Hey all

[Alex_UFL]

Greetings all,

I'm Alex, a graduate student at the University of Florida studying the economic value of wildlife in Southern Africa. Surprisingly very little data is available, except for South Africa, on the value of hunting to national economies, and I am interested in showing under what policies this value is maximized. I've been following this forum for a while, have learned a lot from it, and decided to register to be able to learn more through interaction. Perhaps a little later I will be asking for assistance in contributing to the research through a survey, but for now I just wanted to say hi.

 

[AfricaHunting.com]

Welcome to AH Alex! Are you a hunter yourself? Why Southern Africa and have you been there?

 

[cpr0312]

Hello, welcome to AH!

 

[BRICKBURN]

Alex, good luck with your research.

Which policies are you trying to compare?
Bans, farms, GMA,etc?

 

[spike.t]

hi welcome aboard ............wonder what happened to the other student we had on here?.....seems to have gone quiet after her initial spurge................thinking back wasnt she from a florida educational establishment as well............

 

[enysse]

Welcome to AH, good luck on your research.

 

[peras]

Welcome to AH!

 

[Royal27]

Welcome!

hinking back wasnt she from a florida educational establishment as well............

She was.
All that work we did and she drew a pinwheel or something as I recall...

 

[Nyati]

Hi Alex, welcome to AH !

 

[Witold Krzyżanowski]

Welcome to the best hunting forum.
Good luck and all the best.
Witold

 

[CAustin]

Welcome to AH sir!

 

[Alex_UFL]

Welcome to AH Alex! Are you a hunter yourself? Why Southern Africa and have you been there?

Thanks. I'm not a hunter though I have a background in wildlife ecology so I certainly appreciate the value of hunting as a management tool, especially in the US. I lived in Zambia for a couple years where I worked at one of the smaller national parks--one with very little wildlife outside its boundaries. It seemed obvious to me that the way to change that is to give wildlife value on land outside of the park system. But even where hunting is allowed, resource ownership policies don't always provide an incentive for the landholder to invest in wildlife. That's why I'm interested in comparing different systems across Southern Africa.

wonder what happened to the other student we had on here?.....seems to have gone quiet after her initial spurge..

It's unfortunate that some researchers don't give back to or share results with the communities that helped them. I promise to make my results available to all.

Welcome to AH sir!

Thank you. I'm aware of the work that Southwick Associates did and I think it's great. Hopefully my work will balance their broad empirical findings with nuanced analysis of factors that contribute to or constrain economic value.

 

[edward]

welcome aboard,just tell it straight,as is,facts and not emotion.

 

[spike.t]

Thanks. I'm not a hunter though I have a background in wildlife ecology so I certainly appreciate the value of hunting as a management tool, especially in the US. I lived in Zambia for a couple years where I worked at one of the smaller national parks--one with very little wildlife outside its boundaries. It seemed obvious to me that the way to change that is to give wildlife value on land outside of the park system. But even where hunting is allowed, resource ownership policies don't always provide an incentive for the landholder to invest in wildlife. That's why I'm interested in comparing different systems across Southern Africa.



It's unfortunate that some researchers don't give back to or share results with the communities that helped them. I promise to make my results available to all.



Thank you. I'm aware of the work that Southwick Associates did and I think it's great. Hopefully my work will balance their broad empirical findings with nuanced analysis of factors that contribute to or constrain economic value.

alex people on here will give you all the info you need , but be prepared for some doubt...........i like what you are saying and hopefully others will as well.......when were you in zambia and where were you? cheers mike

 

[siml]

Welcome to AH, if you need info on Mozambique, you can email me and I will try help with data.

 

[adriw]

Welcome to AH Alex!

 

[Alex_UFL]

alex people on here will give you all the info you need , but be prepared for some doubt...........i like what you are saying and hopefully others will as well.......when were you in zambia and where were you? cheers mike

Hello Mike,

I was first in Zambia from 2008-2010 and did some work with Kasanka as a PC volunteer in the area.