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Between Scylla and Charybdis: Environmental governance and illegibility in the American West [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
In The Odyssey, Odysseus and his crew must navigate the Strait of Messina between two great hazards: the six-headed monster Scylla on one side, and the whirlpool Charybdis on the other.
Martin, Jeff V
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Local community perceptions on human wildlife interactions in the face of climate variability. A case of Nyaminyami community, Zimbabwe

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Tourism
Human interactions with wildlife, both positive and negative, have defined the nature of human wildlife relations throughout history. Along with human wildlife interaction, Climate change exacerbates the complexity and consequences of human wildlife ...
Power Mupunga, Joseph Shoko
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Preemption of State Wildlife Law in Alaska: Where, When, and Why [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
This report describes how parameter estimation can be performed in linear DAE systems. Both time domain and frequency domain identification are examined. The results are exemplified on a small system. A potential application for the algorithms is to make
Gerdin, Markus   +2 more
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A bibliometric review of global research on the human-wildlife conflicts

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science
Human-wildlife conflict (HWC) affects both wildlife sustainability and human wellbeing. Current strategies for human-wildlife conflict are often fragmented and predominantly conservation-focused, lacking the necessary coordination and support from other ...
Azlan Abas   +3 more
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Human–Wildlife Conflict and Gender in Protected Area Borderlands: A Case Study of Costs, Perceptions, and Vulnerabilities from Uttarakhand (Uttaranchal), India

open access: yes, 2008
Human–wildlife conflict (HWC) is a growing problem for communities located at the borders of protected areas. Such conflicts commonly take place as crop-raiding events and as attack by wild animals, among other forms. This paper uses a feminist political
Ogra, Monica V.
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Using Radio Telemetry and Geographic Information Systems to Map and Estimate the Home Range Size and Daily Movement Patterns of Female Cheetahs on Namibia’s Commercial Farmland [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Fewer than 10,000 cheetahs remain in the wild in Sub-Saharan Africa.Namibia has the largest population, estimated to be 4,000 cheetahs. Habitat fragmentation and prey depletion from human expansion for agriculture have pushed 90 percent of cheetahs to ...
Wise, Elisabeth
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Law Reforms and Human–Wildlife Conflicts in the Living Communities in a Depopulating Society: A Case Study of Habituated Bear Management in Contemporary Japan

open access: yesWild
Human–wildlife conflicts can be broadly categorized from the perspective of human activities into conflicts (a) caused by the expansion of human activities into wildlife habitats, and (b) resulting from the re-expansion of wildlife habitats due to the ...
Satomi Kohyama
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Contrasting human perceptions of and attitudes towards two threatened small carnivores, Lycalopex fulvipes and Leopardus guigna, in rural communities adjacent to protected areas in Chile [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Indexación: Scopus.The interaction between humans and small carnivores is a phenomenon especially frequent in rural fringes, as is the case of communities surrounding natural areas. In Chile, two species of threatened carnivores, the Darwin's Fox and the
Acuña, F.   +7 more
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Engaging urban residents in the appropriate actions to mitigate human–wildlife conflicts

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice
Mitigating human–wildlife conflicts by altering human behaviors is critical to urban wildlife conservation. We investigated what actions urban residents are willing to take to mitigate human–wildlife conflicts in metropolitan Atlanta, one of the fastest ...
Mahi Puri   +3 more
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