Wild boar hunting and socioeconomic trends in Northern Greece, 1993–2002

Tsachalidis, Efstathios; Hadjisterkotis, Eleftherios

doi:10.1007/s10344-008-0190-y

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“…The ESS for wild food was calculated as the amount of wild food accessible to people within the maximum amount of time that people spend for collecting wild food. In this study, for game, a threshold of 2 hours was assumed; for fish 1 hour and for mushrooms and berry collection 0.5 hours (de Roman and Boa 2004;US Dept IFWS et al 2006;Tsachalidis and Hadjisterkotis 2008;Schunko and Vogl 2010). Travel time from villages was calculated by applying the methods described by Nelson (2008) to the data described in Table 1.…”

Section: Wild Foodmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mapping ecosystem functions and services in Eastern Europe using global-scale data sets

Schulp

Alkemade

Goldewijk

et al. 2012

International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Servic

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Section: Wild Foodmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mapping ecosystem functions and services in Eastern Europe using global-scale data sets

Schulp

Alkemade

Goldewijk

et al. 2012

International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Servic

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“…Wild boar are a major agricultural pest because of the crop damage they cause (Calenge et al 2004;Klein et al 2004;Monaco et al 2003;Schley and Roper 2003) as well as being a problem for livestock farmers because of their role as a vector for several infectious diseases (Rossi et al 2004;Sodeikat and Pohlmeyer 2007) and because they may kill newborn lambs (Pavlov et al 1981). However, wild boar also have a high economic value as one of the most important game species and are, as a result, subject to an intensive hunting pressure (Monaco et al 2003;Toïgo et al 2008;Tsachalidis and Hadjisterkotis 2008). In Italy, the most commonly employed hunting method is the drive hunt (Massei and Toso 1993), which is carried out by a hunting team and involves several tracking dogs, usually in mixed packs of different breeds.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 96%

Do intensive drive hunts affect wild boar (Sus scrofa) spatial behaviour in Italy? Some evidences and management implications

Scillitani

Monaco

Toso³

2009

Eur J Wildl Res

130

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Wild boar have been increasing in numbers all over Western Europe in the last 30 years. The species is a major pest for agriculture, but it has a high value as a game species, and in Italy, as in several other countries, it is traditionally hunted in drive hunts by hunting teams with several dogs. This hunting method can have disruptive effects on the demography and spatial behaviour of wild boar, especially family groups. We conducted a 2-year study (2003 and 2004) to determine the effects of drive hunt disturbance on the spatial behaviour of wild boar family groups in the Northern Apennines (central Italy). Twenty wild boar belonging to ten family groups were ear tagged with a radio device. We located resting sites daily and used intensive tracking sessions during drive hunts. Three seasons were determined: pre-hunting, hunting and post-hunting. A general pattern of increased spatial instability during the hunting season was shown. Resting ranges were larger, and resting sites were more interspersed. Distances between consecutive resting sites were greater during the hunting season and, especially, on hunting days. The displacement of family groups caused by drive hunts was generally short lived except for those groups that were repeatedly hunted and so abandoned their pre-hunt (native) range. During drive hunts, wild boar showed a moderate tolerance to hunting disturbance, and only family groups which were directly chased by dogs escaped or altered their behaviour. The response of wild boar to hunting disturbance seemed to be highly related to the degree of hunting pressure combined with individual variability. The impact on wild boar behaviour should be reduced, above all by avoiding repeated hunts in the same areas within a short period and by employing well-trained hounds.

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“…By not considering that people attribute different, and often contrasting, emotional, mental, spiritual, social, cultural, and economic values and interest to a species (Woodroffe et al 2005;Decker et al 2012), managers have often applied approaches that have raised controversy between the public and wildlife (Green et al 1997;Siemer et al 2004;Bronner 2008;Dandy et al 2011). For example, tensions over wild boar in and around protected areas have frequently become worse as managers have not recognized that this species can be perceived as ecologically important for wolf conservation (Meriggi and Lovari 1996; Apollonio et al 2004), as a Bpest^that causes considerable damages (Putman et al 2011;Massei et al 2011), and as an important game species (Tsachalidis and Hadjisterkotis 2008;Toïgo et al 2008;Scillitani et al 2010)-all at the same time. As long as decision makers are not open to listening to people and integrating communities' expectations into their management mandates, conflicts with wildlife will escalate.…”

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confidence: 96%

Beyond standard wildlife management: a pathway to encompass human dimension findings in wild boar management

2015

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Around the Regional Nature Reserve NazzanoTevere-Farfa in Central Italy, wild boar ecological and economic impacts have increased over the last decade, creating the need for an integrated wildlife management approach. Since 2006, park authorities have used an average of 17 % of the yearly protected area budget for compensation and 5 % for preventive measures. Additionally, 14 wild boar/km 2 were culled in 2009. While the management tools used in the protected area were effective in reducing the species' impacts, they did not decrease human-wild boar controversies. To understand the reasons behind such conflicts, user opinions toward the wildlife management approaches used (i.e., preventive measures, compensation, capture, and removal) and planned (i.e., culls) in Nazzano-Tevere-Farfa were explored. Face-to-face interviews were carried out with the general public (n=288), hunters (n=57), and farmers (n=107) in 2009-2010. Differences in attitudes toward preventive measures (χ 2 (8) = 40.35, p < .001), compensation (χ 2 (8) = 34.11, p<.001), capture and removal (χ 2 (8)=98.23, p<.001), and culls (χ 2 (8)=77.10, p<.001) were highlighted by Chi-square analysis. The Potential for Conflict Index showed that, overall, park users supported preventive measures and compensation, but not capture and removal and culls. Workshops organized with hunters and farmers in 2010 highlighted that park authorities had not considered user expectations when planning wild boar management. If decision makers want to address conflicts, they need to go beyond standard management by tailoring their practices to the specific social context in which they work. Effective management is not only about reducing impacts, it is also about listening to people living with wildlife.

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Wild boar hunting and socioeconomic trends in Northern Greece, 1993–2002

Abstract: Wild boar (Sus scrofa) populations increased worldwide in the last decade, but boar hunters have decreased. To maintain and increase hunters and to clarify the problems for sustainable hunting, we investigated their activities, attitudes, and socioeconomic trends.

Cited by 26 publications

References 15 publications

Mapping ecosystem functions and services in Eastern Europe using global-scale data sets

Mapping ecosystem functions and services in Eastern Europe using global-scale data sets

Do intensive drive hunts affect wild boar (Sus scrofa) spatial behaviour in Italy? Some evidences and management implications

Beyond standard wildlife management: a pathway to encompass human dimension findings in wild boar management

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