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Automating the analysis of public saliency and attitudes toward biodiversity from digital media

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Measuring public attitudes toward wildlife provides crucial insights into human relationships with nature and helps monitor progress toward Global Biodiversity Framework targets. Yet, conducting such assessments at a global scale presents challenges.
Noah Giebink, Amrita Gupta, Diogo Veríssimo, Charlotte H. Chang, Tony Chang, Angela Brennan, Brett G. Dickson, Alex Bowmer, Jonathan Baillie   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Human-elephant conflict in western Thailand: Socio-economic drivers and potential mitigation strategies. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2018
van de Water A, Matteson K.
europepmc   +1 more source

Perceived costs as drivers of wildlife management preferences in rural Tanzanian communities

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Effectively managing human–wildlife interactions is crucial for fostering coexistence on shared landscapes. Management options are most effective when aligned with the preferences of people directly affected by wildlife, yet little is known about how socioecological factors influence these preferences.
Christian Kiffner, Justin Raycraft, Reilly Becchina, Danielle Bettermann, Stephen Koester, Elana Kriegel, Kiana Lindsay, Edwin Maingo Ole, Emily Ramirez, Bryan Spizuco, Neil H. Carter   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of organized guarding on mortality from human-elephant conflict in northeast India. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Sekar N, Bhatt T, Deomurari A, Sharma S, Kumari P, Kayina A, Somanathan E.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Community-based human-elephant conflict mitigation: The value of an evidence-based approach in promoting the uptake of effective methods. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2017
Gunaryadi D, Sugiyo, Hedges S.
europepmc   +1 more source

A Dynamic Bioeconomic Model of Ivory Trade: Details and Extended Results [PDF]

Trade in ivory is banned under CITES in an effort to protect the African elephant. The trade ban is supported by some range states, most notably Kenya, because they see the ban as an effective means for protecting a ‘flagship’ species, one that attracts ...
G. Cornelis van Kooten
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Elephant barrier behaviors in response to conflict mitigation fences

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Human–wildlife conflict is a major conservation issue, particularly in lower income countries, where it affects marginalized people and leads to the extirpation of threatened species. Managers increasingly use fences to reduce this conflict but lack evidence on the effectiveness of these barriers, especially on whether this reduces the number ...
Dominique Gonçalves, Robert J. Smith, Helen M. K. O'Neill   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predicting Hotspots of Human-Elephant Conflict to Inform Mitigation Strategies in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2016
Chen Y, Marino J, Chen Y, Tao Q, Sullivan CD, Shi K, Macdonald DW.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Assessment of ecosystem status in Mozambique and implications for environmental planning

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
We assess Mozambique's terrestrial ecosystems using the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems framework, showing that more than half of Mozambique's ecosystems are threatened, with impacts primarily concentrated in temperate subhumid grasslands and pyric tussock savannas.
Kendall R. Jones, Mervyn Lötter, Hugo M. Costa, Gautam Surya, Vanessa Rathbone, Hermenegildo Matimele, Eleutério Duarte, Tereza Alves, Célia Macamo, Denise Nicolau, Muri G. Soares, Roberto Zolho, Hedley S. Grantham   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geospatial analysis of human-elephant conflict zones in the Jeli District: implications for mitigation and land-use planning. [PDF]

Environ Monit Assess
Husain H, Nor ANM, Abas MA, Amir A, Rafaai NH, Jaafar SB, Rosdi A, Ahmad FN, Atan FM, Kasim AS, Mahmud H, Saaban S, Hambali K.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source