TY - JOUR
T1 - A scoping review on what motivates individuals to illegally harvest wildlife
AU - Janssen, Jordi
AU - Lemieux, Andrew
AU - Nivette, Amy
AU - Ruiter, Stijn
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Wildlife are natural resources utilised by many people around the world, both legally and illegally, for a wide range of purposes. This scoping review evaluates 82 studies nested in 75 manuscripts to provide an overview of the documented motivations and methodologies used, and to identify and analyse knowledge gaps in the motivations of illegal harvesters. Studies differ in what data is collected, often leaving out important contextual variables. We find 12 different motivations, frequently interlinked and multiple often play a role in the same harvesting incident. Motivations seemed to differ between taxa. Future research needs to move beyond a general description but recognise the complexity of the matter and allow for context-specific adjustments to facilitate a deeper understanding of these motivations.
AB - Wildlife are natural resources utilised by many people around the world, both legally and illegally, for a wide range of purposes. This scoping review evaluates 82 studies nested in 75 manuscripts to provide an overview of the documented motivations and methodologies used, and to identify and analyse knowledge gaps in the motivations of illegal harvesters. Studies differ in what data is collected, often leaving out important contextual variables. We find 12 different motivations, frequently interlinked and multiple often play a role in the same harvesting incident. Motivations seemed to differ between taxa. Future research needs to move beyond a general description but recognise the complexity of the matter and allow for context-specific adjustments to facilitate a deeper understanding of these motivations.
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U2 - 10.1080/17440572.2024.2342780
DO - 10.1080/17440572.2024.2342780
M3 - Article
SN - 1744-0572
VL - 25
SP - 97
EP - 121
JO - Global Crime
JF - Global Crime
IS - 2
ER -