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Human–wildlife conflict (HWC) has become a conservation focus for both protected area management and local communities in many parts of the world. The incidence and mediation of HWCs are rooted in coupled environmental and socioeconomic contexts. A systematic analysis of HWCs was undertaken in 2016 in the Wolong Nature Reserve located in Sichuan Province, southwestern China. Semi‐structured interviews were conducted with 201 local households to understand the occurrence of wildlife damage, the wildlife species involved, the typical losses incurred, and the mitigation measures employed. The results revealed that local HWC has increased rapidly in recent years due to effective biodiversity conservation and ecological restoration policies. Despite the widespread occurrence of HWCs, with nearly all respondents stating that they had suffered a financial loss, appropriate compensation schemes are lacking. Local respondents' expected compensation amount and style were investigated, and it was concluded that integrated compensation and community development plans are needed to mediate and resolve HWC. In particular, greater attention should be given to reduce local households' dependence on agriculture and transform local livelihood strategies to alternative economic activities not related to farming, such as ecotourism development and migrating employment.

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In this work the sample length dependence of giant magnetoimpedance for Fe 73:5 Cu 1 Nb 3 Si 13:5 B 9 nanocrystalline ribbons was investigated. The longitudinal magnetoimpedance ÁZ=Z 0 for Fe 73:5 Cu 1 Nb 3 Si 13:5 B 9 nanocrystalline ribbons decreases with the decreasing of sample length L due to the demagnetization effects. The demagnetization field lowers the permeability, especially for the very shorter sample. The magnetoimpedance ÁZ=Z 0 experiences a peak under a field H p due to the existence of transverse anisotropy. Different from the saturation behavior of H p at high frequencies for longer sample with L ¼ 40 mm, there is a maximum phenomenon of peak field H P at about 700 $ 900 kHz for shorter sample with L ¼ 13 mm. With increasing ac frequency, the peak-magnetoimpedance ðÁZ=Z 0 Þ p also experiences a maximum value for both longer and shorter samples. The maximum peak-magnetoimpedance ½ðÁZ=Z 0 Þ p max shifts to lower frequency with reduction of sample length.

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