African elephant poaching rates correlate with local poverty, national corruption and global ivory price

Severin Hauenstein; Mrigesh Kshatriya; Julian Blanc; Carsten F. Dormann; Colin M. Beale

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09993-2

Nature Communications (May 2019)

African elephant poaching rates correlate with local poverty, national corruption and global ivory price

Severin Hauenstein,
Mrigesh Kshatriya,
Julian Blanc,
Carsten F. Dormann,
Colin M. Beale

Affiliations

Severin Hauenstein: Department of Biometry and Environmental System Analysis, University of Freiburg
Mrigesh Kshatriya: United Nations Environment Programme, MIKE – CITES Secretariat
Julian Blanc: United Nations Environment Programme, MIKE – CITES Secretariat
Carsten F. Dormann: Department of Biometry and Environmental System Analysis, University of Freiburg
Colin M. Beale: Department of Biology, University of York

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09993-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Ivory poaching has decreased since 2011, and understanding why may help to further prevent losses to elephant populations. Here the authors show correlations between poaching rates and poverty and corruption-related indices, and proxies of ivory demand.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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