Levels of conflict over wildlife: Understanding and addressing the right problem
Abstract Human–wildlife conflicts are complex and defy simple explanations and solutions. The fields of conflict analysis and peacebuilding offer insights into the intensity, intractability, and possible approaches to addressing different kinds of conflict. Building on these fields, as well as advan...
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| description | Abstract Human–wildlife conflicts are complex and defy simple explanations and solutions. The fields of conflict analysis and peacebuilding offer insights into the intensity, intractability, and possible approaches to addressing different kinds of conflict. Building on these fields, as well as advances in conservation practice, we adapt a framework for human–wildlife conflict that consists of three levels of conflict over wildlife: Level 1 conflicts are disputes over issues such as crop or livestock loss or concerns about safety, yet typically involve relatively high tolerance of the damage‐inducing species. In level 2 conflicts, in addition to visible impact of wildlife, there is a history of unsatisfactory attempts to address these issues, creating underlying resentment, tensions, and a sense of injustice among at least one of the parties. Level 3 conflicts are deep‐rooted and become intertwined with the identities of the parties and community involved, and extend to broader tensions over social identities and clashing values and beliefs. Such conflicts require mediated reconciliation dialogues and conflict transformation approaches. A structured understanding how to address a conflict before it escalates to a deeper level is fundamental for managing conservation challenges as complex and dynamic as conflicts over wildlife. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-57ac993de97d4d1c8f31ec1d667a995d2022-12-21T19:50:31ZengWileyConservation Science and Practice2578-48542020-10-01210n/an/a10.1111/csp2.259Levels of conflict over wildlife: Understanding and addressing the right problemAlexandra Zimmermann0Brian McQuinn1David W. Macdonald2The Recanati‐Kaplan Centre, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Zoology Department University of Oxford Abingdon UKIUCN SSC Human Wildlife Conflict Task Force Oxford UKThe Recanati‐Kaplan Centre, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Zoology Department University of Oxford Abingdon UKAbstract Human–wildlife conflicts are complex and defy simple explanations and solutions. The fields of conflict analysis and peacebuilding offer insights into the intensity, intractability, and possible approaches to addressing different kinds of conflict. Building on these fields, as well as advances in conservation practice, we adapt a framework for human–wildlife conflict that consists of three levels of conflict over wildlife: Level 1 conflicts are disputes over issues such as crop or livestock loss or concerns about safety, yet typically involve relatively high tolerance of the damage‐inducing species. In level 2 conflicts, in addition to visible impact of wildlife, there is a history of unsatisfactory attempts to address these issues, creating underlying resentment, tensions, and a sense of injustice among at least one of the parties. Level 3 conflicts are deep‐rooted and become intertwined with the identities of the parties and community involved, and extend to broader tensions over social identities and clashing values and beliefs. Such conflicts require mediated reconciliation dialogues and conflict transformation approaches. A structured understanding how to address a conflict before it escalates to a deeper level is fundamental for managing conservation challenges as complex and dynamic as conflicts over wildlife.https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.259conflict resolutionconservationhuman–wildlife conflictpeacebuilding |
| spellingShingle | Alexandra Zimmermann Brian McQuinn David W. Macdonald Levels of conflict over wildlife: Understanding and addressing the right problem Conservation Science and Practice conflict resolution conservation human–wildlife conflict peacebuilding |
| title | Levels of conflict over wildlife: Understanding and addressing the right problem |
| title_full | Levels of conflict over wildlife: Understanding and addressing the right problem |
| title_fullStr | Levels of conflict over wildlife: Understanding and addressing the right problem |
| title_full_unstemmed | Levels of conflict over wildlife: Understanding and addressing the right problem |
| title_short | Levels of conflict over wildlife: Understanding and addressing the right problem |
| title_sort | levels of conflict over wildlife understanding and addressing the right problem |
| topic | conflict resolution conservation human–wildlife conflict peacebuilding |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.259 |
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