Human - wildlife conflict in natural protected areas

The Status of Wildlife in Protected Areas Compared to Non-Protected Areas of Kenya

We compile over 270 wildlife counts of Kenya's wildlife populations conducted over the last 30 years to compare trends in national parks and reserves with adjacent ecosystems and country-wide trends. The study shows the importance of discriminating human-induced changes from natural population oscillations related to rainfall and ecological factors. National park and reserve populations have de...

Human-Wildlife Conflict Management

Acknowledgments The following individuals contributed text that appears in the guide as sidebars: Some of the sidebars in this guide use brief excerpts from previously published materials. Many of the ideas and applications discussed in this guide are direct products of New York's sustained commitment to understanding and integrating the human and biological dimensions of wildlife management. i...

Normative Standards for Wildlife Viewing in Parks and Protected Areas

With increasing public interest in wildlife watching, there is a need to develop methods to better inform management of quality viewing opportunities. In this study, normative methods using indicators and standards of quality are applied at two diverse parks/ protected areas: a popular national park in Alaska and a lesser known wildlife refuge in New Hampshire. Three potential indicators of qua...

Conflict of human-wildlife coexistence.

Sustainable wildlife management and human-wildlife conflict CPW 4 factsheet

The Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management (CPW) is a voluntary partnership of international organizations with substantive mandates and programmes for the sustainable use and conservation of wildlife resources. The mission of the CPW is to increase cooperation and coordination among its members and other interested parties on sustainable wildlife management to promote the...