Conservation conflicts are pressing social and environmental sustainability issues, and the
complex underlying causes and escalating factors of such conflicts can often be difficult to …

Growing pressure on natural resources is leading to more conservation conflicts.
Governments and their statutory agencies devote increasing financial and human resources …

Conservation conflicts are an increasing threat to many species of wildlife around the world
(Madden, 2004; Michalski et al., 2006). As we have seen earlier in this book, conservation …

Conservation conflict is widespread, damaging, and has proved difficult to manage using
conventional conservation approaches. Conflicts are often “wicked problems,” lacking clear …

Efforts to manage conservation conflicts are typically focused on reconciling disputes
between opposing stakeholders over conservation objectives. However, this is an …

Conservation conflicts tend to be highly complex, feed on uncertainty and affect people and
organisations at different scales (Chapter 15). Traditionally, resolving these conflicts has …

Unaddressed or poorly addressed conflicts present increasingly difficult obstacles to
effective conservation and management of many wildlife species around the world. The …

Human–wildlife conflicts are complex and defy simple explanations and solutions. The fields
of conflict analysis and peacebuilding offer insights into the intensity, intractability, and …

Conservation conflicts are widespread and are damaging for biodiversity, livelihoods and
human well-being. Conflict management often occurs through interventions targeting human …

Human–wildlife conflict is one of the most critical threats facing many wildlife species today,
and the topic is receiving increasing attention from conservation biologists. Direct wildlife …