Predicting the effectiveness of community anti‐poaching patrols for conserving threatened wildlife in the Lao PDR

Worldwide, wildlife poaching results in significant losses to biodiversity, especially for species that are most vulnerable and at risk of extinction. While studies that assess the impact of poaching have been conducted, there is limited work that evaluates strategies to reduce poaching pressure, and their subsequent effects on wildlife. We develop a model to predict the effectiveness of a unique community‐led anti‐poaching patrol programme for...