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Care, conflict, and coexistence: Human–wildlife relations in community forests

open access: yesPeople and Nature
Human–wildlife conflict (HWC) presents a persistent challenge for global biodiversity conservation. Yet, focusing on conflict alone may obscure the complex drivers of positive and negative interactions between people and wildlife coinhabiting the same ...
Madison Stevens   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reduction in livestock losses following placement of livestock guarding dogs and the impact of herd species and dog sex [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Livestock guarding dogs have been placed on South African farms by the not-for-profit organisation, Cheetah Outreach Trust, since 2005, and have been proven to be an efficient form of non-lethal predator control against jackal, caracal, leopards ...
Cilliers, D   +2 more
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Bridging the Gap Between Human Toxicology and Ecotoxicology Under One Health Perspective by a Cross‐Species Adverse Outcome Pathway Network for Reproductive Toxicity

open access: yesEnvironmental Toxicology and Chemistry, EarlyView.
Cross‐species extrapolation of adverse outcome pathway network on reproductive toxicity under the One Health perspective using new approach methodologies. AOP = adverse outcome pathway. Abstract Although ecotoxicological and toxicological risk assessments are performed separately from each other, recent efforts have been made in both disciplines to ...
Elizabeth Dufourcq Sekatcheff   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Subsistence harvest for food and pets associated with declining global mammal populations

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.
Subsistence harvest can have substantial impacts on mammalian biodiversity, yet its effects on the conservation status of mammal species are poorly understood. We analyzed trade and use data in species accounts from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List to examine the effects of subsistence harvest on the conservation ...
Jacob E Hill   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Comprehensive Review on the Significance, Sources, and Applications of Virtual Water on Global Platform

open access: yesFood Safety and Health, EarlyView.
A conceptual framework of virtual water showing its sources, major applications, components of the virtual water footprint, and emerging future directions. The diagram emphasizes the growing role of virtual water in global sustainability and resource planning.
Priti Bhowmik   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecodevelopment, Gender, and Empowerment: Perspectives from India’s Protected Area Communities

open access: yes, 2014
Book abstract: Feminism has re-shaped the way we think about equality, power relations and social change. Recent feminist scholarship has provided new theoretical frameworks, methodologies and empirical analyses of how gender and feminism are situated ...
Badola, Ruchi   +2 more
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Management of wolf and lynx conflicts with human interests [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
In many areas viable populations of large carnivores are political goals. One of the most important factors in order to achieve viable large carnivore populations is human tolerance for presence of large carnivores.
Karlsson, Jens
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Genetically Engineered Nanobody–Recombinant Antibody Colloidal Gold Strip for Ultrasensitive Atrazine Detection in Fruits and Vegetables

open access: yesFood Safety and Health, EarlyView.
A sensitive colloidal gold immunochromatographic assay for atrazine was successfully established using genetically engineered nanobody‐recombinant antibody, which overcame the shortcomings of traditional antigen‐antibody. ABSTRACT Colloidal gold immunochromatography (CG‐ICA) is distinguished by its cost‐effectiveness and rapid detection capabilities ...
Jiayong Bao   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Honey Thieves: Human–Bear Conflict Patterns and Residents’ Attitudes in Mountains of Southwest Zhejiang, China

open access: yesAnimals
Human–wildlife conflict has been a persistent issue for millennia, intensifying with the expansion of human activities and the concurrent loss of wildlife habitats [...]
Jiale Cheng   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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