Local Perspectives on Conflicts with Wildlife and Their Management in the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Arroyo-Quiroz, Inés; García-Barrios, Raúl; Argueta-Villamar, Arturo; Smith, Robert J.; Salcido, Ramón Pérez Gil

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“…The perceived risks, as well as the fear these incidents provoke, has caused the offending species to be tolerated less by humans (Neto et al 2011, Arroyo-Quiroz et al 2017.…”

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“…Thus, it is important to promote research on how HWC can affect the success of NPA and include such findings in their planning and management. It is also important to generate information regarding the geographical location of potential conflict sites, the perceptions and attitudes of the communities involved (Hill 2004, Arroyo-Quiroz et al 2017, as well as the tolerance of local population towards the wild species considered to be harmful, whilst analyzing the socio Flores-Armillas et al Human wildlife conflicts studies in Mexico Ecosist. Recur.…”

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Human-wildlife conflicts in Mexico: Review of status and perspectives

Flores-Armillas

Valenzuela‐Galván

Peña‐Mondragón

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Ecosist. Recur. Agropec.

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Human wildlife conflicts (HWC) represent a global challenge for the conservation of species. We registered all the available scientific publications on this subject from 1983 to 2017, in order to analyze the HWC research performed in Mexico. Our results indicate that this subject has been scarcely studied, with less than half of the studies published in scientific journals. The reviewed documents focus on the description and quantification of damage by wildlife, with a total of 112 species mentioned including birds, amphibians, mammals and reptiles that damage crops, livestock, poultry, and human health. Of these, nine species made up 41% of the total amount of species that were mentioned. We believe that adequate management and resolution of HWC requires the participation and training of groups of multidisciplinary scientists and technicians. Research in Mexico is scarce and recent and is mostly promoted by the conservation programs and strategies implemented by the federal government.

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“…The perceived risks, as well as the fear these incidents provoke, has caused the offending species to be tolerated less by humans (Neto et al 2011, Arroyo-Quiroz et al 2017.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Human-wildlife conflicts in Mexico: Review of status and perspectives

Flores-Armillas

Valenzuela‐Galván

Peña‐Mondragón

et al. 2019

Ecosist. Recur. Agropec.

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“…The thematic classification of the five journals with the highest H-index indicates that the fields of Environmental Sciences and Agricultural and Biological Sciences have received the most attention, specifically in the areas of nature conservation and ecology. The analysis of search results performed directly in Scopus found that Environmental Sciences and Agricultural and Biological Sciences concentrate most of the production, followed by Social Sciences, which could be related to the fact that the local population can exert multiple pressures on the ecosystem services provided by PAs (Arroyo-Quiroz et al, 2017;Egarter et al, 2021;Schirpke et al, 2017) or, on the other hand, that the public can simply accept or reject PAs (Zorondo-Rodríguez et al, 2019).…”

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Effectiveness and management of terrestrial protected areas: a bibliometric analysis

Ospino,

Yepes

2024

Rev. ambiente água

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Effectively managed protected areas (PAs) are an efficient strategy to promote sustainable development and human well-being. The objective of this study was to examine aspects related to the evaluation of PA effectiveness and management, for which a bibliometric analysis was performed by taking as a reference the English language publication made globally from 2013 to 2022 in the Scopus database. Three research trends were found. The first is studies on conservation planning, management, and evaluation, with multiple approaches aimed at developing tools to determine PA effectiveness objectively. The second studies the impacts of human activities on PAs and considers human pressure, the impacts of anthropogenic climate change, and the valuation of ecosystem services, among others. The third studies specific indicators to determine the effectiveness of a specific set of PAs or one in particular. Finally, conservation management was identified as a basic topic that has not been sufficiently developed, so the convenience of developing management and evaluation models for PA management should be evaluated in future research. Keywords: assessment, conservation area, efficacy.

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“…learning, inspiration and spirituality, is not often published in English peer-reviewed journals and thus lost to the broader scientific community (e.g. Alves, 2012;Arroyo-Quiroz et al, 2017).…”

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“…attacks and injuries). Other negative effects of wildlife interactions are negative emotions such as fear (Arroyo-Quiroz et al, 2017;Ogra, 2008) or bad mental health after conflicts or injuries .…”

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Relationships between wildlife/biodiversity and human well-being : a macro-level approach

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Nature and its constituents are known to affect human well-being in positive and negative ways. Nature can be beneficial for humans by providing, for instance, food, recreation or inspiration. Natural disasters or transmitted diseases are, on the other hand, examples of nature’s detrimental or harmful contributions to human well-being. Such positive as well as negative effects have been termed Nature’s Contributions to People (NCP) by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and can be categorized into three different types of contributions: regulating, material and non-material NCP. While regulating and material NCP have been studied extensively, research on the non-material NCP is less common in comparison, especially regarding non-material NCP of biodiversity and wildlife. This dissertation therefore aims at shedding light on the non-material links between biodiversity, wildlife and human well-being. The thesis presents the results of three individual research studies in three separate chapters (CH1, 2 & 3). In the first chapter (CH1) I conduct a systematic literature review on the non-material contributions of wildlife. Several previous reviews have published overviews on the non-material contributions of wildlife. However, only a few of these reviews examine both the positive and negative effects of wildlife in combination. These reviews usually cover few aspects of human well-being (e.g. recreation, health, psychological well-being) or just focus on a specific group of wildlife species (e.g. carnivores, scavengers). In addition, the pathways determining how wildlife affects human well-being are yet little understood. The aim of this review is therefore to create a holistic overview of the current knowledge on non-material contributions of wildlife (WCP), by summarising research on positive and negative effects and disentangling potential channels of human-wildlife experiences. My results show that most studies in scientific literature report negative WCP. However, over the last decade the number of publications on positive WCP has increased, mainly in the Global North. This change in research focus, at the turn of the century, may be related to the newly emerging ideas and perspectives on nature during that time (e.g. Ecosystem Services and NCP). The results may also indicate different research interests across global regions and a focus on positive WCP (especially in the Global North). Surprisingly, the review identifies a lack of joint systematic assessments of positive and negative WCP across taxa, human well-being dimensions and ways (channels) of wildlife experiences. Studies show taxon-specific differences, with predominantly positive WCP reported for birds and predominantly negative WCP published for mammals and reptiles. Physical health was the most examined human well-being dimension, while many others, such as subjective well-being, social well-being, learning, identity or sense of place were rarely studied in comparison. The two channels of wildlife experiences that have been mainly studied or reported are Interaction and Knowing. While Interaction describes multisensory experiences in which people physically interact with wildlife. Knowing describes the metaphysical connection between humans and wildlife that arises through thinking or remembering experiences from wildlife encounters (including knowledge about wildlife). To date, only few published studies examine the relationship between biodiversity and human well-being across larger spatial scales. For instance, little is known about how biodiversity is related to human well-being on the national or continental level. The second and third chapter (CH2 & 3) are thus comprised of two empirical case studies which examine the relationship between biodiversity and human well-being across Germany and Europe, respectively. As indicator for biodiversity, I use different species diversity measures including species richness and abundance. In the second chapter (CH2) I analyse the association between species richness and human health across Germany. The results demonstrate a significant positive relationship between plant and bird species richness and mental health while controlling for a multitude of socio-economic and demographic factors as well as other nature characteristics. In the third chapter (CH3) I conduct the first study on the relationship between species diversity and subjective well-being on the continental level. The results show that bird species richness (unlike mammal, megafauna and tree richness) is positively associated with life-satisfaction, a measure for subjective well-being across Europe. These results are robust while accounting for socio-economic and macro-economic factors. The results of both empirical studies are in correspondence with previous research, conducted on the local and national level. Overall, my dissertation shows that wildlife and biodiversity greatly affect human well-being and provide substantial non-material NCP. ...

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Local Perspectives on Conflicts with Wildlife and Their Management in the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

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