Human-wildlife conflict and coexistence is a shockingly common problem, often with enormous consequences for both individual animals and entire populations.
When human-wildlife conflict comes to mind, you may immediately think of wildlife crime instead - which isn't wrong, since many regions with wildlife crime problems like poaching are also areas where people may frequently deal with human-wildlife conflict, causing the two issues to go hand-in-hand. But human-wildlife conflict is a much broader issue encompassing many ways that human presence and interference can cause problems for us and animals alike. Human-wildlife conflict includes:
- Elephants trampling a farmer's crops, resulting in retaliation
- New real estate developments infringing on ecosystems where predator species live, leading to predators having less territory and less food, which in turn leads to predators attacking domestic animals and livestock
- Freeways dividing the territory of animals like mountain lions, leading to wildlife venturing into neighborhoods or being killed by cars
- Lead bullets used in hunting causing scavengers like condors to die of lead poisoning
These are just a few examples of how humans can negatively impact wildlife, and it's clear to see how many of these scenarios could escalate. Human-wildlife conflict solutions don't just include ways in which we can prevent these issues (for example, through tracking predators, monitoring populations' territories, or building barriers and wildlife crossings monitored by sensors), but also the ways in which we can help people connect with wildlife and care about learning to live alongside them.
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The 2020 Tusk Awards are now accepting nominations of outstanding individuals who have made a significant impact on conservation in Africa. These nominations offer the rare and exciting opportunity to honor your peers...
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25 February 2020
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HWC Tech Challenge Update: Thermal Elephant Alert System
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The Arribada Initiative is back with an update on their thermal elephant alert system which aims to reduce human-elephant conflict (HEC). The success of their system rests on the ability of a camera to accurately...
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Caught in the crossfire – Tapirs in tiger territory
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Technology lab focused on wildlife protection opens on Ol Pejeta Conservancy
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Ol Pejeta Conservancy partners with conservation and technology organisations to kick-start a research and innovation centre for wildlife conservation
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HWC Tech Challenge: Smart Parks field update
Smart Parks
As a winner of the Human Wildlife Conflict Tech Challenge, Smart Parks is working in partnership with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and WILDLABS to develop a smart solution that uses the power of the Internet of...
25 March 2019
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Arribada recently returned from field sites in Assam, India where they tested the image quality and detection abilities of low-cost thermal sensors for detecting elephants in conflict areas. Arribada is working on these...
1 March 2019
Each year Tusk honours extraordinary individuals battling on the frontline in the fight for wildlife conservation in Africa. Nominate your 2019 Conservation Heroes now.
12 February 2019
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The Ecosulis Rewilding Tech Challenge
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With the aim of advancing rewildling-related technology in the UK and introducing new talent and ideas into the field of rewildling, Ecosulis is thrilled to announce the launch of their first ever Rewilding Tech...
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HWC Tech Challenge Update: Testing our prototype thermal cameras in the Arctic
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| HWC Tech Challenge Update WInners to be announced on the 1st November, 2017 First of all, we’d like to thank you all again for your interest and participation in the... |
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Human-Wildlife Coexistence | 7 years 9 months ago | |
| Hello, this device looks really interesting...has anyone tryed? what brand is it? how much does it cost? what's the range of the speakers? what kind of sound does it makes? I... |
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Human-Wildlife Coexistence | 7 years 10 months ago | |
| Hi Mark and Teun, we have been investigating this technology also. It is already being used, but has two problems. First, their reach is often very limited (around 50m) and the... |
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Human-Wildlife Coexistence | 7 years 11 months ago | |
| Dear Somak, Thank you very much for writing and we are sorry information on the challenge did not reach you in time. We are certainly interested in furthering discussions... |
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Human-Wildlife Coexistence | 7 years 11 months ago | |
| Hi Gwen, That's a tough question Gwen! And for any destination in the Arctic counts: it is horribly expensive! I suggest you count on Iqaluit in Nunavut-Canada. Access is... |
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Human-Wildlife Coexistence | 7 years 11 months ago | |
| Thank you, Gert. My proposed solution takes security into account heavily. Excited to share it with you and the panel as well. Claire |
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Human-Wildlife Coexistence | 7 years 11 months ago | |
| Additional information on human-polar bear conflicts can be found in this article |
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Human-Wildlife Coexistence | 8 years ago | |
| Friends and fellow researchers in the WILDLABS community I would like to hear your valuable opinions on the doctoral research project I am... |
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Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Funding and Finance | 8 years ago | |
| For those interested: in the acoustics channel I have posted news on our sound event recognition sensor, using conv-net: https://... |
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Human-Wildlife Coexistence | 8 years 3 months ago | |
| Hello all! There's going to be a workshop led by Human Wildlife Conflict Collaboration on the fundamentals of HWC. It will... |
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Human-Wildlife Coexistence | 8 years 3 months ago | |
| Peter, thanks for your reply and sorry for the dealyed repsonse, I have been ahving some issues getting alerts in my email. I would like to talk to you more about your... |
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Human-Wildlife Coexistence | 8 years 4 months ago | |
| Hi Udayan, Many thanks for following up and it's great to hear that it's an area of interest for you as well. I'm certainly interested to hear more about the work... |
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Human-Wildlife Coexistence | 8 years 7 months ago |
