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Table 6.2 Examples of the management typology in Table 6.1, for a project that is
promoting community-based management of hunting in order to improve sustainability
and for the listing of big-leaf mahogany on Appendix 2 of CITES in order to limit the
international trade.

Dimension Community hunting Mahogany

Type of Carrot and Stick . Not a distraction Stick . This is a rule imposition,

incentive as linked directly to the resource. with penalties for illegal trade.

Stick as includes rules, but
external investment is the carrot.

Point in the Harvester Trader . It targets the people

supply chain trading timber between

countries.

Scale Local National/International .

National governments must
implement the CITES
legislation, though only for
international rather than
internal trade.

Target Individuals/Communities/ Businesses . Government

Institutions. Individuals are institutions implement it but

encouraged to set up a new businesses are generally most

community-based institution. affected.

Focus Bottom-up and top-down . Top-down . Based on a vote at

Government needs to be involved CITES Conferences of the

because of need to change land Parties.

ownership laws. Degree to which
it is bottom-up depends on how
participatory the decision to go
ahead with the management
strategy is, and how involved local
people are in its development.

Implementation Regulation . Even though locally Regulation

implemented, this is still based
on setting and following rules.

Addresses Symptom/Cause? Depends on Symptom? There is no

whether the lack of a properly necessity for any conservation

regulated hunt was the key issue action to take place

that needed addressing. in-country, though the idea

is that regulating the
international trade will
reduce unsustainable offtake.