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- Publications
- Influence
Local attitudes towards conservation and tourism around Komodo National Park, Indonesia
- M. Walpole, H. Goodwin
- Business
- Environmental Conservation
- 1 June 2001
Ensuring local support for protected areas is increasingly viewed as an important element of biodiversity conservation. This is often predicated on the provision of benefits from protected areas, and… Expand
Factors affecting susceptibility of farms to crop raiding by African elephants: using a predictive model to mitigate conflict
- N. Sitati, M. Walpole, N. Leader-Williams
- Geography
- 1 December 2005
1. Crop raiding by African elephants Loxodonta africana erodes local tolerance for elephants and thereby impedes conservation efforts, so solutions are urgently required. Within conflict zones, crop… Expand
Cattle ranchers' attitudes to conflicts with jaguar Panthera onca in the Pantanal of Brazil
- Anja Zimmermann, M. Walpole, N. Leader-Williams
- Geography
- Oryx
- 28 September 2005
Across its range in Latin America the jaguar Panthera onca is threatened by habitat loss and through conflict with people. In the Pantanal of Brazil, where large areas of land are devoted to cattle… Expand
Assessing farm-based measures for mitigating human-elephant conflict in Transmara District, Kenya
- N. Sitati, M. Walpole
- Geography
- Oryx
- 1 July 2006
Crop raiding by elephants is widespread across Africa and Asia. Although many traditional and novel methods are used to defend farms there have been few rigorous tests of their efficacy. We provide a… Expand
Local economic impacts of dragon tourism in Indonesia.
- M. Walpole, H. Goodwin
- Economics
- 1 July 2000
Abstract Ecotourism in protected areas is viewed as a sustainable alternative to mass tourism and as a means of providing benefits to local communities which bear the greatest opportunity costs of… Expand
Pricing Policy for Tourism in Protected Areas: Lessons from Komodo National Park, Indonesia
- M. Walpole, H. Goodwin, Kari G. R. Ward
- Business
- 1 February 2001
Protected areas are under increasing pressure to provide economic justification for their existence, particularly in developing countries where demand for land and natural resources is high.… Expand
Sampling butterflies in tropical rainforest: an evaluation of a transect walk method
- M. Walpole, I. Sheldon
- Geography
- 1999
An adapted version of the 'Pollard walk' is frequently used in tropical rainforest to assess the abundance and diversity of butterfly species. Data from a study of primary and secondary forest in… Expand
Feeding dragons in Komodo National Park: a tourism tool with conservation complications
- M. Walpole
- Geography
- 1 February 2001
Large carnivores are key visitor attractions in protected areas, but are difficult to see. Thus, supplementary feeding is sometimes used to attract them to viewing sites. Such intervention is… Expand
Status of the Mara Woodlands in Kenya
- M. Walpole, Moriaso Nabaala, Charles Matankory
- Geography
- 1 September 2004
The woodlands of the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya have suffered dramatic declines over four decades as a result of elephant and fire pressure. This study examined the current status of woody… Expand
Population dynamics and future conservation of a free-ranging black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) population in Kenya
- M. Walpole, M. Morgan-Davies, S. Milledge, P. Bett, N. Leader-Williams
- Geography
- 1 June 2001
The black rhinoceros has declined throughout its range since the 1960s as a result of illegal killing to supply the international trade in rhino horn. However, in recent years the decline has been… Expand
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