Endangering the Endangered: The Poaching and Conservation Conundrum Facing the Greater Indian One-Horned Rhinoceros in Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India

Q2 Social Sciences
Dilip Gogoi, Biplob Gogoi
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Abstract The Kaziranga National Park (KNP), a World Heritage Site in the state of Assam, India, represents an area of unique importance to global rhinoceros conservation. It is home to the world’s largest population of the famous black Asiatic one-horned rhinoceros, which remains an endangered species, and one that has been closely threatened with extinction. This article explores the conservation strategies for the great endangered Indian one-horned rhinoceros in Kaziranga by situating it in a regional spectrum of conservation and regimes of ecological governance. It considers the crucial issue of rhinoceros poaching and the current anti-poaching mechanisms in KNP in the light of global wildlife conservation efforts and domestic anti-poaching mechanisms in India. It further identifies the gaps between policy formulation and implementation of conservation strategies regarding the rhinoceros of KNP, a species that holds a unique geopolitical importance, both in the global context of the conservation of endangered species generally, and more locally as the national symbol of the state of Assam, India.
濒临灭绝:印度阿萨姆邦卡齐兰加国家公园的大印度独角犀牛面临的偷猎和保护难题
卡齐兰加国家公园(KNP)是印度阿萨姆邦的世界遗产,对全球犀牛保护具有独特的重要性。它是世界上数量最多的著名的黑色亚洲独角犀牛的家园,这种犀牛仍然是濒临灭绝的物种,并且已经濒临灭绝。本文通过将其置于保护和生态治理制度的区域范围内,探讨了卡齐兰加大濒危印度独角犀牛的保护策略。它根据全球野生动物保护工作和印度国内反偷猎机制,考虑了犀牛偷猎的关键问题和KNP目前的反偷猎机制。该报告进一步指出了印度国家公园犀牛保护战略的政策制定和实施之间的差距。无论是在濒危物种保护的全球背景下,还是在当地作为印度阿萨姆邦的国家象征,犀牛都具有独特的地缘政治重要性。
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期刊介绍: Drawing upon the findings from island biogeography studies, Norman Myers estimates that we are losing between 50-200 species per day, a rate 120,000 times greater than the background rate during prehistoric times. Worse still, the rate is accelerating rapidly. By the year 2000, we may have lost over one million species, counting back from three centuries ago when this trend began. By the middle of the next century, as many as one half of all species may face extinction. Moreover, our rapid destruction of critical ecosystems, such as tropical coral reefs, wetlands, estuaries, and rainforests may seriously impair species" regeneration, a process that has taken several million years after mass extinctions in the past.
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