People and wildlife : conflict or co-existence? / edited by Rosie Woodroffe, Simon Thirgood and Alan Rabinowitz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Woodroffe, Rosie.

Thirgood, S. J. (Simon J.)

Rabinowitz, Alan, 1953-2018.

Series:

Conservation biology series (Cambridge, England) ; no. 9.

Conservation biology ; no. 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human ecology.

Human-animal relationships.

Animals and civilization.

Animal attacks.

Wildlife conservation.

Conservation of Natural Resources.

Ecology.

Medical Subjects:

Conservation of Natural Resources.

Ecology.

Physical Description:

xvii, 497 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Summary:

Human-wildlife conflict is a major issue in conservation. As people encroach onto natural habitats, and as conservation efforts restore wildlife to areas where they may have been absent for generations, contact between people and wild animals is growing. Some species, even the beautiful and endangered, can have serious impacts on human lives and livelihoods. Tigers kill people, elephants destroy crops and African wild dogs devastate sheep herds left unattended. Historically, people have responded to these threats by killing wildlife wherever possible, and this has led to the endangerment of many species that are difficult neighbours. The urgent need to conserve such species, however, demands coexistence of people and endangered wildlife. This book presents a variety of solutions to human-wildlife conflicts, including novel and traditional farming practices, offsetting the costs of wildlife damage through hunting and tourism, and the development of local and national policies.

Contents:

1 The impact of human-wildlife conflict on natural systems / Rosie Woodroffe, Simon Thirgood, Alan Rabinowitz 1

2 The impact of human-wildlife conflict on human lives and livelihoods / Simon Thirgood, Rosie Woodroffe, Alan Rabinowitz 13

3 Characterization and prevention of attacks on humans / Howard Quigley, Stephen Herrero 27

4 Non-lethal techniques for reducing depredation / Urs Breitenmoser, Christof Angst, Jean-Marc Landry, Christine Breitenmoser-Wursten, John D. C. Linnell, Jean-Marc Weber 49

5 Techniques to reduce crop loss: human and technical dimensions in Africa / Ferrel V. Osborn, Catherine M. Hill 72

6 Evaluating lethal control in the management of human-wildlife conflict / Adrian Treves, Lisa Naughton-Treves 86

7 Bearing the costs of human-wildlife conflict: the challenges of compensation schemes / Philip J. Nyhus, Steven A. Osofsky, Paul Ferraro, Francine Madden, Hank Fischer 107

8 Increasing the value of wildlife through non-consumptive use? Deconstructing the myths of ecotourism and community-based tourism in the tropics / Matthew J. Walpole, Chris R. Thouless 122

9 Does extractive use provide opportunities to offset conflicts between people and wildlife? / Nigel Leader-Williams, Jon M. Hutton 140

10 Zoning as a means of mitigating conflicts with large carnivores: principles and reality / John D. C. Linnell, Erlend Birkeland Nilsen, Unni Stobet Lande, Ivar Herfindal, John Odden, Ketil Skogen, Reidar Andersen, Urs Breitenmoser 162

11 From conflict to coexistence: a case study of geese and agriculture in Scotland / David Cope, Juliet Vickery, Marcus Rowcliffe 176

12 Hen harriers and red grouse: the ecology of a conflict / Simon Thirgood, Steve Redpath 192

13 Understanding and resolving the black-tailed prairie dog conservation challenge / Richard P. Reading, Lauren McCain, Tim W. Clark, Brian J. Miller 209

14 People and elephants in the Shimba Hills, Kenya / Timothy J. Knickerbocker, John Waithaka 224

15 Safari hunting and conservation on communal land in southern Africa / Dale Lewis, John Jackson 239

16 Socio-ecological factors shaping local support for wildlife: crop-raiding by elephants and other wildlife in Africa / Lisa Naughton-Treves, Adrian Treves 252

17 Jaguars and livestock: living with the world's third largest cat / Alan Rabinowitz 278

18 People and predators in Laikipia District, Kenya / Laurence G. Frank, Rosie Woodroffe, Mordecai O. Ogada 286

19 Searching for the coexistence recipe: a case study of conflicts between people and tigers in the Russian Far East / Dale Miquelle, Igor Nikolaev, John Goodrich, Boris Litvinov, Evgeny Smirnov, Evgeny Suvorov 305

20 A tale of two countries: large carnivore depredation and compensation schemes in Sweden and Norway / Jon E. Swenson, Henrick Andren 323

21 Managing wolf-human conflict in the northwestern United States / Edward E. Bangs, Joseph A. Fontaine, Michael D. Jimenez, Thomas J. Meier, Elizabeth H. Bradley, Carter C. Niemeyer, Douglas W. Smith, Curt M. Mack, Val Asher, John K. Oakleaf 340

22 Policies for reducing human-wildlife conflict: a Kenya case study / David Western, John Waithaka 357

23 An ecology-based policy framework for human-tiger coexistence in India / K. Ullas Karanth, Rajesh Gopal 373

24 The future of coexistence: resolving human-wildlife conflicts in a changing world / Rosie Woodroffe, Simon Thirgood, Alan Rabinowitz 388.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521825059

0521532035

OCLC:

60418257

Publisher Number:

9780521825059

9780521532035

9780521825054

9780521532037