Population status of Heptner's markhorCapra falconeri heptneriin Tajikistan: challenges for conservation

2014/05/01 by Stefan Michel, Tatjana Rosen Michel, Abdusattor Saidov +3 · 3 citations
Environmental Science · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology #Animal Diversity and Health Studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.1017/s0030605313000860

Abstract

Abstract Heptner's markhor Capra falconeri heptneri is an Endangered wild goat occurring in disjunct populations in southern Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. Surveys to determine the total population in Tajikistan were conducted during February–April 2012. A total of 1,018 animals were observed. In most areas, which include state protected areas and family- and community-based conservancies, markhor populations are stable or increasing. Threats include illegal hunting, habitat degradation, competition with livestock and disease transmission. To motivate conservancies economically to protect markhor populations, trophy hunting should be permitted to accommodate the sustainable use of markhor, with revenues distributed in a transparent and equitably shared manner.

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