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| Bonacic, C.; maya-Espinel, J.D.; Ibarra, J.T. | |
| Human-wildlife conflicts: an overview of cases and lessons from the Andean region | |
| 2016 Book Chapter | |
The following key steps should be considered toward a cohesive action to mitigate HWCs in the Andean region: (1) Move from no assessment to community-based self-assessment including local realities, needs, and issues with wildlife; (2) Inform people about the role of predators and their ecosystems and genuinely empower them with protective solutions for their livestock and crops. Experience suggests that ecological information is not enough, needing to revitalize cultural roles that some species once had; (3) Improve means for sharing information and lessons learnt from successful experiences and local communities across the Andes; (4) Train local authorities and wildlife officers to assess HWCs and estimate costs and causes of damage; (5) Detect and assess the emerging impact of feral animals and invasive species on agriculture and livestock in order to differentiate their impacts from native wildlife that often suffer retribution killing without being involved; and (6) Implement proper economic assessment of damage caused as well as the cost of better management actions to detect or avoid wildlife in areas with livestock and crop. |
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