To analyze roles of TEK in local communities attitudes toward wild elephants, we used interviewee age to signify the change in TEK; then, we considered factors
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Table 10.1 Categories of factors influencing local communities’ attitudes toward wild elephants
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Table 10.2 Cultivated land |
area and costs of elephant-related problems in 16 villages (2010) |
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Village |
Cultivated land area (hm2) |
Elephant-related problems cost (¥) |
Village |
Cultivated land area (hm2) |
Elephant-related problems cost (¥) |
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Xiamancha |
248.20 |
250,000 |
Manwaxinzhai |
427.27 |
72,000 |
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Cicaitang |
124.00 |
55,000 |
Nanlang |
424.67 |
30,000 |
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Shangguokou |
129.07 |
3,000 |
Nanbeng |
120.00 |
15,000 |
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Xiaopingzhang |
175.47 |
24,000 |
Mandan |
207.93 |
7,000 |
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Xinlongshan |
215.33 |
46,000 |
Manlang |
144.00 |
6,000 |
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Xintianba |
370.73 |
220,000 |
Shangzhongliang |
203.80 |
50,000 |
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Xinshan |
413.20 |
100,000 |
Hetu |
442.00 |
87,000 |
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Tiaobahe |
343.00 |
82,000 |
Nanping |
203.73 |
40,000 |
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Note: hm2, square hectometer (hectare) |
including community knowledge regarding methods to mitigate elephant-related problems and coexistence with elephants. The influencing factors were grouped into four levels, as listed in Table 10.1. To analyze effects of agricultural expansion on elephant-related problems, we analyzed the relationship between cultivated land area and costs of elephant-related problems (Table 10.2). All statistical analysis used SPSS Statistics 17.0 with bivariate correlation analysis.
