People In Nature: Wildlife Conservation in South and Central America

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
List of Contributors......Page 12
1. Introduction—Wildlife Conservation and Management in South and Central America: Multiple Pressures and Innovative Solutions......Page 18
Part I. Local Peoples and Community Management......Page 26
2. Conceptual Basis for the Selection of Wildlife Management Strategies by the Embera People in Utría National Park, Chocó, Colombia......Page 28
3. Bridging the Gap Between Western Scientific and Traditional Indigenous Wildlife Management: The Xavante of Rio Das Mortes Indigenous Reserve, Mato Grosso, Brazil......Page 54
4. Increasing Local Stakeholder Participation in Wildlife Management Projects with Rural Communities: Lessons from Bolivia......Page 67
5. Community-Based Wildlife Management in the Gran Chaco, Bolivia......Page 76
6. Fisheries in the Amazon Várzea: Historical Trends, Current Status, and Factors Affecting Sustainability......Page 93
7. Fisheries Management in the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve......Page 116
8. Hunting Effort as a Tool for Community-Based Wildlife Management in Amazonia......Page 140
Part II. Economic Considerations......Page 154
9. Economic Incentives for Sustainable Community Management of Fishery Resources in the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, Amazonas, Brazil......Page 156
10. Community Ownership and Live Shearing of Vicuñas in Peru: Evaluating Management Strategies and Their Sustainability......Page 172
11. Captive Breeding Programs as an Alternative for Wildlife Conservation in Brazil......Page 188
12. Economic Analysis of Wildlife Use in the Peruvian Amazon......Page 208
Part III. Fragmentation and Other Nonharvest Human Impacts......Page 226
13. Mammalian Densities and Species Extinctions in Atlantic Forest Fragments: The Need for Population Management......Page 228
14. Abundance, Spatial Distribution, and Human Pressure on Orinoco Crocodiles (Crocodylus intermedius) in the Cojedes River System, Venezuela......Page 244
15. Impacts of Damming on Primate Community Structure in the Amazon: A Case Study of the Samuel Dam, Rondônia, Brazil......Page 257
16. Niche Partitioning Among Gray Brocket Deer, Pampas Deer, and Cattle in the Pantanal of Brazil......Page 274
17. Ecology and Conservation of the Jaguar (Panthera onca) in Iguaçu National Park, Brazil......Page 288
18. A Long-Term Study of White-Lipped Peccary (Tayassu pecari) Population Fluctuations in Northern Amazonia: Anthropogenic vs. “Natural” Causes......Page 303
Part IV. Hunting Impacts—Biological Basis and Rationale for Sustainability......Page 314
19. Evaluating the Sustainability of Hunting in the Neotropics......Page 316
20. Hunting Sustainability of Ungulate Populations in the Lacandon Forest, Mexico......Page 341
21. Human Use and Conservation of Economically Important Birds in Seasonally Flooded Forests of the Northeastern Peruvian Amazon......Page 361
22. Patterns of Use and Hunting of Turtles in the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, Amazonas, Brazil......Page 379
23. Fisheries, Fishing Effort, and Fish Consumption in the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve and Its Area of Influence......Page 395
24. Implications of the Spatial Structure of Game Populations for the Sustainability of Hunting in the Neotropics......Page 407
25. Hunting and Wildlife Management in French Guiana: Current Aspects and Future Prospects......Page 417
Bibliography......Page 428
Index......Page 464