Cases / Protected area / relocation · Tajikistan · 2019
Tajik markhor hunts leave about USD 78,000 per hunt with protected areas
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
A 2019 CITES fact sheet reports that markhor, a wild goat, increased in Tajikistan and that about USD 78,000 per hunt remains with the protected area. The sources reviewed do not give the hunt fees or the share kept by hunting operators.
What?
CITES reports that about USD 78,000 remains with the protected area for each markhor hunt in Tajikistan, and that markhor numbers have risen. CITES
Where?
Tajikistan CITES
When?
Case study dated 2019 CITES
Who?
Gained
- Protected areas of Tajikistan — keep about USD 78,000 per markhor hunt, per CITES CITES
Lost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Hunting revenue is shared with the protected area; the CITES fact sheet gives the amount that stays there. CITES
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
CITES, in a 2019 livelihoods fact sheet, reports that about USD 78,000 remains with the protected area for each markhor hunt in Tajikistan.
The same fact sheet says markhor numbers in Tajikistan increased.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record The sources reviewed do not give the price of a markhor hunt or the share taken by hunting operators.
- Unclear Markhor population figures and their years are not stated, so the size of the increase is unknown.
- Unclear Whether the population increase is linked to hunting revenue is not stated in the sources reviewed.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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Press and investigations
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