A. Species
Scientific name: Elephas maximus
Common name(s): Asian elephant
Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Endangered
B. Location of use
Geographic location(s):
- Myanmar (mainland)
Country/Region: Myanmar
C. Scale of assessment
Scale of assessment: Sub-national / Sub-region / Sub-State
Name/Details of location: 3 sites: 1) Ayeryarwady Delta, 2) southern Bago Yoma mountain range, and 3) southern Tanintharyi region
D. Timescale of use
Start Year: 2014
End Year: 2017
E. Information about the use
How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Type of use: Extractive
Practice of use: Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals
Lethal or non-lethal: Lethal
Does this use involve take/extraction of: Only parts or products of the organism
Purpose(s) of end use: Food and feed, Collection/display, Ceremony and ritual expression and Decorative and aesthetic
Motivation of use: Income generation from trade (individual/household/community)
Is this use legal or illegal?: Illegal under national law
F. Information about the Users
Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Local people and National / local government
G. Information about the sustainability of use
Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered unsustainable
Details of assessment carried out: Using data from 14 radiocollared elephants, the authors estimate population survival and note that the median (non-parametric) survival was 0.445 years
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Study was originally started to investigate roaming behaviour etc of Asian elephants, but within the first year 7/19 GPS-collared elephants were poached
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Details of assessment carried out: this study does not analyse this
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: this study does not analyse this
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Details of assessment carried out: this study does not analyse this
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: this study does not analyse this
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Details of assessment carried out: this study does not analyse this
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: this study does not analyse this
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered unsustainable
Details of assessment carried out: this study
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Cruel slaughter/ exploitation before animal is even dead
Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species
Record source
Information about the record source: scientific_pub
Date of publication/issue/production: 2018-01-01T00:00:00+0000
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Date of record entry: 2022-11-11