Managing Human-Wildlife Conflict

Whether it’s wild elephants consuming a village’s crops, or a racoon getting into a household’s trash, human-wildlife conflict is present everywhere and can lead to significant challenges. In this episode, Nilanga Jayasinghe talks about the different kinds of human-wildlife conflict that impact different regions (4:45), and explains how climate change can make those conflicts more frequent (13:44). She then shares strategies to help better manage human-wildlife conflict to protect people, animals, and livelihoods (15:20).

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REPORT: A Future for All: The need for human-wildlife coexistence

WWF Magazine: Close Quarters

Explainer: What is human-wildlife conflict?