Rapid Expansion of Oil Palm Is Leading to Human–Elephant Conflicts in North Kalimantan Province of Indonesia
| Autor: | Jan van der Ploeg, Maarten van 't Zelfde, Wawan Kustiawan, Yee Wah Lau, Rachmat B. Suba, Thomas F. Wissingh, Geert R. de Snoo, Hans H. de Iongh |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Ecology biology Agroforestry Rapid expansion biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Crop Geography Elephas Palm oil Secondary forest Biology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Nature and Landscape Conservation |
| Zdroj: | Tropical conservation science Tropical Conservation Science Tropical Conservation Science, 10, 1-12 |
| ISSN: | 1940-0829 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1940082917703508 |
| Popis: | Crop raiding by Bornean elephants (Elephas maximus borneensis) is increasing rapidly in North Kalimantan, mainly due to a rapid conversion of swiddens and secondary forest into oil palm plantations. In the Tulin Onsoi subdistrict, the area used by oil palm plantations has grown from 3,302.71 ha in 2001 to 21,124.93 ha in 2014. Particularly from 2006 to 2010, the area covered by oil palm plantations increased rapidly (418%). Preventing further encroachment of oil palm plantations in elephant habitat and regulating land use change are keys to stop further population declines and make way for the reestablishment of a viable elephant population in Kalimantan. Crop raiding is a strong determinant of the local people's perceptions of elephants and risks eroding cultural values that enabled people to coexist with elephants. People's perception and attitude toward elephants are generally negative. Nevertheless, negative attitudes have not led to cases of retaliation in the Tulin Onsoi subdistrict. Public education at the community level could strengthen cultural values and foster coexistence between humans and elephants. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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