TY - JOUR
T1 - Border Security Fencing and Wildlife
T2 - The End of the Transboundary Paradigm in Eurasia?
AU - Linell, John D.C.
AU - Trouwborst, Arie
AU - Botani, Luigi
AU - Kaczensky, Prtra
AU - Harber, Djuro
AU - Reljic, Slaven
AU - Kusak, Josip
AU - Majic, Aleksandra
AU - Skrbinsek, Tomaz
AU - Potocnik, Hubert
AU - Hayward, Matthew
AU - Milner-Gulland, E.J.
AU - Buuveibaatar, Bayarbaatar
AU - Olson, Kirk A.
AU - Badamjav, Lkhagvasuren
AU - Bischof, Richard
AU - Zuther, Steffen
AU - Breitenmoser, Urs
PY - 2016/6/22
Y1 - 2016/6/22
N2 - The ongoing refugee crisis in Europe has seen many countries rush to construct border security fencing to divert or control the flow of people. This follows a trend of border fence construction across Eurasia during the post-9/11 era. This development has gone largely unnoticed by conservation biologists during an era in which, ironically, transboundary cooperation has emerged as a conservation paradigm. These fences represent a major threat to wildlife because they can cause mortality, obstruct access to seasonally important resources, and reduce effective population size. We summarise the extent of the issue and propose concrete mitigation measures.
AB - The ongoing refugee crisis in Europe has seen many countries rush to construct border security fencing to divert or control the flow of people. This follows a trend of border fence construction across Eurasia during the post-9/11 era. This development has gone largely unnoticed by conservation biologists during an era in which, ironically, transboundary cooperation has emerged as a conservation paradigm. These fences represent a major threat to wildlife because they can cause mortality, obstruct access to seasonally important resources, and reduce effective population size. We summarise the extent of the issue and propose concrete mitigation measures.
U2 - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002483
DO - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002483
M3 - Article
SN - 1544-9173
VL - 14
JO - PLoS Biology
JF - PLoS Biology
IS - 6
M1 - e1002483
ER -
