Human-wildlife conflict is a shockingly common problem, often with enormous consequences for both individual animals and entire populations.
When human-wildlife conflict comes to mind, you may immediately think of wildlife crime instead - which isn't wrong, since many regions with wildlife crime problems like poaching are also areas where people may frequently deal with human-wildlife conflict, causing the two issues to go hand-in-hand. But human-wildlife conflict is a much broader issue encompassing many ways that human presence and interference can cause problems for us and animals alike. Human-wildlife conflict includes:
- Elephants trampling a farmer's crops, resulting in retaliation
- New real estate developments infringing on ecosystems where predator species live, leading to predators having less territory and less food, which in turn leads to predators attacking domestic animals and livestock
- Freeways dividing the territory of animals like mountain lions, leading to wildlife venturing into neighborhoods or being killed by cars
- Lead bullets used in hunting causing scavengers like condors to die of lead poisoning
These are just a few examples of how humans can negatively impact wildlife, and it's clear to see how many of these scenarios could escalate. Human-wildlife conflict solutions don't just include ways in which we can prevent these issues (for example, through tracking predators, monitoring populations' territories, or building barriers and wildlife crossings monitored by sensors), but also the ways in which we can help people connect with wildlife and care about learning to live alongside them.
If you're interested in solutions that can prevent human-wildlife conflict, join this group and get to know the people who are working to protect and save species around the world!
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A very good summary all-round Nilanga. Only a wholistic approach can truly resolve conflict. |
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Hi all, We often think about complicated tools when people refer to the use of tech in conservation. But mobile phones can be highly... |
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Thanks both for your comments, very interesting indeed! Also great to hear that so many people are eager to get involved in this kind of research and will participate with great... |
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Dear Femke, I am actually looking for studying the crop damages using drones and also tracking the movements, may be using GPS collars. But I do not actually know about these... |
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Dear Femke, Thank you for your email. I hope I can hear from Mohan Raj. Electric fencing is one area where it can play very important role in human wildlife conflict management... |
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Human-Wildlife Conflict | 5 years 4 months ago | |
Dear all, We wanted to share an interesting article we came across some time ago. It is about human-wildlife conflicts in Botswana, and... |
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Hi all, I just came accross this interesting website and call for proposals for the use of Artificial Intelligence to help address... |
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Human-Wildlife Conflict | 5 years 6 months ago | |
Hi Nilanga, Thanks for introducing me here and I'm looking forward to some interesting discussions with everyone here! Femke |
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Hello Fleury I am aware that such a collar has been tested in France to protect sheeps fromm wolves' attacks. I am also looking for some information about it to... |
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Human-Wildlife Conflict | 5 years 7 months ago | |
Hi Anne and the Arribada team. This is such an exciting project and so pleased to see the progress you are making. A couple of quick ideas sprang to mind reading your... |
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Here's a blurb of our idea cut-and-pasted from our application: We propose utilising animal detection and alerting technology that Wild Spy has already developed and... |
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Does anyone remember the 11-year-old Masaai boy who invented 'Lion Lights' as a solution to stop lions from killing his livestock?... |
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