Understanding Conflicts about Wildlife

Catherine M. Hill is Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Social Sciences, Oxford Brookes University. Her main areas of research are people-wildlife interactions and conservation and local communities. Prior to her current appointment she was a lecturer in Biological Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology, University of Durham (1994-2000) and the Demonstrator in Human Ecology, Institute of Biological Anthropology, Oxford University (1991-1993). Amanda D. Webber is a Lecturer in Conservation Science at Bristol Zoological Society. She is also an Honorary Research Associate at Oxford Brookes University. Her research focuses on human-wildlife interactions and she is interested in people's perceptions of wildlife (particularly urban or 'pest' species) and the development of co-existence strategies. Nancy E. C. Priston is an Honorary Research Associate at Oxford Brookes University. Her research examines human-wildlife conflict with a predominantly interdisciplinary approach, incorporating both the perspectives of wildlife and local people.

• List of Figures and TablesAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Complex Problems: Using a Biosocial Approach to Understanding Human-Wildlife InteractionsCatherine M. HillChapter 1. People, Perceptions and 'Pests': Human-Wildlife Interactions and the Politics of ConflictPhyllis C. LeeChapter 2. Block, Push or Pull? Three Responses to Monkey Crop-Raiding in JapanJohn KnightChapter 3. Unintended Consequences in Conservation: How Conflict Mitigation May Raise the Conflict Level - The Case of Wolf Management in NorwayKetil SkogenChapter 4. Badger-Human Conflict: An Overlooked Historical Context for Bovine TB Debates in the UKAngela CassidyChapter 5. Savage Values: Conservation and Personhood in Southern SurinameMarc BrightmanChapter 6. Wildlife Value Orientations as an Approach to Understanding the Social Context of Human-Wildlife ConflictAlia M. Dietsch, Michael J. Manfredo and Tara L. Teel Chapter 7. A Long Term Comparison of Local Perceptions of Crop Loss to Wildlife at Kibale National Park, Uganda: Exploring Consistency Across Individuals and SitesLisa Naughton-Treves, Jessica L'Roe, Andrew L'Roe and Adrian TrevesChapter 8. Conservation Conflict Transformation: Addressing the Missing Link in Wildlife ConservationFrancine Madden and Brian McQuinnChapter 9. Engaging Farmers and Understanding Their Behaviour to Develop Effective Deterrents to Crop Damage by WildlifeGraham E. Wallace and Catherine M. HillChapter 10. Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) at Sites of Negative Human-Wildlife Interactions: Current Applications and Future DevelopmentsAmanda D. Webber, Stewart Thompson, Neil Bailey and Nancy E. C. PristonIndex

"This timely volume is a must read for students, academics, researchers, and conservation practitioners and wildlife managers. It not only aims to raise awareness of the human-human conflict dimensions that often underlie or aggravate people-wildlife co-existence, but provides readers with useful approaches in addressing these." * Tatyana Humle, University of Kent "This book is excellent and essential reading for anyone interested in human-wildlife coexistence, including researchers at all levels, conservation professionals, policy makers and funders. The editors and authors of this volume advocate convincingly for a radical change in measures taken to understand human-wildlife interactions, calling for a biosocial approach, and the integration of social and natural sciences." * Joanna M. Setchell, Durham University