Harnessing local ecological knowledge for conservation decision making via Wisdom of Crowds: the case of the Manus green tree snail Papustyla pulcherrima

• Published in: Oryx Vol. 50; no. 4; pp. 684 - 692
• Main Author: Whitmore, Nathan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.10.2016
• Subjects: altitude; Cognition & reasoning; Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species; decision making; Endangered & extinct species; environmental knowledge; Extinction; Fisheries; forests; Funding; Invertebrates; Islands; Knowledge; markets; men; Papua New Guinea; Papustyla; Papustyla pulcherrima; Polls & surveys; Population decline; Population density; Relative abundance; Research methodology; snails; surveys; Threatened species; Towns; trees; Wildlife conservation; women; United States > US; Papua New Guinea; Manus Island; ISEW, Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Admiralty Is., Manus I; Wisdom of Crowds; Cumulative link model; Papustyla pulcherrima; decision making; local ecological knowledge; triage; threat status; Data Deficient

The shell of the Manus green tree snail Papustyla pulcherrima is renowned for its beauty and is subject to international protection under CITES, having been harvested intensively in the past. To determine its threat status, and whether further conservation action is justified, an inexpensive Wisdom...