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Integrated framework for stakeholder participation: Methods and tools for identifying and addressing human–wildlife conflicts

Conservation Science and Practice, 2021
As wild areas disappear and agricultural lands expand, understanding how people and wildlife can coexist becomes increasingly important. Human–wildlife conflicts (HWCs) are obstacles to coexistence and negatively affect both wildlife populations and the ...
Hannes J. König, Silvia Ceaușu, Mark Reed, Helen Kendall, Karoline Hemminger, Henrik Reinke, Emu‐Felicitas Ostermann‐Miyashita, Elena Wenz, Luca Eufemia, Till Hermanns, Moritz Klose, Marcin Spyra, Tobias Kuemmerle, Adam T. Ford   +13 more
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Knowledge of returning wildlife species and willingness to participate in citizen science projects among wildlife park visitors in Germany

People and Nature, 2022
Successful conservation efforts have led to recent increases of large mammals such as European bison Bison bonasus, moose Alces alces and grey wolf Canis lupus and their return to former habitats in central Europe. While embraced by some, the recovery of
Emu‐Felicitas Ostermann‐Miyashita, Hannes J. König, Nadja Pernat, Sonoko Dorothea Bellingrath‐Kimura, Sophia Hibler, Christian Kiffner   +5 more
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Green bridges in a re‐colonizing landscape: Wolves (Canis lupus) in Brandenburg, Germany

Conservation Science and Practice, 2021
Gray wolves (Canis lupus) are recolonizing many parts of central Europe and are a key part of international conservation directives. However, roads may hinder the reestablishment of gray wolves throughout their historic range by reducing landscape ...
Mike Plaschke, Manisha Bhardwaj, Hannes J. König, Elena Wenz, Kornelia Dobiáš, Adam T. Ford   +5 more
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Dewilding ‘Wolf-land’: Exploring the Historical Dimensions of Human-Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence in Ireland

Conservation & Society, 2022
Fostering coexistence between people and wildlife is crucial to both the conservation and restoration of wildlife populations across the globe. Yet, so far research exploring human-wildlife conflict and coexistence has been largely ahistorical, with ...
Dara Sands
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Citizen science as a bottom‐up approach to address human–wildlife conflicts: From theories and methods to practical implications

Conservation Science and Practice, 2021
Although biodiversity conservation is a prioritized topic globally, agreements and regulations at multiple levels often fail to meet the desired effects due to insufficient knowledge transmission about and tolerance toward environmental protection ...
Emu‐Felicitas Ostermann‐Miyashita, Nadja Pernat, Hannes J. König   +2 more
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Patterns of livestock loss associated with a recolonizing wolf population in Germany

Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2022
Predation on livestock presents a daunting challenge for human–carnivore coexistence in agricultural landscapes. In Germany, the recolonization of wolves is ongoing and its consequences are insufficiently understood.
Christian Kiffner, Christian Kiffner, Sandra Uthes, Emu-Felicitas Ostermann-Miyashita, Emu-Felicitas Ostermann-Miyashita, Verena Harms, Hannes J. König, Hannes J. König   +7 more
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Planning for Human-Wildlife Coexistence: Conceptual Framework, Workshop Process, and a Model for Transdisciplinary Collaboration

Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2021
Coexistence, as a concept and as a management goal and practice, has attracted increasing attention from researchers, managers and decision-makers dedicated to understanding and improving human-wildlife interactions. Although it still lacks a universally
Silvio Marchini, Silvio Marchini, Silvio Marchini, Silvio Marchini, Silvio Marchini, Silvio Marchini, Katia M. P. M. B. Ferraz, Katia M. P. M. B. Ferraz, Katia M. P. M. B. Ferraz, Vania Foster, Thiago Reginato, Aline Kotz, Yara Barros, Yara Barros, Yara Barros, Alexandra Zimmermann, Alexandra Zimmermann, Alexandra Zimmermann, David W. Macdonald   +18 more
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Wildlife institutions highly salient to human attitudes toward wildlife

Conservation Science and Practice, 2023
Efforts to promote human‐wildlife coexistence may be overly focused on wildlife‐related costs and benefits. We conducted research in Mozambique to gain insights into how governance of wildlife influences potential for human‐wildlife coexistence ...
Leandra Merz, Elizabeth F. Pienaar, Timothy Fik, Shylock Muyengwa, Brian Child   +4 more
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We are silently paving the way toward human–wildlife coexistence: The role of women in the rural landscapes of southern Andes

Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2022
Gender plays an important role in human–wildlife coexistence. Women have their own distinct form of environmental knowledge; women shape attitudes and perceptions related to wildlife and influence the use of natural spaces and the nature of human ...
Rocío Almuna, Rocío Almuna, Rocío Almuna, Rocío Almuna, Rocío Almuna, Josefina Cortés, Josefina Cortés, Josefina Cortés, María de los Ángeles Medina, Solange P. Vargas, Solange P. Vargas, Solange P. Vargas, Solange P. Vargas   +12 more
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Revealing stakeholders' motivation and influence in crane conservation in the Republic of Korea: Net‐Map as a tool

Conservation Science and Practice, 2021
Biodiversity conservation in protected areas requires strict legal limitations to land use. In the Civilian Control Zone (CCZ) of the Republic of Korea (ROK), military control has created an accidental sanctuary for the world's rarest crane species: the ...
Hyeyeon Sarah Jin, Karoline Hemminger, Jonathan J. Fong, Claudia Sattler, SueKyoung Lee, Claudia Bieling, Hannes J. König   +6 more
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