Human-elephant conflict: A review of current management strategies and future directions

LJ Shaffer, KK Khadka, J Van Den Hoek… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Human-elephant conflict is a major conservation concern in elephant range countries. A
variety of management strategies have been developed and are practiced at different scales …

Animal agency in wildlife conservation and management

É Edelblutte, R Krithivasan, MN Hayek - Conservation Biology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Wildlife conservation and management (WCM) practices have been historically drawn from
a wide variety of academic fields, yet practitioners have been slow to engage with emerging …

Land-use change is associated with multi-century loss of elephant ecosystems in Asia

S de Silva, T Wu, P Nyhus, A Weaver, A Thieme… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding historic patterns of land use and land cover change across large temporal
and spatial scales is critical for develo** effective biodiversity conservation management …

There will be conflict–agricultural landscapes are prime, rather than marginal, habitats for Asian elephants

JA de la Torre, EP Wong, AM Lechner… - Animal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Misconceptions about species' ecological preferences compromise conservation efforts.
Whenever people and elephants share landscapes, human–elephant conflicts (HEC) occur …

Sundaic elephants prefer habitats on the periphery of protected areas

JA de la Torre, C Cheah, AM Lechner… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Protected areas (PAs) are a cornerstone of global conservation strategies. PAs, however,
are not equally effective for all threatened taxa, and it is important to understand taxa …

Ecology of problem individuals and the efficacy of selective wildlife management

GJF Swan, SM Redpath, S Bearhop… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2017 - cell.com
As a result of ecological and social drivers, the management of problems caused by wildlife
is becoming more selective, often targeting specific animals. Narrowing the sights of …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring routes to coexistence: Develo** and testing a human–elephant conflict-management framework for African elephant-range countries

EM Gross, JG Pereira, T Shaba, S Bilério… - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
Creating a future for elephants and people is a highly complex and dynamic challenge,
involving social, behavioral, and ecological dimensions as well as multiple actors with …

[HTML][HTML] Human–elephant conflict in Sri Lanka: A critical review of causal explanations

S Köpke, SS Withanachchi, R Pathiranage… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Human–elephant conflict (HEC) is a severe and much-debated issue in Sri Lanka. An
average of two hundred animals are intentionally killed, and seventy to eighty human …

Perception of human–elephant conflict and conservation attitudes of affected communities in Myanmar

C Sampson, P Leimgruber… - Tropical …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Myanmar is an ideal location for Asian elephant (Elephas maximus L.) conservation
because it still contains large expanses of elephant habitat. However, increasing human …

Revisiting social natures: People-elephant conflict and coexistence in Sri Lanka

S De Silva, K Srinivasan - Geoforum, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper examines human-wildlife conflict in and around protected areas to reflect on long-
standing questions in conservation social science about protected areas and fortress …