Vicuña Management in the Andes, Latin America

LICHTENSTEIN , G

Conservation, crime and communities: case studies of efforts to engage local communities in tackling illegal wildlife trade

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Lugar: Londres; Año: 2015; p. 38 - 40

Community-based initiatives for sustainable management of vicuña is already widespread throughout the Andes. However, to fight poaching you have to fight poverty. If communities had access to better communication, roads and transport systems, more state presence and a greater stake in decision-making, a strategy could be designed so that the authorities would do their job but rely on local communities for support and vigilance at local level.