Farmers' perception of the ecosystem services provided by diurnal raptors in arid Rajasthan.

ABSTRACT: Farmers are the most important stakeholders in wildlife conservation in the agricultural landscape. Understanding the farmer's perceptions, attitude, behaviour, and knowledge toward conservation is critical in developing an effective conservation programme in human-dominated landscapes. We conducted semi-structured face-to-face interviews with 373 farmers to understand the farmer's perception of ecosystem services provided by diurnal raptors in the arid region of Rajasthan from July 2020 to February 2021 and from August 2021 to January 2022. We grouped ecosystem services and disservices into larger categories and estimated the correlation between them, finding that disservices are negatively correlated with benefits. Raptors were perceived as beneficial for their role in controlling rodent

SUBMITTER: Tiwari G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10460152 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature