A Systemic Approach to Understand the Conservation Status and Viability of the Critically Endangered Cat Ba Langur

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Phan, Thuc D
Nguyen, Nam C
Bosch, Ockie JH
Nguyen, Thanh V
Le, Tuyen T
Tran, Ha T
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2016
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Wildlife conservation is a dynamically complex system, linking seemingly disparate biological and cultural components. This article offers policy professionals an illustration of how a dynamically complex system was diagnosed by applying the system dynamics approach. An integrated method was applied to develop a causal loop diagram, showing the interconnected variables within the system, relating to the conservation status and viability of Cat Ba Langur. Rural poverty, low livelihoods options, human population growth, inappropriate tourism planning and weak management capacity are challenges that have prevented the langur ...
View more >Wildlife conservation is a dynamically complex system, linking seemingly disparate biological and cultural components. This article offers policy professionals an illustration of how a dynamically complex system was diagnosed by applying the system dynamics approach. An integrated method was applied to develop a causal loop diagram, showing the interconnected variables within the system, relating to the conservation status and viability of Cat Ba Langur. Rural poverty, low livelihoods options, human population growth, inappropriate tourism planning and weak management capacity are challenges that have prevented the langur population from increasing over the last decades. Tragedy of commons and shifting the burden systems archetypes were identified and then leverage points for saving the species were proposed. A shift towards the systems perspective of viewing wildlife conservation as the dynamically complex system enables decision-makers to avoid the unintended consequences emerging from the linear thinking, and find sustainable solutions for both wildlife and human.
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View more >Wildlife conservation is a dynamically complex system, linking seemingly disparate biological and cultural components. This article offers policy professionals an illustration of how a dynamically complex system was diagnosed by applying the system dynamics approach. An integrated method was applied to develop a causal loop diagram, showing the interconnected variables within the system, relating to the conservation status and viability of Cat Ba Langur. Rural poverty, low livelihoods options, human population growth, inappropriate tourism planning and weak management capacity are challenges that have prevented the langur population from increasing over the last decades. Tragedy of commons and shifting the burden systems archetypes were identified and then leverage points for saving the species were proposed. A shift towards the systems perspective of viewing wildlife conservation as the dynamically complex system enables decision-makers to avoid the unintended consequences emerging from the linear thinking, and find sustainable solutions for both wildlife and human.
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Systems Research and Behavioral Science
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© 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: A Systemic Approach to Understand the Conservation Status and Viability of the Critically Endangered Cat Ba Langur, Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Volume 33, Issue 6, November/December 2016, Pages 742–752, which has been published in final form at 10.1002/sres.2387. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving (http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-828039.html)
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Environmental management