Key strategies for successful coexistence from 30+ years of defending
This organized session will feature talks by six of Defenders' staff working at the frontlines of human-wildlife coexistence. Defenders of Wildlife, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection of native animals and plants in North America, …
Landscape of fear and human-predator coexistence: Applying spatial predator-prey interaction theory to understand and reduce carnivore-livestock conflict
In recent decades the 'landscape of fear' has grown in popularity to become a central consideration in wildlife management, and has even been reconceptualized as the 'landscape of coexistence' for understanding human- wildlife …
Carnivore conservation needs evidence-based livestock protection
Carnivore predation on livestock often leads people to retaliate. Persecution by humans has contributed strongly to global endangerment of carnivores. Preventing livestock losses would help to achieve three goals common to many human societies: …