India must adopt holistic approaches to handle human-wildlife conflicts

Essential to integrate conservation goals with community welfare

Simply Put: Human-simian deal

Simply Put: Wild humans

Europe has a wolf problem, and a late Norwegian philosopher had the solution

Norwegian environmental philosopher Arne Næss was clear: wolves have just as much a right to be here as we do  

Wolf a part of Europe’s natural heritage, write 300 groups in open letter to Ursula von der Leyen

Letter comes in the wake of wolf culling operations in Switzerland; a cull was also carried out in Sweden earlier this year

Human-wildlife conflict among greatest threats to animal species: WWF and UNEP report

Problem as much a development and humanitarian issue as a conservation concern, it says

No food in forests: Invasive species and altered habitats in Karnataka’s Western Ghats are creating a food crisis

The crisis may be fueling conflicts between humans and wildlife, prompting animals to venture into human settlements

No food in forests: Lack of food is driving Kerala’s wild animals into human settlements

Spread of invasive plants, habitat destruction destroying food for herbibores, which in turn is affecting carnivores

Human activities in Asia have reduced elephant habitat by nearly two-thirds since 1700

Asian elephants are one of the most endangered large mammals

Maharashtra’s indigenous Warlis teach a lesson about peaceful coexistence with leopards

Locals report multiple safe encounters with the wild cats in the region 

Escalating tiger-human conflict haunts Karnataka’s Mysuru, Chamarajanagar districts. Is big cat population spike to blame?

Five deaths reported in last three months

Tranquilised wild elephant dies after falling off lorry; autopsy indicates cardiac arrest cause of death

Wildlife activist alleges negligence by forest department during capture operation  

Lions are less likely to attack cattle with eyes painted on their backsides

As part of an expanding non-lethal toolkit, this simple, low-cost approach could reduce the costs of coexistence for some farmers

PM trains guns on ‘environmentalists’ during virtual meet with farmers

Says environmentalists who support farmers now, opposed killing animals raiding farms earlier  

Shrinking lion numbers in Africa: 40% geographic populations have 50 or fewer big cats

Somalian and Malawian lion populations most fragile; Paper points to need for including socio-political aspects along with ecology for lion …

Climbing the machan: Poverty and animal conflict in Karnataka

Human-wildlife conflict is a monumental issue for farmers living in subsistence, conflict with wild animals disproportionately impacts the poor

World Elephant Day: Why conservation efforts in Africa evoke opposing reactions

Uneven distribution of the jumbos across the continent has led to increase in human-wildlife conflict and loss of habitat