Crop-raiding macaques: predictions, patterns and perceptions from Langtang National Park, Nepal

Regmi, Ganga Ram; Nekaris, K. Anne-Isola; Kandel, Kamal; Nijman, Vincent

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“…Human-wildlife conflict is a growing global problem that adversely affects agricultural productions and people livelihoods. Crop-riding by wild animals is one of the major causes for HWC (Regmi et al, 2013;Dickman, 2010;Hill (2005).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Cropraiding undermines food security and tolerance of wildlife within neighboring human communities (Hill and Wallace, 2012). The inability to mitigate cropraiding and absence of composition for crop losses lead to killing of animals (Regmi et al, 2013). One review article in India by Anand and Radhakrishna (2017) on the topic investigating trends in humanwildlife conflict: is conflict escalation real or imagined?…”

Section: Killings Of Wildlifementioning

confidence: 99%

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Impacts of human-wildlife conflict in developing countries

Gemeda¹,

Meles²

2018

Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management

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This paper is aimed to investigate the driving forces for human-wildlife conflict in developing countries in order to develop conservation strategies. Human-wildlife conflict has been occurring whenever an action by human or wildlife in a particular habitat. This problem has been in existence as long as wild animals and people shared the same resources. The expansion of human population into or near to areas inhabited by wildlife and modification of the natural environments for agricultural activities escalate human-wildlife conflict. The problem of human-wildlife conflict is frequently reported in developing countries in the form of crop raiding, livestock depredation, predation on managed wild animal species or killing of people. Crop damage is the most prevalent form of human-wildlife conflict across African continent. Hippopotamuses, baboons, rodents, grivet monkey, squirrels, porcupines, pigs, deer, elephants, spotted hyenas, leopards, and lions are some of the reported wildlife that affects community livelihoods in developing countries. Crop loss and livestock depredation by wildlife is contributing the problem of food insecurity and poverty in developing countries. Human wildlife conflict hinders the conservation of animals in the natural habitats and poses the greatest challenges to the persistence and survival of wildlife. Therefore, all concerned stakeholders will work to minimize the existing humanwildlife conflict through developing human-wildlife conflict management techniques.

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Section: Gemeda Do; Meles Skmentioning

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Section: Killings Of Wildlifementioning

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Impacts of human-wildlife conflict in developing countries

Gemeda¹,

Meles²

2018

Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management

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“…All agree that more effective management must draw on expertise and commitment from various levels of society, from the government down to communities, local smallholders and individuals living close to the area involved (e.g. Regmi et al 2013). These parties, however, often disagree about the most effective division of responsibilities and about the fair share of total efforts that each should bear.…”

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Traditions, taboos and trade in slow lorises in Sundanese communities in southern Java, Indonesia

Nijman¹,

Nekaris²

2014

Endang. Species. Res.

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For endangered species management a shared understanding of the different beliefs, opinions and factual knowledge that local people hold towards the target species is imperative. To take these views into account, detailed assessments need to be made of how they differ between individuals, and, crucially, what beliefs and views are shared. These assessments require an ethnozoological approach, using tools from both the natural and the social sciences. Here we focus on the beliefs, opinions and knowledge about Javan slow lorises Nycticebus javanicus in 12 Sundanese communities of West Java, Indonesia. Javan slow lorises are small, nocturnal, venomous primates that are threatened by habitat loss and over-exploitation for the illegal pet trade. Based on detailed interviews with 79 informants from June 2011 to June 2013, and using cluster and cultural domain analyses, we identify and document 5 different topics, i.e. trade and exploitation, taboos against disturbing or capturing, venomous primates, blood myths and mystical powers. The most salient topics were factual (activity pattern, habitat use) or related to the taboo on collecting or disturbing slow lorises. In communities with strong traditions, taboos and beliefs in place, slow lorises were found in seemingly unlikely habitats, in or adjacent to the villages; where these beliefs were absent, slow lorises were less known to the communities, and the slow lorises were either less abundant or extirpated. We conclude that it is imperative that any conservation programme implemented in West Java, be it management, mitigation, or education, must take into account the traditions, beliefs and taboos regarding slow lorises.

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“…On the Indian subcontinent, the primate species most often cited as pests are the rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) of northern India and Nepal [e.g., Srivastava and Begum, 2005;Regmi et al, 2013;Chaturvedi and Mishra, 2014;Reddy and Chander, 2016] and the bonnet macaque (M. radiata) of southern India [Chakravarthy and Thyagaraj, 2005]. The Hanuman or gray langurs (Semnopithecus spp.)…”

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Assessing Public Perceptions and Solutions to Human-Monkey Conflict from 50 Years in Sri Lanka

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Gunathilake²,

Felder³

2019

Folia Primatol

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Sri Lanka is a biodiversity hotspot with high human density that contributes to increasing human-monkey conflict (HMC). In 50 years of primate studies there, the development of HMC has been documented, and many workshops and interventions organized to ameliorate HMC. These activities prompted the present survey. In the extensive lowland dry zone of Sri Lanka, the affected nonhuman primates are the toque macaque, gray and purple-faced langurs and slender loris. We surveyed and evaluated the attitudes of rural residents towards these four species in an effort to contribute to an ethnoprimatological approach to conservation, i.e., promote a coexistence and sharing of habitat between humans and monkeys. We selected 13 villages near Polonnaruwa, located centrally in the dry zone. The four nonhuman primate species differ in their behavioral ecologies, and this influenced how frequently they were thought of as pests. Most HMC was with the macaque and gray langur, less with the purple-faced langur and least with the loris. The underlying sentiment among stakeholders towards monkeys was generally either neutral or positive. Nonetheless, the majority (80%) of people desired a translocation of the troublesome monkeys from their properties to protected areas, which is impractical. Few (< 1%) openly wanted monkeys destroyed. While a traditional reverence for monkeys provides a solid basis for science and media-based education, it also contributes to the feeding of monkeys and consequent unnatural population growth, and enhanced HMC. Public understanding of the underlying causes of HMC was poor, hindering effective solutions. A combination of a feeding ban, possibly contraceptive intervention at localized HMC trouble spots, and extensive education may be the only benign alternatives to the destruction of wild primates by a powerful minority. Coexistence through strengthening and expansion of exclusive suitable protected habitats for all wildlife is a priority.

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Crop-raiding macaques: predictions, patterns and perceptions from Langtang National Park, Nepal

Cited by 27 publications

References 38 publications

Impacts of human-wildlife conflict in developing countries

Impacts of human-wildlife conflict in developing countries

Traditions, taboos and trade in slow lorises in Sundanese communities in southern Java, Indonesia

Assessing Public Perceptions and Solutions to Human-Monkey Conflict from 50 Years in Sri Lanka

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