Task Force Publications
Position Statement on the Management of Human-Wildlife Conflict
This position statement summarises the most important aspects of understanding and addressing human-wildlife conflicts. The IUCN SSC Human-Wildlife Conflict Task Force urges governments, non-governmental organizations, researchers, practitioners, community leaders, environmental agencies and others to ensure that efforts to manage human-wildlife conflicts are pursued through well-informed, holistic, and collaborative processes that take into account underlying social, cultural and economic contexts.
IUCN (2020). IUCN SSC Position Statement on the Management of Human-Wildlife Conflict. IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Human-Wildlife Conflict Task Force.
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What is Human-Wildlife Conflict?
This briefing paper explains the IUCN SSC Human-Wildlife Conflict Task Force's definition of human-wildlife conflict, providing an explanation
of the different considerations and nuances of this term and concept.
IUCN SSC HWCTF (2020). What is human-wildlife conflict? Briefing Paper by the IUCN SSC Human-Wildlife Conflict Task Force. 
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IUCN SSC Guidelines on Human-Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence
COMING SOON
The Task Force is currently preparing a comprehensive technical policy and advisory document for practitioners working on human-wildlife conflict. Once drafted the guidelines will proceed through a consultation process to receive inputs and comments before being published.