Developing fencing policies for dryland ecosystems

Durant, Sarah M.; Becker, Matthew S.; Creel, Scott; Bashir, Sultana; Dickman, Amy J.; Beudels-Jamar, Roseline C.; Lichtenfeld, Laly; Hilborn, Ray; Wall, Jake; Wittemyer, George; Badamja, Lkhagvasuren; Blake, Stephen; Boitani, Luigi; Breitenmoser, Christine; Broekhuis, Femke; Christianson, David; Cozzi, Gabriele; Davenport, Tim R. B.; Deutsch, James; Devillers, Pierre; Dollar, Luke; Dolrenry, Stephanie; Douglas-Hamilton, Iain; Dr€oge, Egil; FitzHerbert, Emily; Foley, Charles; Hazzah, Leela; Hopcraft, Grant C.; Ikanda, Dennis; Jacobson, Andrew; Joubert, Dereck; Kelly, Marcella J.; Milanzi, James; Mitchell, Nicholas; M’Soka, Jassiel; Msuha, Maurus; Mweetwa, Thandiwe; Nyahongo, Julius; Rosenblatt, Elias; Schuette, Paul; Sillero-Zubiri, Claudio; Sinclair, Anthony R. E.; Price, Mark R. Stanley; Zimmermann, Alexandra; Pettorelli, Nathalie

dc.creator	Durant, Sarah M.
dc.creator	Becker, Matthew S.
dc.creator	Creel, Scott
dc.creator	Bashir, Sultana
dc.creator	Dickman, Amy J.
dc.creator	Beudels-Jamar, Roseline C.
dc.creator	Lichtenfeld, Laly
dc.creator	Hilborn, Ray
dc.creator	Wall, Jake
dc.creator	Wittemyer, George
dc.creator	Badamja, Lkhagvasuren
dc.creator	Blake, Stephen
dc.creator	Boitani, Luigi
dc.creator	Breitenmoser, Christine
dc.creator	Broekhuis, Femke
dc.creator	Christianson, David
dc.creator	Cozzi, Gabriele
dc.creator	Davenport, Tim R. B.
dc.creator	Deutsch, James
dc.creator	Devillers, Pierre
dc.creator	Dollar, Luke
dc.creator	Dolrenry, Stephanie
dc.creator	Douglas-Hamilton, Iain
dc.creator	Dr€oge, Egil
dc.creator	FitzHerbert, Emily
dc.creator	Foley, Charles
dc.creator	Hazzah, Leela
dc.creator	Hopcraft, Grant C.
dc.creator	Ikanda, Dennis
dc.creator	Jacobson, Andrew
dc.creator	Joubert, Dereck
dc.creator	Kelly, Marcella J.
dc.creator	Milanzi, James
dc.creator	Mitchell, Nicholas
dc.creator	M’Soka, Jassiel
dc.creator	Msuha, Maurus
dc.creator	Mweetwa, Thandiwe
dc.creator	Nyahongo, Julius
dc.creator	Rosenblatt, Elias
dc.creator	Schuette, Paul
dc.creator	Sillero-Zubiri, Claudio
dc.creator	Sinclair, Anthony R. E.
dc.creator	Price, Mark R. Stanley
dc.creator	Zimmermann, Alexandra
dc.creator	Pettorelli, Nathalie
dc.date	2021-05-18T08:51:44Z
dc.date	2021-05-18T08:51:44Z
dc.date	2015
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-20T13:09:28Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-20T13:09:28Z
dc.identifier	Durant, S. M., Becker, M. S., Creel, S., Bashir, S., Dickman, A. J., Beudels‐Jamar, R. C., ... & Pettorelli, N. (2015). Developing fencing policies for dryland ecosystems. Journal of Applied Ecology, 52(3), 544-551.
dc.identifier	URL: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2664.12415
dc.identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12415
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3085
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3085
dc.description	Abstract. Full text available at https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12415
dc.description	In dry land ecosystems, mobility is essential for both wildlife and people to access unpredictable and spatially heterogeneous resources, particularly in the face of climate change. Fences can prevent connectivity vital for this mobility. There are recent calls for large-scale barrier fencing interventions to address human–wild life conflict and illegal resource extraction. Fencing has costs and benefits to people and wild life. However, the evidence available for facilitating sound decision-making for fencing initiatives is limited, particularly for dry lands. We identify six research areas that are key to informing evaluations of fencing initiatives: economics, edge permeability, reserve design, connectivity, ecosystem services and communities. Policy implications. Implementing this research agenda to evaluate fencing interventions in dry land ecosystems will enable better management and policy decisions. The United Nations Conventions on Migratory Species (CMS) and to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) are appropriate international agreements for moving this agenda forward and leading the development of policies and guidelines on fencing in dry lands.
dc.language	en_US
dc.publisher	British Ecological Society
dc.subject	Biodiversity conservation
dc.subject	Conservation policy
dc.subject	Ecosystem function
dc.subject	Management interventions
dc.subject	Nomadic pastoralism
dc.subject	Rangelands
dc.subject	Transhumance
dc.title	Developing fencing policies for dryland ecosystems
dc.type	Article