | Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01561 |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| WOS ID | WOS:000663456400001 |
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| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | https://ir.xtbg.ac.cn/handle/353005/12288 |
| Collection | 2012年后新成立研究组 |
| Affiliation | 1.Zool Soc London, Regents Pk, London NW1 4RY, England 2.Kunming Inst Survey & Design, State Forestry & Grassland Adm, 399 Tanhua Rd, Kunming 650216, Yunnan, Peoples R China 3.China Acad Transportat Sci, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Zool, State Key Lab Genet Resource & Evolut, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, Peoples R China 5.Sun Yat Sen Univ, Sch Life Sci, Guangzhou 510275, Peoples R China 6.Sun Yat Sen Univ, State Key Lab Biocontrol, Guangzhou 510275, Peoples R China 7.Beijing Forestry Univ, Wildlife Inst, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China 8.Univ Hong Kong, Sch Biol Sci, Hong Kong, Peoples R China 9.Beijing Normal Univ, Coll Life Sci, Key Lab Biodivers & Ecol Engn, Minist Educ, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China 10.Chinese Acad Sci, CAS Key Lab Trop Forest Ecol, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Mengla 666303, Yunnan, Peoples R China 11.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 12.Chinese Acad Sci, Natl Forest Ecosyst Res Stn Xishuangbanna, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Mengla 666303, Yunnan, Peoples R China 13.Int Fund Anim Welf, Puer 665000, Yunnan, Peoples R China 14.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Integrat Conservat, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Mengla 666303, Yunnan, Peoples R China 15.IUCN Asia, CITES Monitoring Illegal Killing Elephants MIKE P, Bangkok, Thailand 16.Xishuangbanna Natl Nat Reserve Res Inst, Xishuangbanna Prefecture 66100, Yunnan, Peoples R China 17.Xishuangbanna Natl Nat Reserve, Mengyang Subreserve, Xishuangbanna Prefecture 665024, Yunnan, Peoples R China 18.Menghai Forestry & Grassland Bur, Jingguan Rd, Xishuangbanna Prefecture 666200, Yunnan, Peoples R China 19.Nuo Zha Du Prov Nat Reserve Adm, 61 Bozhilin Rd, Puer City 665000, Yunnan, Peoples R China 20.Nature Conservancy, Dianchi Rd, Kunming 650228, Yunnan, Peoples R China 21.Yunnan Green Environm Dev Fdn, 33 Xichang Rd, Kunming, Yunnan, Peoples R China 22.Xishuangbanna Wild Elephant Valley Scen Area Co L, Xishuangbanna Prefecture 666100, Yunnan, Peoples R China 23.Asian Elephant Conservat Breeding & Rescue Ctr, Xishuangbanna Prefecture 66100, Yunnan, Peoples R China 24.Beijing Forestry Univ, Sch Ecol & Nat Conservat, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China 25.Beijing Normal Univ, Inst Ecol, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China 26.Chinese Acad Sci, Environm Educ Ctr, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Mengla 666303, Yunnan, Peoples R China 27.Yunnan Univ, Sch Ecol & Environm, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, Peoples R China 28.Chinese Acad Sci, Southeast Asia Biodivers Res Inst, Yezin 05282, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar 29.Univ Nottingham Malaysia, Sch Environm & Geog Sci, Semenyih 43500, Selangor, Malaysia |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Chen, Shu,Sun, Guo-Zheng,Wang, Yun,et al. A multistakeholder exercise to identify research and conservation priorities for Asian elephants in China[J]. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION,2021,27(xx):-. |
| APA | Chen, Shu.,Sun, Guo-Zheng.,Wang, Yun.,Huang, Cheng.,Chen, Ying.,...&Campos-Arceiz, Ahimsa.(2021).A multistakeholder exercise to identify research and conservation priorities for Asian elephants in China.GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION,27(xx),-. |
| MLA | Chen, Shu,et al."A multistakeholder exercise to identify research and conservation priorities for Asian elephants in China".GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION 27.xx(2021):-. |
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