Human adaptation strategies are key to cobenefits in human–wildlife systems

Sustainable development goals such as global food security and biodiversity conservation can conflict because these efforts create situations where humans and wildlife share landscapes, often leading to interactions that detrimentally affect both groups. Therefore, coexistence between humans and wil...

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Published in:Conservation letters 2021-03, Vol.14 (2), p.n/a
Main Authors: Killion, Alexander K., Ramirez, Julianna M., Carter, Neil H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation
agriculture
Biodiversity
Classification
Coexistence
conflict
Conservation
Context
development
Food security
global
Influence
Livestock
Repellents
review
Scaling up
shared landscapes
Stakeholders
sustainability
Sustainable development
transdisciplinary
Variables
Wildlife
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife management
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Summary:Sustainable development goals such as global food security and biodiversity conservation can conflict because these efforts create situations where humans and wildlife share landscapes, often leading to interactions that detrimentally affect both groups. Therefore, coexistence between humans and wildlife is more likely when adaptation strategies produce and sustain cobenefits, rather than benefitting one group only. However, we lack a good understanding of how different social and ecological factors contribute to cobenefit outcomes, which limits our opportunities to address local issues and scale up successful conservation actions. Here, we performed the first global review of the human–wildlife interaction literature to assess which human adaptation strategies generated cobenefits and how stakeholder involvement and other context‐specific conditions mediated those outcomes. We found that active guarding, fencing, repellents, and socioeconomic mechanisms consistently led to cobenefits across species and contexts. Thus, these interventions might be the best candidates for scaling up coexistence from local to regional or national scales. Surprisingly, stakeholder involvement was less consequential than other variables, yet, overall, it played an important role in sustaining cobenefits regardless of adaptation strategy or social–ecological context. We highlight future research directions to help manage tradeoffs and achieve sustainable coexistence outcomes in shared landscapes.
ISSN:1755-263X
1755-263X
DOI:10.1111/conl.12769