Sentences with phrase «of wildlife conflicts»

Irresponsible human behavior is most often the root cause of wildlife conflicts.

Not exact matches

The Pepper Company aims to promote awareness of human wildlife conflict in Africa through the sale of unique food products.

«For the sake of all parties concerned — farmers, cattle, wildlife, and the public interest — I believe it's time to bury the hatchet, and step away from the conflict.»

Governments should stop imposing conservation rules on communities and instead involve them in discussions, giving them power over how wildlife protection is carried out on their lands, says Francine Madden of the conservation group Human - Wildlife Conflict Collaboration.

Although considered one of the most successful predators on Earth due to the high kill - rate their cooperative hunting achieves, African wild dog populations are declining due to pressures including habitat loss and human - wildlife conflict.

Fences allow lions and other wildlife to survive on fragments of land on which it would otherwise be impossible to conserve large mammals because they keep big animals from coming into conflict with humans, livestock and agriculture.

Following closely behind are a multitude of threats, including human - lion conflict, encroachment of PAs by humans and livestock and in some cases, the emerging threat of direct poaching of lions for the illegal wildlife trade.

The researcher notes «in the light of the recent killings of elephants in the state for ivory trade and during conflicts, Sabahans must realise that it is their natural patrimony that is targeted, they need to stand for their wildlife and condemn those who kill those magnificent creatures.

1) Facilitate safe off - label use of existing vaccines — Support collaboration between the zoological community and conservationists in the field to determine the safety as well as efficacy of existing distemper vaccines that could be, at a minimum, administered opportunistically to endangered wild carnivores whenever they are being handled (e.g. during radio - collaring exercises or when being translocated to mitigate human - wildlife conflict).

This region represents a conservation priority and the authors recommend continued management and maintenance of jaguar corridors and mitigation of jaguars» main threats (e.g., human - wildlife conflict).

A new study led by the University of Stirling highlights improvements in the way conflicts between wildlife conservation and farming are managed worldwide.

The first aerial assessment of the impact of Central African Republic's recent conflict on wildlife and other natural resources in the northern part of the country shows that wildlife populations have been depleted in large areas of their former range, yet there is hope as some populations of Kordofan giraffe, giant eland, buffalo, roan, and other key species that still survive in low numbers.

The wildlife populations of this spectacular landscape have been subject to heavy poaching during various periods over the past decades, and conservation efforts in the area, carried out thanks to longstanding EU financial support through PDRN, ECOFAC and ECOFAUNE projects, have been negatively impacted by the past three years of armed conflict.

The standoff between grouse managers and hen harrier conservationists is one of the UK's most bitter and contentious wildlife conflicts.

Through crop raiding, a form of human - wildlife conflict, hundreds of thousands of marginalized farmers are losing edible crops to damage from these troublesome animals each year.

The largest trial yet of GM crops yields conflicting news about their impact on wildlife.

He began focusing his research on the interactions between wildlife and people in the Indian Himalayas; producing several landmark research papers on the complexities and ecological impacts of human natural resource use and conflicts throughout his career.

The focus of Shan Shui's work is to find ways to protect the snow leopard and other wildlife in this very remote high altitude landscape, where herders and wildlife can often come into conflict.

The University of Oxford's Dickman said one key to stopping human - wildlife conflicts is to provide people with the means to coexist peacefully with animals.

Equally offensive, the organizers will fail to pinpoint a funding source for their recommended solution, while completely ignoring that this blatant rejection of humane alternatives to wildlife conflicts flies in the face of public opinion and decency.

Conflicts over cat management practices often prevent or delay the implementation of policies that could reduce cat populations, improve animal welfare and reduce risks to wildlife.

Living in Harmony with Coyotes Thursday, October 6, 2016 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT) Presented by nationally known expert LYNSEY WHITE DASHER Director, Humane Wildlife Conflict Resolution The Humane Society of the United States Lynsey White Dasher helps urban and suburban communities find effective and humane solutions to human - wildlife conflicts with species including -LSB-...]

Participants in the Outdoor Cat Conference of December 2012 found some consensus on the study of conflicts between outdoor cats and wildlife, but the presentations — linked from this page — came from many different points of view.

PAWS also assists thousands of citizens facing conflicts with wildlife, working with them to find effective, long - term, humane solutions to wildlife problems.

During Burns» first years as chief executive the Hawaiian Humane Society came under vehement activist criticism for allegedly sidestepping conflict with legal animal use industries, cockfighters with connections in high places, and especially ---- and perhaps most controversially ---- with the longtime Hawaii Department of Land & Natural Resources policy of trying to purge the islands of feral cats, mongooses, and other non-native wildlife.

For additional resources on coexisting with wildlife in your neighborhood, please visit the links below: [Wild Neighbors] by The Humane Society of the United States Humane solutions to wildlife conflicts

We foster co-existence with our wild neighbors through education and advocate the use of humane solutions in resolving conflicts with wildlife.

A scientific conference promotes understanding between cat supporters and wildlife advocates, and addresses the challenges of resolving conflicts involving cats, wildlife, and people.

Here you'll find support to get ahead of that conflict, increase TNR efforts, collaborate with wildlife conservationists and more.

Wildlife Extraction Services resolves conflicts between humans and wildlife using humane methods and save the lives of thousands of wild animals.

The OHS is committed to promoting an understanding and appreciation of urban wildlife, and to promoting humane and effective means for resolving conflicts between wildlife and humans in an urban setting.

In an urban environment, humans and many species of wildlife live in close proximity to each other, which may result in human - wildlife conflicts.

Additionally, federal and state wildlife laws designed to protect endangered and threatened species conflict with the practice of releasing non-indigenous predators into the wild.

Discover the sites of poignant conflicts, and uncover the incredible wildlife of South Africa on this inspiring tour.

To further reduce bear - human conflicts near Brooks Falls, a new series of elevated boardwalks and wildlife viewing platforms opened to the public in 2000.

In «Hyphenated Lives» (2015), a collection of artworks that resemble zoological and botanical drawings, Kallat has created hybrid birds, animals, trees and flowers by artistically fusing species appropriated as national symbols in conflicted countries — symbolically unifying the divided nations which are their habitat, through fictive wildlife.

In Bhutan, it's easy to envision a more democratic society able to debate the proper role of hydroelectric dams, of finding ways to maintain forest cover while limiting human conflicts with wildlife, and regulating traffic to make a pedestrian - friendly city.

The new policy targets several of the major criticisms against APP, including deforestation, degradation of high carbon peatlands, conservation of critical wildlife habitat, and social conflict with local communities.

As human development increasingly creates conflicts with wildlife and natural systems — most notably reflected through shrinking ecological diversity and quickening global climate change — Scenic Hudson said the expertise of a research scientist is crucial.

But elsewhere in Asia, work is moving ahead to turn another area more associated with conflict than conservation into a sanctuary for at - risk elephants.A year and a half after Sri Lanka's quarter - century civil war ended, officials have announced plans to use more than 100,000 acres of jungle — the former stronghold of the Tamil Tigers separatists — to help protect wildlife, The Guardian reported today.

Researchers hope that by knowing exactly what certain species of animals are up to, they can understand them much more thoroughly - and possibly even predict behavior and reduce human - animal conflicts, revolutionizing the way we interact with and manage wildlife.