Integrating socio‐ecological suitability with human‐wildlife conflict risk: case study for translocation of a large ungulate

Abstract:Human–wildlife conflict (HWC) is often considered in terms of how the impact on humans can be mitigated, but in the context of the larger goal of meeting conservation goals. This article explores the hidden costs of HWC on human well-being in northern Kenya through a qualitative case study of Laikipia County. Drawing on narratives of wildlife as destructive, wildlife as inherently more important or valuable than humans, and wildlife preservation as a pathway for capturing resources, it explores the impacts of HWC on human well-being, situating the study within the HWC, political ecology, and human security literature.

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HUMAN-WILD MAMMAL CONFLICT IN A HUMAN DOMINATED MIDHILL LANDSCAPE: A CASE STUDY FROM PANCHASE AREA IN CHITWAN ANNAPURNA LANDSCAPE, NEPAL

Journal of Institute of Science and Technology ◽

10.3126/jist.v23i1.22158 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 30-38

Author(s):

Jagan Nath Adhikari ◽

Bishnu Prasad Bhattarai ◽

Tej Bahadur Thapa

Keyword(s):

Group Discussion ◽

Black Bear ◽

Economic Loss ◽

Crop Raiding ◽

Wild Mammal ◽

Livestock Depredation ◽

Wildlife Conflict ◽

Main Crop ◽

Human Wildlife Conflict

Issues of human wildlife conflict (HWC) always challenges in conservation and management. Crop raiding, property damage, livestock depredation and human casualties are the most common forms of conflict. It was investigated the issues of human wild mammal conflict in and around the Panchase area in Chitwan Annapurna Landscape of Nepal from March 2017 to April 2018 using semi-structured questionnaires and focal group discussion. Wide spread human wildlife conflict was observed in Panchase area. Monkey, muntjac deer, porcupine and rabbit were the main crop raider that resulted in total economic loss of US$ 29.56 per household (HH). Overall economic loss by livestock depredation was estimated US$ 11254.54 (US$ 112.54/HH). Leopard contributed to the highest cases of livestock depredation. A total of five human attack cases were recorded including one fatal and four injuries. Himalayan black bear contributed to 80 % of the total attacks and 20 % by leopards. Present study focused on the issues and status of conflicts in the Panchase area, a representative of midhills and Chitwan Annapurana Landscape. This study suggests that future study related to mitigation and preventing methods should be conducted to minimize the issues of human wildlife conflicts.

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Community perceptions of the human-wildlife conflict: a case study of Old Oyo National Park, Nigeria

Biodiversity ◽

10.1080/14888386.2019.1664323 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 20 (2-3) ◽

pp. 118-131

Author(s):

O. Digun-Aweto ◽

P. Van Der Merwe

Keyword(s):

National Park ◽

Community Perceptions ◽

Wildlife Conflict ◽

Human Wildlife Conflict

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Policies for reducing human–wildlife conflict: a Kenya case study

People and Wildlife ◽

10.1017/cbo9780511614774.023 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 357-372 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

David Western ◽

John Waithaka

Keyword(s):

Wildlife Conflict ◽

Human Wildlife Conflict

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The Escalating Effects of Wildlife Tourism on Human–Wildlife Conflict

Animals ◽

10.3390/ani11051378 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. 1378

Author(s):

Qingming Cui ◽

Yuejia Ren ◽

Honggang Xu

Keyword(s):

Community Development ◽

Secondary Data ◽

Holistic Approach ◽

Economic Perspective ◽

Wildlife Conflict ◽

Wildlife Tourism ◽

Local Residents ◽

Human Wildlife Conflict

Human–wildlife conflict is a barrier to achieving sustainable biodiversity conservation and community development in protected areas. Tourism is often regarded as a tool to mitigate such conflict. However, existing studies have mainly adopted a socio-economic perspective to examine the benefits of tourism for communities, neglecting the ecological effects of tourism. This case study of macaque tourism on a peninsula in China illustrates that tourism can escalate rather than mitigate human–wildlife conflict. Fifty-three stakeholders were interviewed and secondary data were collected to understand the development of rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) tourism and community–macaque conflict. The results show that food provision and tourist–macaque interactions rapidly increased the macaques’ population, habituation, and aggressive behaviors, which led them to invade the surrounding community more often and exacerbated human–macaque conflict. Meanwhile, low community participation in tourism generated few benefits for residents and did not help alter residents’ hostile attitudes towards the macaques. Local residents gradually retreated from agriculture as the macaques became more intrusive. A holistic approach to evaluating the role of wildlife tourism in resolving community–wildlife conflict is proposed and practical suggestions for alleviating such conflict are given.

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