%0 Journal Article
%9 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES
%A Oedin, M.
%A Brescia, F.
%A Vidal, Eric
%A Millon, A.
%T Make flying-fox hunting sustainable again : comparing expected demographic effectiveness and hunters' acceptance of more restrictive regulations
%D 2022
%L PAR00023382
%G ENG
%J Ambio
%@ 0044-7447
%K Adaptive management ; Flying-fox ; Harvest sustainability ; Hunters' survey ; Population viability analysis ; Pteropus
%K NOUVELLE CALEDONIE
%M ISI:000705768900003
%P 1078-1089
%R 10.1007/s13280-021-01630-x
%U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/PAR00023382
%V 51
%W Horizon (IRD)
%X Hunting is a major threat to many species of wildlife. However, managing hunting systems to ensure their sustainability requires a thorough demographic knowledge about the impact of hunting. Here we develop a framework integrating ecological, modelling and sociological data to achieve a sustainability assessment of flying-fox hunting in New Caledonia and assess the relative merits of alternative management policies. Using age-specific stochastic population models, we found that the current annual hunting rate [5.5-8.5%] is likely to lead to a severe decline (- 79%) of Pteropus populations over the next 30 years. However, a majority of hunters surveyed (60%) were willing to soften their practices, offering an opportunity for adaptive management. Recurrent temporary hunting ban (at least 1 year out of 2) in combination with protected areas (>= 25%) appears as the most effective and most accepted management option. Our integrative approach appears to be a promising method for ensuring that traditional hunting systems can remain sustainable in a rapidly changing world.
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