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Civil unrest and the poaching of rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park, India

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Civil unrest and political instability have been associated with endangered species poaching. This paper accounts for a period of civil unrest in Assam, India, which saw a marked increase in rhino poaching. Census data on the greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam are used to estimate a population growth function. In calibrating the growth function's parameters the census data are used in conjunction with rhino poaching data. The rhino population and poaching data are used to econometrically estimate a harvest function. The relationship between civil unrest and rhino poaching is identified as positive and significant. The analysis factors in the probable relationships between poaching and several additional variables — including black market rhino horn prices, potential size of black markets, and anti-poaching efforts. These variables are seen to have the predicted associations with poaching, and help isolate the latter's relationship with civil unrest in the regression models. The goodness of fit between the data on rhino population and poaching and the estimates from regression models are studied.

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  • Lopes, Adrian A., 2014. "Civil unrest and the poaching of rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park, India," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 103(C), pages 20-28.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolec:v:103:y:2014:i:c:p:20-28
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.04.006
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    1. Raju Mandal & Subrata Barman & M. P. Bezbaruah, 2014. "Economic Valuation for a better Conservation: A Case Study of Kaziranga National Park, India," Working Papers 1410, Sam Houston State University, Department of Economics and International Business.
    2. Adrian A. Lopes, 2019. "Transnational links in rhino poaching and the black‐market price of rhino horns," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 63(1), pages 95-115, January.

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