Addressing human-tiger conflict using socio-ecological information on tolerance and risk

Struebig, Matthew J.; Linkie, Matthew; Deere, Nicolas J.; Martyr, Deborah J.; Millyanawati, Betty; Faulkner, Sally; Comber, Steven C. Le; Bahagia, Bahagia; Leader‐Williams, Nigel; McKay, Jeanne E.; John, Freya A. V. St.

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05983-y

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“…Together these results tend to demonstrate the importance of positive interactions for improved coexistence with large carnivores. As such results are often context‐specific, they would benefit from cross‐cultural comparisons, to understand how exposure to, experiences with and attitudes toward large carnivores relate to each other in different cultural contexts (Struebig et al, ).…”

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“…People's personal experiences, attitudes, and behavior are closely linked to one another, as demonstrated over the last decades within the theory of planned behavior (Ajzen, ) and subsequent frameworks (e.g., Yzer, ). Attitudes (e.g., tolerance toward wildlife) are mental processes involving affective components (e.g., emotions) and cognitive components (e.g., values, beliefs), which can, together with social norms and individual control over a situation, affect behavioral intentions and actions (Struebig et al, ). Personal experiences with a specific object often generate more stable attitudes toward this object, whereas people without direct experience will be more prone to radical changes in attitudes (Browne‐Nuñez, Treves, MacFarland, Voyles, & Turng, ; Doll & Ajzen, ).…”

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The positive experience of encountering wolves in the wild

Arbieu

Albrecht

Mehring

et al. 2020

Conservat Sci and Prac

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Large carnivores often impact human livelihoods and well-being. Previous research has mostly focused on the negative impacts of large carnivores on human well-being but has rarely considered the positive aspects of living with large carnivores. In particular, we know very little on people's direct experiences with large carnivores like personal encounters and on people's awareness and tolerance toward their exposure to large carnivores. Here, we focus on the wolf (Canis lupus), and report on a phone survey in Germany. We examined whether encounters with wolves were positive or negative experiences and quantified people's awareness and tolerance related to their exposure to wolves. We found that the majority of people reported positive experiences when encountering wolves, regardless of whether wolves were encountered in the wild within Germany, in the wild abroad, or in captivity. The frequency of encounters did not affect the probability to report positive, neutral, or negative experiences. Moreover, people in Germany expressed a high tolerance of living in close vicinity to wolves. These findings are novel and important because they highlight the positive aspects of living in proximity with large carnivores in human-dominated landscapes. K E Y W O R D Sattitudes, emotions, human-wildlife interactions, social survey

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The positive experience of encountering wolves in the wild

Arbieu

Albrecht

Mehring

et al. 2020

Conservat Sci and Prac

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“…The questionnaire that we used adopted socio-ecological methods [12], but in this paper we only analyzed 2 predictors to measure respondent's perception on the tiger, tolerance and norms. We only use one question per predictor.…”

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Local Wisdom and Sumatran Tiger in Leuser-Ulu Masen Landscape: A Study in Mane Sub-district of Aceh Province

Gea¹,

Badaruddin²,

Zahrah³

2019

Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Advance and Scientific Innovation, ICASI 2019, 18 July, B

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Leuser Ulu-Masen landscape is considered to be a very important habitat for Sumatran Tiger. Mane Sub-district in Aceh Province, part of Leuser-Ulu Masen landscape, is identified as an area that has strong local wisdom characteristics in forest management. The objectives of this research were to analyze the perception of local community to the existence of tiger, analyze local wisdom arising from the presence of tigers, analyze mitigation of local community to human-tiger conflict in our study area. Hunting of all wildlife in this forest area is strictly prohibited. We realized role of customary law which prohibits wildlife hunting activities will have a good impact on the conservation of Sumatran tigers. We strongly recommend this model of natural resource management in our research location (based on good local wisdom) be implemented in other areas, especially in areas that have high human-tiger intensity and high density of tiger in human-dominated area.

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“…14,15 Socio-ecological assessments go one step further, by combining information from relevant stakeholders, obtained through qualitative or quantitative methods from the social sciences, with information about the ecology, distribution and population dynamics of target species 16 . Ecological information can also be spatially explicit, as most ecological processes incorporate a geographical dimension 17 .…”

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Invasive Siberian chipmunksEutamias sibiricusin Italy: a socio-ecological analysis indicates that they could, and should, be removed

Cerri

Mori

Zozzoli

et al. 2019

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BACKGROUND: Eradication of invasive alien species is a form of pest control linked to biodiversity conservation that usually involves killing animals. Squirrels are prominent among invasive alien species in Italy with four species introduced. Three of them are included within the list of alien species of European concern and their eradication and control is recommended.However, their local control is not an easy task, being highly appreciated by the general public. We propose a socio-ecological approach to evaluate the feasibility of eradicating Siberian chipmunks (Eutamias sibiricus) populations. We performed a structured questionnaire to assess the social perception of invasive Siberian chipmunks in urban parks where they occur and to identify groups of visitors who might oppose eradication. We also carried out geographic profiling to test for the spatial expansion of chipmunk populations.RESULTS: Overall, park visitors regarded chipmunks positively and appreciated to see them, but human-chipmunk interactions were still rare. We did not identify any group of visitors with a strong attachment to chipmunks, who might oppose future control programs. Geographic profiling showed that chipmunks in Valeggio sul Mincio are starting to expand outside of their introduction site.CONCLUSIONS: Data from questionnaires show that chipmunks eradication, coupled with adequate communication initiatives, might be feasible. Moreover, geographic profiling indicates that time for a rapid removal is running out. Socio-ecological approaches, combining the analysis of structured questionnaires administered to stakeholders and statistical modeling of pest observations, could be a valuable tool to decide the feasibility and the urgency of invasive pest control.

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Addressing human-tiger conflict using socio-ecological information on tolerance and risk

Cited by 79 publications

References 46 publications

The positive experience of encountering wolves in the wild

The positive experience of encountering wolves in the wild

Local Wisdom and Sumatran Tiger in Leuser-Ulu Masen Landscape: A Study in Mane Sub-district of Aceh Province

Invasive Siberian chipmunksEutamias sibiricusin Italy: a socio-ecological analysis indicates that they could, and should, be removed

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