People in Nature : Wildlife Conservation in South and Central America

This book reviews wildlife management and conservation in Central and South America. The book discusses the threats to biodiversity in this area including habitat fragmentation, development, ranching, tourism as well as hunting. The book contains contributions from many local Latin American authors who work there daily and are exposed to the numerous and unique issues that need to be taken into account when talking about conservation in Central and South America. (5/1/05) 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 This book reviews wildlife management and conservation in Central and South America. The book discusses the threats to biodiversity in this area including habitat fragmentation, development, ranching, tourism as well as hunting. The book contains contributions from many local Latin American authors who work there daily and are exposed to the numerous and unique issues that need to be taken into account when talking about conservation in Central and South America. Contributors:abundance and spatial distribution of Orinoco Crocodiles in the Cojedes River sy; Amazonas, Brazil, Augusto Fachin Teran South and Central American (including Mexico) approaches to wildlife conservation are rooted in traditions of resource use derived from interactions between complex biological, cultural, and socioeconomic systems. 'People in Nature' highlights South and Central American approaches to wildlife conservation and management strategy and discusses threats caused by ranching, habitat fragmentation, fishing and hunting Kirsten M. Silvius, Richard E. Bodmer, And José M.v. Fragoso, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [411]-445) And Index.