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Table 1 Lemieux (2014) adapted the Situational Crime Prevention table in (Cornish and Clarke 2003) for wildlife crime prevention

From: Systematic review of situational prevention methods for crime against species

Increase the effort

Increase the risks

Reduce the rewards

Reduce provocations

remove excuses

Harden Targets

e.g. GPS collars on vulnerable animals

Extend Guardianship

e.g. Gunshot detectors

Conceal targets

e.g. Translocate animals away from villages

Reduce frustrations and stress

e.g. Community outreach

Set Rules

e.g. Memorandums of understanding for wildlife use

Control access to facilities

e.g. Fence National Park

Assist Natural Surveillance

e.g. Rewarding informants

Remove targets

e.g. Rhino dehorning

Avoid disputes

e.g. Elephant trenches

Post instructions

e.g. No Trespassing signs

Screen exits

e.g. Sniffer dogs at airports

Reduce Anonymity

e.g. Automatic number plate readers on park roads

Identify property

e.g. Require RFID chips for legal wildlife exports

Reduce emotional arousal

e.g. Provide alternative sources of income/protein

Alert conscience

e.g. Clearly mark game reserve borders

Deflect Offenders

e.g. Checkpoints along protected area roads

Utilize place managers

e.g. Encourage lodge owners to report suspicious activity

Disrupt markets

e.g. Ban international trade

Neutralize peer pressure

e.g. Conservation education

Assist compliance

e.g. Allow regulated hunting

Control tools/weapons

e.g. Limit public sale of spears/traps/nets

Strengthen formal surveillance

e.g. More ranger foot patrols

Deny benefits

e.g. Add dye to Rhino horn

Discourage imitation

e.g. Forbid profit sharing with communities producing poachers

Control drugs and Alcohol

e.g. Substance abuse programs for communities