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Women, Human-Wildlife Conflict, and CBNRM: Hidden Impacts and Vulnerabilities in Kwandu Conservancy, Namibia

Conservation & Society, 2015
Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) programmes are designed to ensure that rural residents benefit from conservation initiatives. But where human-wildlife conflict threatens life and livelihood, wildlife impacts can undermine the goals of
Kathryn Elizabeth Khumalo, Laurie Ann Yung   +1 more
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Local attitudes toward Apennine brown bears: Insights for conservation issues [PDF]

, 2019
Human-carnivore coexistence is a multi-faceted issue that requires an understanding of the diverse attitudes and perspectives of the communities living with large carnivores. To inform initiatives that encourage behaviors in line with conservation goals,
Boitani L., Boitani L., Ciucci P., Eagly A. H., Faraway J. J., Febbo D., Fox J., Glikman J. A., Latini R., Likert R., Linnell J. D. C., Osborne J. W., Tabachnick B. G., Thompson R., Vaske J. J., Warner R. M.   +15 more
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A mixed‐methods assessment of human‐elephant conflict in the Western Okavango Panhandle, Botswana

People and Nature, 2023
Human‐wildlife conflict, where interactions have negative impacts on both people and animals, is complex with underlying drivers and broad ecological and social impacts.
Erin K. Buchholtz, Megan McDaniels, Graham McCulloch, Anna Songhurst, Amanda Stronza   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

Conservation & Society, 2021
Interactions between people and wildlife are often mediated by laws, policies, and other governance instruments with profound implications for species conservation.
Katie Woolaston, Emily K Flower, Julia van Velden, S. White, G. Burns, Clare Morrison   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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

, 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

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

Animal 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, A. Loveridge, D. Macdonald   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Wolves, Crows, and Spiders: An eclectic Literature Review inspires a Model explaining Humans’ similar Reactions to ecologically different Wildlife

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2021
Coming from the vantage point of managing human relations to potentially problematic wildlife, we bring the following questions: Where do people’s emotionally vigorous and polarized reactions originate?
Uta Maria Jürgens, Uta Maria Jürgens, Paul M. W. Hackett, Paul M. W. Hackett   +3 more
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Media Framing of Financial Mechanisms for Resolving Human–Predator Conflict in Namibia [PDF]

, 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
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

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

, 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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