Human-Elephant Conflict: A Review of Current Management Strategies and Future Directions
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 for preventing and mitigating human-elephant conflict. However, human-elephant conflict remains pervasive as the majority...
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| author | L. Jen Shaffer Kapil K. Khadka Jamon Van Den Hoek Kusum J. Naithani |
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| description | 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 for preventing and mitigating human-elephant conflict. However, human-elephant conflict remains pervasive as the majority of existing prevention strategies are driven by site-specific factors that only offer short-term solutions, while mitigation strategies frequently transfer conflict risk from one place to another. Here, we review current human-elephant conflict management strategies and describe an interdisciplinary conceptual approach to manage species coexistence over the long-term. Our proposed model identifies shared resource use between humans and elephants at different spatial and temporal scales for development of long-term solutions. The model also highlights the importance of including anthropological and geographical knowledge to find sustainable solutions to managing human-elephant conflict. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a44704bab780493ab7fc9ec3aa809de62022-12-22T03:48:30ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution2296-701X2019-01-01610.3389/fevo.2018.00235411066Human-Elephant Conflict: A Review of Current Management Strategies and Future DirectionsL. Jen Shaffer0Kapil K. Khadka1Jamon Van Den Hoek2Kusum J. Naithani3Department of Anthropology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United StatesDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United StatesGeography and Geospatial Science, College of Earth, Atmospheric, and Oceanic Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United StatesDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United StatesHuman-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 for preventing and mitigating human-elephant conflict. However, human-elephant conflict remains pervasive as the majority of existing prevention strategies are driven by site-specific factors that only offer short-term solutions, while mitigation strategies frequently transfer conflict risk from one place to another. Here, we review current human-elephant conflict management strategies and describe an interdisciplinary conceptual approach to manage species coexistence over the long-term. Our proposed model identifies shared resource use between humans and elephants at different spatial and temporal scales for development of long-term solutions. The model also highlights the importance of including anthropological and geographical knowledge to find sustainable solutions to managing human-elephant conflict.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2018.00235/fullcoupled-natural-human systemshuman-elephant conflicthuman-wildlife conflictland managementresource managementspecies coexistence |
| spellingShingle | L. Jen Shaffer Kapil K. Khadka Jamon Van Den Hoek Kusum J. Naithani Human-Elephant Conflict: A Review of Current Management Strategies and Future Directions Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution coupled-natural-human systems human-elephant conflict human-wildlife conflict land management resource management species coexistence |
| title | Human-Elephant Conflict: A Review of Current Management Strategies and Future Directions |
| title_full | Human-Elephant Conflict: A Review of Current Management Strategies and Future Directions |
| title_fullStr | Human-Elephant Conflict: A Review of Current Management Strategies and Future Directions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Human-Elephant Conflict: A Review of Current Management Strategies and Future Directions |
| title_short | Human-Elephant Conflict: A Review of Current Management Strategies and Future Directions |
| title_sort | human elephant conflict a review of current management strategies and future directions |
| topic | coupled-natural-human systems human-elephant conflict human-wildlife conflict land management resource management species coexistence |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2018.00235/full |
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