Community-level awareness and attitudes towards human–monkey conflict in Polonnaruwa district, Sri Lanka

Poornima, A M N S; Weerasekara, Lakshani; Vinobaba, M; Karunarathna, K. A. N. K.

doi:10.1007/s10329-022-00985-3

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“…Macaques species in several areas are often becoming a source of disturbance for plantations or community settlements (Tee et al 2019;Jayapali et al 2023). Several Asian countries, such as Sri Lanka and India, have been researching monkeys to find solutions to overcome the conflict between monkeys and human society (Poornima et al 2022;Jayapali et al 2023) because these conflicts are common in their various regions.…”

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Mitigation of wildlife disturbance at oil and gas industry electrical facilities in Riau Province, Indonesia

SUWONDO,

DARMADI,

ROZA

et al. 2024

Biodiversitas

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Abstract. Suwondo, Darmadi, Roza D, Murdiya F, Oktarianda R, Risaundi DD. 2023. Mitigation of wildlife disturbance at oil and gas industry electrical facilities in Riau Province, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 24: 6914-6922. Electrical facilities in the oil and gas industry often experience interference from wildlife, disrupting oil and gas operational activities. Solutions are required to mitigate these disturbances. This research analyzes the level of wildlife disturbance in electrical facilities in the oil and gas industry and their mitigation. This research used a survey method with purposive random sampling; the observation was carried out in the work area of Pertamina Hulu Rokan Company, Riau Province, Indonesia. The data obtained are primary and secondary, and the parameters measured consist of population, behavior, disturbance, and mitigation of disturbance to wildlife. A total of 38 species of wild animals were found, consisting of the mammal group (5 species), the reptile group (3 species), and the aves group (30 species). The population of long-tailed monkey (Macaca fascicularis) is the largest species of mammal found (1,500 individuals), and the most common daily behaviors of macaques are climbing (22.5%), eating (17.5%), and playing (15%). There were 169 incidents of wildlife disturbance at the WK Rokan electrical facility, with the most disturbance caused by macaques at 111 incidents. Disturbance from wildlife has a linear positive interaction with wildlife mortality around oil and gas industry electrical facilities. Mitigation is conducted as follows: isolating/eliminating the presence of wild animals in affected facilities/locations, building barriers against wild animals around electrical facilities, and providing repellents.

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Mitigation of wildlife disturbance at oil and gas industry electrical facilities in Riau Province, Indonesia

SUWONDO,

DARMADI,

ROZA

et al. 2024

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Factors driving human–elephant conflict: statistical assessment of vulnerability and implications for wildlife conflict management in Sri Lanka

Köpke,

Withanachchi,

Chinthaka Perera

et al. 2024

Biodivers Conserv

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Human–elephant conflict (HEC) is a serious social–ecological problem in Sri Lanka’s elephant range regions, as between 200 and 400 elephants have been killed annually over the last years, and more than 1200 people have died from the consequences of elephant encounters within a decade. Crop foraging causes economic damage to farming households. The study aims to understand factors driving vulnerability to HEC among the population. Employing a cross-communal multi-item large-N field survey (N = 651), authors were able to describe living conditions and perceptions of Sri Lankan villagers affected by HEC. By running a multiple regression analysis with correlated variables, the study is able to correlate independent variables to vulnerability, namely socio-economic conditions, environmental change and land-use, and awareness. Furthermore, a vulnerability map has been created, identifying Puttalam, Anuradhapura, Kurunegala, Matale, and Polonnaruwa districts as conflict hotspots. Private electric fences as a widespread protection measure were found to have unintended negative side-effects to non-protected households. The findings suggest the urgent need to upscale public policies mitigating the consequences of HEC on affected populations by reducing overall vulnerability to environmental hazards, including human–wildlife conflict.

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Community-level awareness and attitudes towards human–monkey conflict in Polonnaruwa district, Sri Lanka

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Mitigation of wildlife disturbance at oil and gas industry electrical facilities in Riau Province, Indonesia

Mitigation of wildlife disturbance at oil and gas industry electrical facilities in Riau Province, Indonesia

Factors driving human–elephant conflict: statistical assessment of vulnerability and implications for wildlife conflict management in Sri Lanka

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