Perceptions of nonhuman primates in human–wildlife conflict scenarios

Hill, Catherine M.; Webber, Amanda D.

doi:10.1002/ajp.20845

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“…Empathy also appears to play a key role in attitudes and behavior toward other animals (Ascione 1992;Taylor and Signal 2005). Where human cultures believe that there is no definite boundary between nonhuman primates and humans, people tend to hold more positive feelings toward these other species (Hill and Webber 2010). Furthermore, individuals who are less supportive of hierarchies tend to see more similarities between humans and nonhuman animals (Costello and Hodson 2010).…”

Section: Improving the Situationmentioning

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Carnivores, Colonization, and Conflict: A Qualitative Case Study on the Intersectional Persecution of Predators and People in Namibia

Rust

Taylor

2016

Anthrozoös

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Section: Improving the Situationmentioning

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Carnivores, Colonization, and Conflict: A Qualitative Case Study on the Intersectional Persecution of Predators and People in Namibia

Rust

Taylor

2016

Anthrozoös

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“…In particular, species that occur in large groups and are visually intimidating are most frequently likely to be perceived as a serious pest, regardless of the amount of damage caused (Hill, 2000;Riley, 2007). This negative perception poses a major threat to their conservation (Hill and Webber, 2010;Lee and Priston, 2005). The lethal control of ''pests'' has caused the extinction of several animal species (Woodroffe et al, 2005) and cercopithecines are frequently killed in retaliation for raiding (Boulton et al, 1996;IUCN, 2013;Priston, 2005;Richard et al, 1989;Strum, 2010).…”

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“…Some species may currently be providing critical services in disturbed habitats in Asia and Africa (Agmen et al, 2010). However, the role of most species is under-appreciated because species that are most tolerant to disturbance are frequently considered to be pests and may be actively persecuted (Hill and Webber, 2010).…”

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The value of disturbance-tolerant cercopithecine monkeys as seed dispersers in degraded habitats

Albert¹,

McConkey²,

Savini³

et al. 2014

Biological Conservation

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a b s t r a c tHabitat disturbance has caused a global decline in populations of frugivores, with critical consequences for seed dispersal. Large-seeded plants are especially threatened as they depend on a restricted number of large-bodied dispersers that are vulnerable to extinction and cannot maintain populations in most disturbed habitats. Cercopithecine monkeys are potentially key seed dispersers in disturbed habitats, because of the robustness of some species to disturbance and their ability to disperse large seeds. However, the potential ecological roles of the more disturbance-tolerant species are rarely discussed. This review evaluates the seed dispersal role of cercopithecines in disturbed habitats by investigating their ability to tolerate habitat disturbance, their seed dispersal abilities, and the threats to species survival. Cercopithecines are characterised by ecological flexibility; most species adjust their diet, group size, home range size and, often, feeding methods according to resource availability and habitat structure. Consequently, 79% of species are tolerant of varying degrees of habitat disturbance. Cercopithecines are often inconsistent seed dispersers, but they have the capacity to disperse many seeds, large seeds and to disperse them across large distances. They may be among the most important frugivores in altered environments in Asia and Africa. However, many disturbance-tolerant cercopithecine species are targeted by local people as pests, which poses a major threat to their conservation. In conclusion, the management of all disturbance-tolerant cercopithecine species should be re-evaluated given their importance in the regeneration of degraded Asian and African habitats.

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“…as it is extremely complex to understand and solve (Leong et al, 2012); this infers that parochialism should be avoided and instead we must begin to understand the intricacy of the problem both to effectively manage it in the long-term (Madden & McQuinn, 2014) and to bridge perceptions with reality (Hill & Webber, 2010).…”

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Understanding the human dimensions of coexistence between carnivores and people: A case study in Namibia

Rust¹

2018

Preprint

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Many carnivore populations were in decline throughout much of the 20 th century, but due to recent conservation policies, their numbers are stabilising or even increasing in some areas of the world. This, compounded with human population growth, has caused increased livestock depredation by carnivores, which threatens farmer livelihoods, particularly those in developing countries such as Namibia. How to resolve this so-called "conflict" between carnivores and livestock farmers remains challenging, in part because some mitigation strategies have proven somewhat ineffective or unacceptable. By using a case-study approach on the commercial farmlands of northcentral Namibia, I aimed to understand the complexity of the human dimensions affecting coexistence between carnivores and people in an unprotected working landscape. Specifically, my objectives were to 1) develop a participatory decisionmaking exercise to analyse the views of stakeholders on how they would like carnivores to be managed in unprotected lands, 2) understand how the media framed financial incentives to improve human-carnivore coexistence, and 3) determine if there were any underlying social, economic or political causes of negative human-carnivore interactions on commercial livestock farms.To answer objective 1, I developed a new decision-making exercise that combined Q-methodology and the Delphi technique to determine whether a diverse group of stakeholders could agree on how to manage carnivores on commercial farmland. A strong agreement was reached by participants: providing conservation education and training on livestock husbandry were acceptable and effective ways to improve coexistence with carnivores. This new also method highlighted areas of disagreement between stakeholders and showed that there were two different narratives on how carnivores should be managed. This method could be used by policy makers to help with participatory decision-making for resolving other conservation conflicts.To answer objective 2, I undertook content analysis of national newspapers to determine how the media framed articles on financial incentives to mitigate this conservation conflict. The most common (30%) financial incentive discussed was compensation -many (61%) of these articles framed compensation positively. Niki Rust © 2015However, upon categorising these articles into those where respondents were enrolled in compensation schemes compared with those who were not, a clear pattern emerged: articles were more likely (89%) to be framed ambivalently or negatively when respondents had experience of this financial incentive compared with respondents that did not. These results can help conservationists plan more effective communication interventions and anticipate issues that can affect the success of mitigation strategies.To answer objective 3, I undertook eight months of participant observation on livestock farms and interviewed 69 respondents and found that reported livestock depredation was associated with increased instances of poaching of wildl...

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Perceptions of nonhuman primates in human–wildlife conflict scenarios

Cited by 126 publications

References 20 publications

Carnivores, Colonization, and Conflict: A Qualitative Case Study on the Intersectional Persecution of Predators and People in Namibia

Carnivores, Colonization, and Conflict: A Qualitative Case Study on the Intersectional Persecution of Predators and People in Namibia

The value of disturbance-tolerant cercopithecine monkeys as seed dispersers in degraded habitats

Understanding the human dimensions of coexistence between carnivores and people: A case study in Namibia

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