Laurie Marker
Biographic Data
| ID | 5587651 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laurie Marker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laurie |
| FAMILY NAME | Marker |
| SIGNATURE | MARKER L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cheetah Conservation Fund |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1636-2191 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Effectiveness of using different presentation methods on cheetah conservation awareness and education in Kenya
Conservation Education (CE) is essential for building the knowledge and skills required to solve sustainability challenges, especially biodiversity loss and for fostering positive actions toward biodiversity conservation. Quantitative evaluation of the effectiveness of conservation education is important for achieving conservation impacts with long-lasting influence on people’s knowledge, attitudes and behavior. This study assessed the effectiven…
Impacts of human-dimensions of wildlife training on participants
Although a wealth of opportunities are available to conservation practitioners, people who live in areas with high biodiversity often do not have access to conservation training because of the gaps
Assessing human conflicts with carnivores in Namibia’s eastern communal conservancies
Livestock depredation has severe socio-economic impacts on local communities. Consequently, carnivores are often persecuted because of actual or perceived threats to livestock. Perceptions of threats are often shaped by underlying socio-cultural values, which make resolving human conflicts with carnivores complex. We conducted questionnaires with local farmers (n = 276) at workshops to assess annual livestock depredation rates in Namibia’s easter…
Engaging a global Facebook audience with conservation education
Human–Wildlife Conflict 10 Years Later
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) conservation is interconnected to social, economic, and environmental factors. Since the 2003 World Parks Congress, cheetah conservation practitioners have been applying human -wildlife conflict resolution strategies throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. Future Farmers of Africa training has taught farm management skills to over 3,000 rural Namibian farmers and is being used in other range countries. Capacity building for cons…
Attitudes Toward Predators and Conservancies Among Namibian Farmers
Conservancies provide the opportunity for land-occupiers to manage natural resources in a collaborative, sustainable, and profitable manner. Human–wildlife conflict, however, has limited their success due to the financial loss of crops, livestock and game by certain wildlife species. Questionnaires (n = 147) were conducted in five conservancies and four resettled farms in Namibia to determine the attitudes toward predators and conservancy members…
Why Namibian Farmers Are Satisfied With the Performance of Their Livestock Guarding Dogs
The success of livestock guarding dogs (LGDs) in mitigating farmer–predator conflict relies on the perceptions of farmers that use them. Purebred LGDs are provided to Namibian farmers by the Cheetah Conservation Fund as a farmer–predator conflict mitigation measure. We examined the perceptions of farmers using 164 of these LGDs by analyzing data collected during face-to-face interviews from 2000–2010. Although most respondents reported reduced li…
Human Aspects of Cheetah Conservation
Over the past century, the world’s cheetah population has undergone severe reduction in both numbers and range. This is due to factors such as habitat fragmentation resulting from human development, the depletion of their natural prey base as land becomes dominated by agriculture and the resultant conflict with humans for livestock and farmed game. Although long-term studies have provided useful information regarding the ecology and biology of th…
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Human Aspects of Cheetah Conservation
Over the past century, the world’s cheetah population has undergone severe reduction in both numbers and range. This is due to factors such as habitat fragmentation resulting from human development, the depletion of their natural prey base as land becomes dominated by agriculture and the resultant conflict with humans for livestock and farmed game. Although long-term studies have provided useful information regarding the ecology and biology of th…
Attitudes Toward Predators and Conservancies Among Namibian Farmers
Conservancies provide the opportunity for land-occupiers to manage natural resources in a collaborative, sustainable, and profitable manner. Human–wildlife conflict, however, has limited their success due to the financial loss of crops, livestock and game by certain wildlife species. Questionnaires (n = 147) were conducted in five conservancies and four resettled farms in Namibia to determine the attitudes toward predators and conservancy members…
Why Namibian Farmers Are Satisfied With the Performance of Their Livestock Guarding Dogs
The success of livestock guarding dogs (LGDs) in mitigating farmer–predator conflict relies on the perceptions of farmers that use them. Purebred LGDs are provided to Namibian farmers by the Cheetah Conservation Fund as a farmer–predator conflict mitigation measure. We examined the perceptions of farmers using 164 of these LGDs by analyzing data collected during face-to-face interviews from 2000–2010. Although most respondents reported reduced li…
Human–Wildlife Conflict 10 Years Later
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) conservation is interconnected to social, economic, and environmental factors. Since the 2003 World Parks Congress, cheetah conservation practitioners have been applying human -wildlife conflict resolution strategies throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. Future Farmers of Africa training has taught farm management skills to over 3,000 rural Namibian farmers and is being used in other range countries. Capacity building for cons…
Engaging a global Facebook audience with conservation education
Assessing human conflicts with carnivores in Namibia’s eastern communal conservancies
Livestock depredation has severe socio-economic impacts on local communities. Consequently, carnivores are often persecuted because of actual or perceived threats to livestock. Perceptions of threats are often shaped by underlying socio-cultural values, which make resolving human conflicts with carnivores complex. We conducted questionnaires with local farmers (n = 276) at workshops to assess annual livestock depredation rates in Namibia’s easter…
Impacts of human-dimensions of wildlife training on participants
Although a wealth of opportunities are available to conservation practitioners, people who live in areas with high biodiversity often do not have access to conservation training because of the gaps
Effectiveness of using different presentation methods on cheetah conservation awareness and education in Kenya
Conservation Education (CE) is essential for building the knowledge and skills required to solve sustainability challenges, especially biodiversity loss and for fostering positive actions toward biodiversity conservation. Quantitative evaluation of the effectiveness of conservation education is important for achieving conservation impacts with long-lasting influence on people’s knowledge, attitudes and behavior. This study assessed the effectiven…
Ecology (7 works) · Wildlife (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (6 works) · Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (5 works) · Biology (5 works) · Environmental planning (5 works) · Environmental resource management (5 works) · Livestock (5 works) · Business (4 works)