Human-wildlife conflicts in Nepal: patterns of human fatalities and injuries caused by large mammals

KP Acharya, PK Paudel, PR Neupane, M Köhl - PLoS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Injury and death from wildlife attacks often result in people feeling violent resentment and
hostility against the wildlife involved and, therefore, may undermine public support for …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping human‒wildlife conflict hotspots in a transboundary landscape, Eastern Himalaya

P Sharma, N Chettri, K Uddin, K Wangchuk… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Kangchenjunga Landscape, an important repository of biodiversity, faces
several challenges owing to various drivers of change. Human‒wildlife conflict (HWC) is …

[PDF][PDF] A future for all: the need for human-wildlife coexistence

E Gross, N Jayasinghe, A Brooks, G Polet… - … and infographics by …, 2021 - edepot.wur.nl
WWF is an independent conservation organisation with over 30 million followers and a
global network active in nearly 100 countries. Our mission is to stop the degradation of the …

Human wildlife conflict and impacts on livelihood: A study in community forestry system in mid-hills of Nepal

K Baral, HP Sharma, R Kunwar, C Morley, A Aryal… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Human wildlife conflict (HWC) impacts the livelihood of many rural communities worldwide.
This study investigated the impact of HWC on people living near community forests (CF) in …

Can forest fragmentation and configuration work as indicators of human–wildlife conflict? Evidences from human death and injury by wildlife attacks in Nepal

KP Acharya, PK Paudel, SR Jnawali, PR Neupane… - Ecological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Fragmented forests and heterogeneous landscapes are likely to have less natural
vegetation and smaller core areas, a low degree of landscape connectivity, high prevalence …

Anthropogenic mortality of large mammals and trends of conflict over two decades in Nepal

K Baral, S Bhandari, B Adhikari… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Wildlife conservation in human‐dominated landscapes faces increased challenges due to
rising conflicts between humans and wildlife. We investigated the human and wildlife loss …

Characterization and management of human-wildlife conflicts in mid-hills outside protected areas of Gandaki province, Nepal

K Baral, HP Sharma, B Rimal, K Thapa-Magar… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
With the intent to better management human wildlife conflict (HWC) and wildlife conservation
in mid-hills outside protected areas of Gandaki province, Nepal, we analyzed the patterns …

Farming on the edge: Farmer training to mitigate human-wildlife conflict at an agricultural frontier in south Sri Lanka

FG Horgan, EP Kudavidanage - Crop protection, 2020 - Elsevier
Efforts to increase food production across Asia have relied on the intensification of
established farms, as well as the expansion of farming activities into previously wild areas …

Identifying the environmental and anthropogenic causes, distribution, and intensity of human rhesus macaque conflict in Nepal

S Koirala, S Baral, PA Garber, H Basnet… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Reducing conflict between humans and wildlife is considered a top conservation priority.
However, increasingly human-induced disturbances across natural landscapes have …

Spatio-temporal patterns of human-wildlife conflicts and effectiveness of mitigation in Shuklaphanta National Park, Nepal

B Pant, HP Sharma, BR Dahal, S Regmi, JL Belant - PLoS One, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Human-wildlife interactions occur where human and wildlife coexist and share common
resources including food or shelter. Increasing wildlife populations within protected areas …