An investigation using the choice experiment method into options for reducing illegal bushmeat hunting in western Serengeti

An investigation of the determinants of household demand for bushmeat in the Serengeti using an open-ended choice experiment

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The authors would like to thank the enumerators for their help with data collection, all study participants, and Dennis Rentsch and Deborah Randall for their advice on the design of the survey. This paper originates in a research project " Hunting for Sustainability " supported by the European Commission under the 7 th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Developm...

A Novel Approach to Assessing the Prevalence and Drivers of Illegal Bushmeat Hunting in the Serengeti

Assessing anthropogenic effects on biological diversity, identifying drivers of human behavior, and motivating behavioral change are at the core of effective conservation. Yet knowledge of people's behaviors is often limited because the true extent of natural resource exploitation is difficult to ascertain, particularly if it is illegal. To obtain estimates of rule-breaking behavior, a techniqu...

an investigation into translation of cultural concepts by beginner and advance student using think – aloud protocols

this research aims at answering the questions about translation problems and strategies applied by translators when translating cultural concepts. in order to address this issue, qualitative and quantitative study were conducted on two groups of subjects at imam reza international university of mashhad. these two groups were assigned as beginner and advanced translation students (10 students). ...

an investigation into iranian teachers consistency and bias in evaluation of students writings

while performance-based language assessment has led to an increased authenticity and content validity in the practice of writing assessment, the reliability of ratings has become a major issue. research findings have shown different reactions by native english speaker (nes) and non-native english speaker (nns) teachers to students’ writings. the focus of this study is on investigating whether i...

Differences between Decision and Experienced Utility: An Investigation using the Choice Experiment method