Evaluating the Financial Effectiveness of Funded Projects on Tiger Conservation in Bangladesh

IF 1.7 4区环境科学与生态学 Q2 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION Tropical Conservation Science Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1177/19400829231188648

Ibrahim Abdullah Mannan, M. Sujauddin, Md. Shawkat Islam Sohel

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The conservation of Bengal tigers is a global concern due to their exponential decline in population around the world. In 2010, all Tiger Range Countries (TRCs) committed to double their tiger population by 2022. As a member of the TRCs, Bangladesh has launched and conducted many tiger conservation projects with a heavy financial investment. However, the tiger population has not increased in the country. Therefore, there is an urgent need to investigate why those funded projects’ outcomes were unsatisfactory compared to neighboring countries such as India and Nepal. This review was conducted purely based on previous archival tiger conservation related documents. Six specific tiger conservation projects implemented in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal were selected to investigate the effectiveness of tiger conservation in Bangladesh. Allocated fund distributions were segmented into five groups: capacity building, planning policy and reports, infrastructural development, tiger–human conflict (THC) reduction, and in-field actions to increase the tiger population. The analysis showed that India and Nepal spent most of their budget on in-field activities and least on planning. A moderate amount was spent on THC reduction, capacity building, and infrastructural development. In contrast, Bangladesh spent the majority of its fund on planning. India and Nepal also developed a sustainable funding mechanism to reduce their dependency on donor agencies, which was absent in the case of Bangladesh. It is recommended that future tiger conservation initiatives in Bangladesh should address more in-field action, such as patrolling to stop poaching and the illegal extraction of resources, sustainable long-term alternative income generation activities, and health issues such as identifying diseases, inbreeding effects, and captive breeding. Bangladesh needs to develop a sustainable long-term funding mechanism for in-field actions for tiger protection.

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评估资助的孟加拉国老虎保护项目的财务效益

由于孟加拉虎在世界各地的数量呈指数级下降，保护孟加拉虎成为全球关注的问题。2010年，所有虎区国家承诺到2022年将其老虎数量翻一番。作为TRCs的成员，孟加拉国启动并实施了许多老虎保护项目，投入了大量资金。然而，该国的老虎数量并没有增加。因此，迫切需要调查为什么与印度和尼泊尔等邻国相比，这些资助项目的结果并不令人满意。这项审查完全是根据以前与老虎保护有关的档案文件进行的。选择在孟加拉国、印度和尼泊尔实施的六个具体的老虎保护项目来调查孟加拉国老虎保护的有效性。分配的资金分配分为五组：能力建设、规划政策和报告、基础设施发展、减少老虎与人类冲突以及增加老虎数量的实地行动。分析显示，印度和尼泊尔将大部分预算用于实地活动，而用于规划的预算最少。在减少四氢大麻酚、能力建设和基础设施发展方面投入了适度的资金。相比之下，孟加拉国将其大部分资金用于规划。印度和尼泊尔还制定了一个可持续的供资机制，以减少对捐助机构的依赖，而孟加拉国则没有这种机制。建议孟加拉国未来的老虎保护举措应更多地解决实地行动，如巡逻以阻止偷猎和非法开采资源、可持续的长期替代创收活动，以及识别疾病、近亲繁殖影响和圈养等健康问题。孟加拉国需要为保护老虎的实地行动建立一个可持续的长期筹资机制。

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Tropical Conservation Science BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION-

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3.60

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5.90%

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Tropical Conservation Science is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research papers and state-of-the-art reviews of broad interest to the field of conservation of tropical forests and of other tropical ecosystems.