Factors promoting hunting groups' sustainable harvest of moose in a co-management system.

ABSTRACT: Collaboration between and within management levels and involvement of local communities (co-management) increases sustainable management of natural resources. In Finland, moose (Alces alces) are harvested by hunting groups within a co-management system, providing meat and social benefits. We computed the 14-year change in moose harvest (2007-2020) for 4320 hunting groups. Moose harvest declined on average 1.1% per year, but with substantial variation in moose harvest changes between the hunting groups. We extracted information describing the collaboration between the hunting groups, their democratic status as well as leader dynamics, and the year of establishment. A hunting group's moose harvest was more stable (i.e. declined less) when the hunting group was (1) established a longer time a

SUBMITTER: Tuominen LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10687258 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature