An incentive-based mitigation strategy to encourage coexistence of large mammals and humans along the foothills of Indian Western Himalayas

Abstract Escalation of human–wildlife conflict (HWC) is a barrier to the conservation of ecological corridors across the globe. The existing mechanisms to counter HWC are either economically and socially taxing, or ineffective for long-term management. We assessed HWC in the corridor linking the Raj...

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Main Authors: Ruchi Badola, Tanveer Ahmed, Amanat Kaur Gill, Pariva Dobriyal, Goura Chandra Das, Srishti Badola, Syed Ainul Hussain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84119-7