Traditional Hunting

Connected Sites: 13

Definition
WHS inscribed on natural criteria where local inhabitants are allowed to hunt and kill significant protected species as part of their "way of life"

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Connected Sites

  • Inscribed: 1987
    2.53
    1
    0
    "A population of pygmies live within the reserve in small sporadic encampments, and are free to hunt within the reserve using traditional methods." (AB)
  • Ogasawara Islands
    Inscribed: 2011
    3.12
    8
    3
    "A licensed fishery is operated for the traditional capture of green turtles" (nom file p99)
  • Banc d'Arguin
    Banc d'Arguin
    Mauritania
    Inscribed: 1989
    2.32
    15
    2
    fishing techniques involving collaboration with wild dolphines practiced by the Amrig
  • Sangha Trinational
    Sangha Trinational
    Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo (Republic)
    Inscribed: 2012
    3.61
    6
    2
    Baka indigenous people have the right to extract natural resources within Lobéké NP (IUCN Outlook 2020)
  • Shirakami-Sanchi
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.06
    34
    10
    Bear Hunting by "Matagi"
    See www.jal.com
  • Pimachiowin Aki
    Inscribed: 2018
    2.90
    4
    2
    Traditional use by Anishinaabeg, including sustainable fishing, hunting and trapping, is also an integral part of the boreal ecosystems in Pimachiowin Aki.
  • Olympic National Park
    Olympic National Park
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.86
    141
    8
    Whaling
    See www.hsus.org
  • Ngorongoro
    Ngorongoro
    Tanzania
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.36
    129
    4
    Ritual lion hunting (Ala-mayo) was banned in the 1970s but Masai are allowed to kill lions in retaliation against wildlife attacks
    See www.int-res.com
  • Inscribed: 2012
    3.56
    9
    3
    Sable hunting "Members of ancestral farms annually bag 600-800 sable skins". (nom file)
    See www.nhpfund.org
  • Kaeng Krachan Forest
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.71
    25
    4
    Karen Communities is permitted to reasonable hunt in NP
  • Ilulissat Icefjord
    Inscribed: 2004
    4.14
    41
    5
    Narwal, Musk Ox, Seals, birds etc. (No motorised support allowed)
  • Gunung Mulu
    Gunung Mulu
    Malaysia
    Inscribed: 2000
    4.11
    58
    6
    "Local Penans retain traditional hunting rights within the park." (AB ev)
  • Aasivissuit - Nipisat
    Inscribed: 2018
    2.43
    21
    4