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A Review of the Role of Law and Policy in Human-Wildlife Conflict

open access: yesConservation & Society, 2021
Interactions between people and wildlife are often mediated by laws, policies, and other governance instruments with profound implications for species conservation.
K. Woolaston   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Elephants, safety nets and agrarian culture: understanding human-wildlife conflict and rural livelihoods around Chobe National Park, Botswana

open access: yesJournal of Political Ecology, 2013
Resolving conflict between agricultural livelihoods and wildlife conservation requires a sophisticated understanding of both wildlife ecology and human livelihood decision-making.
A. Clare Gupta
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of Human-Wildlife Conflict and the Attitude of Local Communities to Wild Animal Conservation around Borena Sayint National Park, Ethiopia

open access: yes, 2021
Human-wildlife conflict (HWC) has increased globally because of an increase in the human population, particularly in developing countries. This study was conducted to investigate the status of HWC and the attitude of local communities to wildlife ...
Salahadin Merkebu, Dereje Yazezew
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Incorporating Human Beliefs and Behaviors into Wildlife Ecology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Like much of the global biosphere, wildlife species have experienced rapid declines during the Anthropocene. Wildlife ecologists have responded to these crises by developing a range of technologies, techniques, and large datasets, which together have ...
McInturff, Michael Charles Alexander
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Media Framing of Financial Mechanisms for Resolving Human–Predator Conflict in Namibia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The decline in carnivore populations is largely exacerbated by lethal methods used to reduce livestock depredation. Financial mechanisms are designed to limit lethal control by reducing the cost of depredation. The media can affect how the general public
Rust, Niki
core   +1 more source

Social-ecological soundscapes: examining aircraft-harvester-caribou conflict in Arctic Alaska [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Thesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2017As human development expands across the Arctic, it is crucial to carefully assess the impacts to remote natural ecosystems and to indigenous communities that rely on wild resources for nutritional and ...
Stinchcomb, Taylor R.
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The human-wildlife conflict in Musk Deer National Park, Neelum Gureze Valley, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan.

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Biology, 2022
Growing human population is a solemn risk to biodiversity at a global level. Massive anthropogenic pressure and invasion in the natural habitats initiated the human-wildlife conflict in rural areas.
L. A. Khan   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Robust mapping of human–wildlife conflict: controlling for livestock distribution in carnivore depredation models

open access: yesAnimal Conservation, 2021
Shifting human–wildlife conflict towards coexistence requires a robust understanding of where conflict happens and why. Spatial models of livestock depredation by wild predators commonly identify depredation hotspots in areas where livestock are most ...
Timothy R. Kuiper   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Preliminary assessment of illegal hunting by communities adjacent to the northern Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Illegal hunting of wildlife is a major issue in today’s society, particularly in tropical ecosystems. In this study, a total of 114 local residents from eight villages located in four wards adjacent to the northern Gonarezhou National Park, south-eastern
Gandiwa, E.
core   +3 more sources

How does the public process impact the selection of a nuisance wildlife management plan? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2008.Includes bibliographical references (p. 51-56).Since the 1950s the human relationship with wildlife in the United States shifted dramatically; from ...
Siegel, Julianne (Julianne Susan)
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