Read more
Conflicts about wildlife are usually portrayed and understood as resulting from the negative impacts of wildlife on human livelihoods or property. However, a greater depth of analysis reveals that many instances of human-wildlife conflict are often better understood as people-people conflict, wherein there is a clash of values between different human groups. Understanding Conflicts About Wildlife unites academics and practitioners from across the globe to develop a holistic view of these interactions. It considers the political and social dimensions of 'human-wildlife conflicts' alongside effective methodological approaches, and will be of value to academics, conservationists and policy makers.
List of contents
List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Complex Problems: Using a Biosocial Approach to Understanding Human-Wildlife Interactions
Catherine M. Hill Chapter 1. People, Perceptions and 'Pests': Human-Wildlife Interactions and the Politics of Conflict
Phyllis C. Lee Chapter 2. Block, Push or Pull? Three Responses to Monkey Crop-Raiding in Japan
John Knight Chapter 3. ¿Unintended Consequences in Conservation: How Conflict Mitigation May Raise the Conflict Level¿ - The Case of Wolf Management in Norway
Ketil Skogen Chapter 4. Badger-Human Conflict: An Overlooked Historical Context for Bovine TB Debates in the UK
Angela Cassidy Chapter 5. Savage Values: Conservation and Personhood in Southern Suriname
Marc Brightman Chapter 6¿. Wildlife Value Orientations as an Approach to Understanding the Social Context of Human-Wildlife Conflict
¿Alia M. Dietsch, Michael J. Manfredo and Tara L. Teel ¿ Chapter 7. A Long Term Comparison of Local Perceptions of Crop Loss to Wildlife at Kibale National Park, Uganda: Exploring Consistency Across Individuals and Sites
Lisa Naughton-Treves, Jessica L'Roe, Andrew L'Roe and Adrian Treves Chapter 8. Conservation Conflict Transformation: Addressing the Missing Link in Wildlife Conservation
Francine Madden and Brian McQuinn Chapter 9. Engaging Farmers and Understanding Their Behaviour to Develop Effective Deterrents to Crop Damage by Wildlife
Graham E. Wallace and Catherine M. Hill Chapter 10. Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) at Sites of Negative Human-Wildlife Interactions: Current Applications and Future Developments
Amanda D. Webber, Stewart Thompson, Neil Bailey and Nancy E. C. Priston Index
About the author
Amanda D. Webber is a Lecturer in Conservation Science at Bristol Zoological Society. She is also an Honorary Research Associate at Oxford Brookes University. Her research focuses on human-wildlife interactions and she is interested in people's perceptions of wildlife (particularly urban or 'pest' species) and the development of co-existence strategies.
