Conflict analysis & theory

This section provides guidance, research, and frameworks on understanding and addressing conflicts in conservation. Resources explore conflict, theories, and tools, highlighting approaches for analysing, managing, and transforming disputes between stakeholders, wildlife, and communities.
Guidance Documents
Conflict assessment framework version 2.0 (2012). (USAID) External resource
Key Papers
Aich, R. S., and P. Chakraborty. 2022. Kamot: the first academic investigation of human-shark conflict in Sundarbans. TRACE ∴ Journal for Human-Animal Studies 8. Download
Ainsworth, G. B., S. M. Redpath, M. Wilson, C. Wernham, and J. C. Young. 2020. Integrating scientific and local knowledge to address conservation conflicts: towards a practical framework based on lessons learned from a Scottish case study. Environmental Science & Policy 107:46-55. External resource
Amarasinghe, A. T., M. B. Madawala, D. S. Karunarathna, S. C. Manolis, A. de Silva, and R. Sommerlad. 2015. Human-crocodile conflict and conservation implications of Saltwater Crocodiles Crocodylus porosus (Reptilia: Crocodylia: Crocodylidae) in Sri Lanka. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7:7111-7130. Download
Amelot, M., F. Plard, C. Guinet, J. P. Y. Arnould, N. Gasco, and P. Tixier. 2022. Increasing numbers of killer whale individuals use fisheries as feeding opportunities within subantarctic populations. Biology Letters 18:20210328. External resource
Anand, S., and S. Radhakrishna. 2022. Collective movement decision-making in primates in crop-raiding contexts. Behavioural Processes:104604. External resource
Anderson, M. B., L. Olson, and K. Doughty. 2003. Confronting war: critical lessons for peace practitioners. Collaborative for Development Action, Incorporated. External resource
Ballejo, F., P. Plaza, A. di Virgilio, M. Lucherini, P. Gáspero, M. M. Guerisoli, A. Novaro, M. Funes, and S. A. Lambertucci. 2022. Unravelling negative interactions between humans, mammalian carnivores and raptors in South America. Ecología Austral. Download
Banasiak, N. M., M. W. Hayward, and G. I. H. Kerley. 2021. Emerging human–carnivore conflict following large carnivore reintroductions highlights the need to lift baselines. African Journal of Wildlife Research 51. External resource
Barnett, A., R. Fitzpatrick, M. Bradley, I. Miller, M. Sheaves, A. Chin, B. Smith, A. Diedrich, J. L. Yick, N. Lubitz, K. Crook, C. Mattone, M. B. Bennett, L. Wojtach, and K. Abrantes. 2022. Scientific response to a cluster of shark bites. People and Nature. Download
Bitencourt, MM & Maschio, GF. 2023. Incidence and characteristics of crocodilian incidents on humans in Brazil in the period 2000–2022. The Herpetological Journal, 33(3): 76-82. External resource
Bombieri, G., V. Penteriani, K. Almasieh, H. Ambarlı, M. R. Ashrafzadeh, C. S. Das, N. Dharaiya, R. Hoogesteijn, A. Hoogesteijn, D. Ikanda, W. Jędrzejewski, M. Kaboli, A. Kirilyuk, A. K. Jangid, R. K. Sharma, H. Kushnir, B. R. Lamichhane, A. Mohammadi, O. Monroy-Vilchis, J. M. Mukeka, I. Nikolaev, O. Ohrens, C. Packer, P. Pedrini, S. Ratnayeke, I. Seryodkin, T. Sharp, H. S. Palei, T. Smith, A. Subedi, F. Tortato, K. Yamazaki, and M. d. M. Delgado. 2023. A worldwide perspective on large carnivore attacks on humans. PLOS Biology 21:e3001946. Download
Bota, G., J. Traba, F. Sardà-Palomera, D. Giralt, and C. Pérez-Granados. 2022. Passive acoustic monitoring for estimating human-wildlife conflicts: the case of bee-eaters and apiculture. Ecological Indicators 142:109158. Download
Brien, M. L., C. M. Gienger, C. A. Browne, M. A. Read, M. J. Joyce, and S. Sullivan. 2017. Patterns of human–crocodile conflict in Queensland: a review of historical estuarine crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) management. Wildlife Research 44:281-290. External resource
Budd, K., C. Sampson, P. Leimgruber, D. Tonkyn, K. Storey, M. Garrett, and L. S. Eggert. 2021. Population structure and demography of Myanmar's conflict elephants. Global Ecology and Conservation:e01828. Download
Burton, J. 1990. Conflict: basic human needs. International Journal of Peace Studies 6. External resource
Caldicott, D. G. E., D. Croser, C. Manolis, G. Webb, and A. Britton. 2005. Crocodile attack in Australia: an analysis of its incidence and review of the pathology and management of crocodilian attacks in general. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 16:143-159. External resource
Castellano, A.X. 2019. The threat of road-kill to Andean tapirs: the case of ‘Jorgito’, the Andean tapir that lived beside the Quito-Amazon highway, Ecuador. Boletín Técnico 14, Serie Zoológica 14-15:1-5. Download
Catapani, M. L., C. Morsello, B. Oliveira, and A. L. J. Desbiez. 2021. Using a conflict framework analysis to help beekeepers and giant armadillos (Priodontes maximus) coexist. Frontiers in Conservation Science 2. Download
Charerntantanakul, W., S. Shibata, and C. E. Vincenot. 2023. Amidst nets and typhoons: conservation implications of bat–farmer conflicts on Okinawa Island. Oryx:1-9. Download
Cocimano, M. A., A. S. Nanni, and A. E. Izquierdo. 2021. Co-building knowledge on human-puma conflict: a case study in a village of the Argentine Puna ecoregion. Human Dimensions of Wildlife:1-20. External resource
Cook, P., J. E. Hawes, J. V. Campos-Silva, and C. A. Peres. 2022. Human-wildlife conflicts with crocodilians, cetaceans and otters in the tropics and subtropics. Peerj 9:e12688. Download
Corriveau, A., M. Klaassen, S. T. Garnett, M. Kaestli, M. W. Power, M. Mousavi-Derazmahalleh, M. L. Coghlan, K. Christian, M. Bunce, and H. A. Campbell. 2022. Using dietary metabarcoding analyses to characterise waterbirds–agriculture interactions. Journal of Applied Ecology. Download
Corvera, M.D., Manalo, R.I. and Aquino, M.T.R. 2017. People and crocodiles sharing one environment: An analysis of local human-crocodile conflict management strategies in the Philippines. Journal of Animal Science and Research 1(1). External resources
Cusack, J. J., T. Bradfer-Lawrence, Z. Baynham-Herd, S. Castelló y Tickell, I. Duporge, H. Hegre, L. Moreno Zárate, V. Naude, S. Nijhawan, J. Wilson, D. G. Zambrano Cortes, and N. Bunnefeld. 2021. Measuring the intensity of conflicts in conservation. Conservation Letters n/a:e12783. Download
Denninger Snyder, K., K. M. Tiedeman, B. J. Barrett, M. Kibwe, R. J. Hijmans, and G. Wittemeyer. 2023. Differentiated drivers in wildlife-induced damage necessitate species-specific mitigation strategies in the western Serengeti, Tanzania. Biological Conservation 285:110202. Download
Deutsch, M. 1973. The resolution of conflict: constructive and destructive processes. Yale University Press. External resource
Dickman, A. J. 2010. Complexities of conflict: the importance of considering social factors for effectively resolving human-wildlife conflict. Animal Conservation 13:458-466. External resource
Ditmer, M. A., G. Wittemyer, K. A. Zeller, S. W. Breck, R. J. Fletcher Jr, and K. R. Crooks. 2023. Predicting dispersal and conflict risk for wolf recolonization in Colorado. Journal of Applied Ecology. Download
Doucey, M. 2011. Understanding the root cases of conflicts: why it matters for international crisis. International Affairs Review XX. External resource
Dukes, F. 1999. Why conflict transformation matters: three cases. Peace and Conflict Studies 6:53-72. External resource
Dunham, K. M., A. Ghiurghi, R. Cumbi, and F. Urbano. 2010. Human-wildlife conflict in Mozambique: a national perspective, with emphasis on wildlife attacks on humans. Oryx 44:185-193. External resource
Edelblutte, É., R. Krithivasan, and M. N. Hayek. 2022. Animal agency in wildlife conservation and management. Conservation Biology n/a:e13853. External resource
Ehrhart, S., O. Soliku, and U. Schraml. 2021. Conservation conflicts in the context of protected areas in Ghana and Germany: commonalities, differences and lessons for conflict analysis and management. GeoJournal. External resource
Elbroch, L. M., and A. Treves. 2023. Why might removing carnivores maintain or increase risks for domestic animals? Biological Conservation 283:110106. Download
Eriksson, L., M. Johansson, J. Månsson, S. M. Redpath, C. Sandström, and J. Elmberg. 2021. Individuals and multilevel management: a study of the perceived adaptive capacity of the goose management system among farmers in Sweden. Society & Natural Resources:1-19. Download
Esteban, R., A. López, Á. G. de los Rios, M. Ferreira, F. Martinho, P. Méndez-Fernandeza, E. Andréu, J. C. García-Gómez, L. Olaya-Ponzone, R. Espada-Ruiz, F. J. Gil-Vera, C. M. Bernal, E. Garcia-Bellido Capdevila, M. Sequeira, and J. A. Martínez-Cedeira. 2022. Killer whales of the Strait of Gibraltar, an endangered subpopulation showing a disruptive behavior. Marine Mammal Science. External resource
Estrada, N. 2006. Humans Attacked by a Baird’s Tapir (Tapirus bairdii) in the Sierra de Agalta National Park, Olancho, Honduras. Newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group Vol. 15/No. 20. Download
cEklund, A., et al. 2023. Navigating ‘human–wildlife conflict’ situations from the perspective of conservation and livelihoods. Biological Conservation, 283. External resources
Eustace, A., D. M. Gunda, R. Mremi, J. Sanya, E. Kamili, W. A. Munuo, M. M. Saigilu, E. H. Martin, A. W. Kisingo, and L. Kahana. 2022. Patterns pertaining to crocodile attacks on humans in Tanzania: baseline data to support mitigation measures. Human Ecology. External resource
Filla, M., R. P. Lama, T. R. Ghale, T. Filla, M. Heurich, M. Waltert, and I. Khorozyan. 2022. Blue sheep strongly affect snow leopard relative abundance but not livestock depredation in the Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal. Global Ecology and Conservation:e02153. Download
Fraser-Celin, V.-L., A. J. Hovorka, and J. J. Silver. 2018. Human conflict over wildlife: exploring social constructions of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) in Botswana. Human Dimensions of Wildlife:1-18. External resource
French, L. A., S. R. Midway, D. H. Evans, and G. H. Burgess. 2021. Shark side of the moon: are shark attacks related to lunar phase? Frontiers in Marine Science 8. Download
Fukuda, Y., C. Manolis, K. Saalfeld, and A. Zuur. 2015. Dead or alive? Factors affecting the survival of victims during attacks by saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) in Australia. Plos One 10:12. Download
Gálvez, N., F. A. V. St. John, and Z. G. Davies. 2021. Drivers of predator killing by rural residents and recommendations for fostering coexistence in agricultural landscapes. Frontiers in Conservation Science 2. Download
Gani, M.I.Z.A., Hassan, R., Tisen, O.B. & Ahmad, R. 2022. Human-Crocodile Conflicts in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo: An analysis of crocodile attacks from 2000 until 2020. International Journal of Biology and Biomedical Engineering, 16: 186-195. External resources
Gervasi, V., J. D. C. Linnell, T. Berce, L. Boitani, R. Cerne, P. Ciucci, B. Cretois, D. Derron-Hilfiker, C. Duchamp, A. Gastineau, O. Grente, D. Huber, Y. Iliopoulos, A. A. Karamanlidis, I. Kojola, F. Marucco, Y. Mertzanis, P. Männil, H. Norberg, N. Pagon, L. Pedrotti, P.-Y. Quenette, S. Reljic, V. Salvatori, T. Talvi, M. von Arx, and O. Gimenez. 2021. Ecological correlates of large carnivore depredation on sheep in Europe. Global Ecology and Conservation 30:e01798. Download
Gervasi, V., V. Salvatori, G. Catullo, and P. Ciucci. 2021. Assessing trends in wolf impact on livestock through verified claims in historical vs. recent areas of occurrence in Italy. European Journal of Wildlife Research 67:82. External resource
Gimonkar, Y., M.-A. Lea, P. Burch, J. P. Y. Arnould, M. Sporcic, and P. Tixier. 2022. Quantifying killer whale depredation in the blue-eye trevalla commercial fisheries of south-east Australia. Ocean & Coastal Management 221:106114. External resource
Harris, A.-E., G. Maharaj, M. T. Hallett, M. A. Pierre, C. Chesney, and A. Melville. 2022. Influence of diet overlap and nest-site aggression on human–black caiman conflict in Guyana. Human Dimensions of Wildlife:1-10. Download
Hemminger, K., H. König, J. Månsson, S.-D. Bellingrath-Kimura, and L. Nilsson. 2022. Winners and losers of land use change: a systematic review of interactions between the world’s crane species (Gruidae) and the agricultural sector. Ecology and Evolution 12:e8719. Download
Hendrick, D. 2009. Complexity theory and conflict transformation: an exploration of potential and implications. Centre for Conflict Resolution, Department of Peace Studies, Working Paper 17, June 2009, University of Bradford. Download
Hermira, A. A. C., and F. Michalski. 2022. Crop damage by vertebrates in Latin America: current knowledge and potential future management directions. Peerj 10:e13185. Download
Hicks, T. 2001. Another look at identity‐based conflict: the roots of conflict in the psychology of consciousness. Negotiation Journal 17:35-45. External resource
Hodges, C. W., C. H. Barnes, P. Patungtaro, and C. T. Strine. 2021. Deadly dormmate: a case study on Bungarus candidus living among a student dormitory with implications for human safety. Ecological Solutions and Evidence 2:e12047. Download
Hodgson, I. D., A. Fischer, S. M. Redpath, and J. C. Young. 2022. Fight or flight? Understanding different stakeholder responses to conservation conflicts. Society & Natural Resources:1-18. Download
Hodgson, I. D., S. M. Redpath, A. Fischer, and J. Young. 2018. Fighting talk: organisational discourses of the conflict over raptors and grouse moor management in Scotland. Land Use Policy 77:332-343. External resource
Hodgson, I. D., S. M. Redpath, A. Fischer, and J. Young. 2019. Who knows best? Understanding the use of research-based knowledge in conservation conflicts. Journal of Environmental Management 231:1065-1075. External resource
Hoel, K., A. Chin, and J. Lau. 2022. Clashing conservation values: the social complexities of shark depredation. Biological Conservation 272:109658. External resource
Hoffmann, C. F., and R. A. Montgomery. 2022. Implications of taxonomic bias for human–carnivore conflict mitigation. Oryx:1-10. Download
Hoffmann, C. F., N. W. Pilfold, K. A. Ruppert, A. Letoluai, L. Lenguya, I. Limo, and R. A. Montgomery. 2022. The integral nature of encounter rate in predicting livestock depredation risk. Frontiers in Conservation Science 3. Download
Innes, J. E., and D. E. Booher. 1999. Consensus building and complex adaptive systems. Journal of the American Planning Association 65:412-423. External resource
Kalyahe, M. M., H. Hofer, and M. L. East. 2022. Do anthropogenic sources of food increase livestock predation in the area surrounding Ruaha National Park? Environmental Conservation:1-9. External resource
Karki, A., and S. Panthi. 2021. Factors affecting livestock depredation by snow leopards (Panthera uncia) in the Himalayan region of Nepal. Peerj 9:e11575. Download
Khorozyan, I., and M. Heurich. 2022. Large-scale sheep losses to wolves (Canis lupus) in Germany are related to the expansion of the wolf population but not to increasing wolf numbers. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10. Download
Koirala, S., P. A. Garber, D. Somasundaram, H. B. Katuwal, B. Ren, C. Huang, and M. Li. 2021. Factors affecting the crop raiding behavior of wild rhesus macaques in Nepal: implications for wildlife management. Journal of Environmental Management 297:113331. External resource
Konrad, L., and A. Levine. 2021. Controversy over beach access restrictions at an urban coastal seal rookery: exploring the drivers of conflict escalation and endurance at Children’s Pool Beach in La Jolla, CA. Marine Policy 132:104659. Download
Kudrenko, S., A. Ordiz, F. Stytsenko, S. L. Barysheva, S. Bartalev, L. Baskin, and J. E. Swenson. 2021. Brown bear-caused human injuries and fatalities in Russia are linked to human encroachment. Animal Conservation. Download
Lacroux, C., B. Robira, N. Kane-Maguire, N. Guma, and S. Krief. 2022. Between forest and croplands: nocturnal behavior in wild chimpanzees of Sebitoli, Kibale National Park, Uganda. Plos One 17:e0268132. Download
Lamb, C. T., L. Smit, G. Mowat, B. McLellan, and M. Proctor. 2023. Unsecured attractants, collisions, and high mortality strain coexistence between grizzly bears and people in the Elk Valley, southeast British Columbia. Conservation Science and Practice n/a:e13012. Download
Lecuyer, L., S. Calmé, B. Schmook, and R. M. White. 2022. Conservation conflict hotspots: mapping impacts, risk perception and tolerance for sustainable conservation management. Frontiers in Conservation Science 3. Download
Lederach, J. P., H. Culbertson, and R. Neufeldt. 2007. Reflective peacebuilding: a planning, monitoring and learning toolkit. Joan B. Kroc Inst. for International Peace Studies. External resource
Liu, M., Y. Wang, F. Xia, H. Bu, Y. Liu, X. Shen, and S. Li. 2022. Free-ranging livestock altered the spatiotemporal behavior of the endangered North Chinese leopard (Panthera pardus japonensis) and its prey and intensified human–leopard conflicts. Integrative Zoology. External resource
Lu, Q., L. Xiao, C. Cheng, Z. Lu, J. Zhao, and M. Yao. 2021. Snow leopard dietary preferences and livestock predation revealed by fecal DNA metabarcoding: no evidence for apparent competition between wild and domestic prey. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9. Download
Madden, F. 2004. Creating coexistence between humans and wildlife: global perspectives on local efforts to address human–wildlife conflict. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 9:247-257. External resource
Madden, F., and B. McQuinn. 2014. Conservation's blind spot: the case for conflict transformation in wildlife conservation. Biological Conservation 178:97-106. Download
Maheritafika, H. M. R., E. Robsomanitrandrasana, S. Rabesihanaka, F. Rafenomanana, A. Ravaoarimalala, L. Andrianjaratina, C. Manolis, and C. Lippai. 2016. Preliminary assessment of human-crocodile conflict in Madagascar. Newsletter of the Crocodile Specialist Group 35:19-21. External resource
Marino, A., and V. Rodríguez. 2022. Competitive exclusion and herbivore management in a context of livestock-wildlife conflict. Austral Ecology. External resource
Matanzima, J., I. Marowa, and T. Nhiwatiwa. 2022. Negative human–crocodile interactions in Kariba, Zimbabwe: data to support potential mitigation strategies. Oryx:1-5. Download
Mateos-González, F., L. Poledník, and K. Poledníková. 2023. European ground squirrels in backyard gardens: identifying and mitigating agricultural conflicts with an endangered species. Animal biodiversity and conservation 46. Download
Mayer, M., K. Olsen, B. Schulz, J. Matzen, C. Nowak, P. F. Thomsen, M. M. Hansen, C. Vedel-Smith, and P. Sunde. 2022. Occurrence and livestock depredation patterns by wolves in highly cultivated landscapes. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10. Download
McPherson, S. C., P. Sumasgutner, B. H. Hoffman, B. D. L. Padbury, M. Brown, T. P. Caine, and C. T. Downs. 2021. Surviving the urban jungle: anthropogenic threats, wildlife-conflicts, and management recommendations for African crowned eagles. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9. Download
Miller, E.N., V. Trim, N.J. Lunn, D. McGeachy & A.E. Derocher. 2023. Post-conflict movements of polar bears in western Hudson Bay, Canada. Arctic Science, 9(4):796-806. Download
Mills, K. L., J. L. Belant, M. Beukes, E. Dröge, K. T. Everatt, R. Fyumagwa, D. S. Green, M. W. Hayward, K. E. Holekamp, F. G. T. Radloff, G. Spong, J. P. Suraci, L. K. Van der Weyde, C. C. Wilmers, N. H. Carter, and N. J. Sanders. 2023. Tradeoffs between resources and risks shape the responses of a large carnivore to human disturbance. Communications Biology 6:986. Download
Mitchell, J. D., J. M. Drymon, J. Vardon, P. G. Coulson, C. A. Simpfendorfer, S. B. Scyphers, S. M. Kajiura, K. Hoel, S. Williams, K. L. Ryan, A. Barnett, M. R. Heupel, A. Chin, M. Navarro, T. Langlois, M. J. Ajemian, E. Gilman, E. Prasky, and G. Jackson. 2022. Shark depredation: future directions in research and management. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. Download
Montero-Botey, M., and R. Perea. 2022. An increasing human-elephant conflict? Impact of African elephant on cultivated cashew trees. European Journal of Wildlife Research 69:5. External resource
Mourier, J., M. Soria, A. Blaison, M. Simier, G. Certain, A. Demichelis, and T. Hattab. 2021. Dynamic use of coastal areas by bull sharks and the conciliation of conservation and management of negative human–wildlife interactions. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. External resource
Neo, W. H. Y., M. I. Lubis, and J. S. H. Lee. 2022. Settlements and plantations are sites of human–tiger interactions in Riau, Indonesia. Oryx:1-5. Download
Niella, Y., V. M. Peddemors, M. Green, A. F. Smoothey, and R. Harcourt. 2021. A “wicked problem” reconciling human-shark conflict, shark bite mitigation, and threatened species. Frontiers in Conservation Science 2. Download
Nogueira, A.L.G., Alves, C., Loisa Fabrícia Prates Alvarez, L.F.P., Cera, M.B., de Mendonça Guimarães, M.A., Rabelo, M.A., Beltrão, M.G., Pereira, M.S., Hatakeyama, R. & de Barros Ferraz, K.M.P.M. 2025. Human-wildlife conflicts in Brazil: Navigating through shared and spared landscapes. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation; 23(4). External resource
Ordiz, A., D. Canestrari, and J. Echegaray. 2022. Wolf conservation and management in Spain, an open debate. Frontiers in Environmental Science 10. Download
Pahuja, M., and R. K. Sharma. 2021. Wild predators, livestock, and free ranging dogs: patterns of livestock mortality and attitudes of people toward predators in an urbanizing Trans-Himalayan landscape. Frontiers in Conservation Science 2. Download
Parchizadeh, J., and J. L. Belant. 2021. Brown bear and Persian leopard attacks on humans in Iran. Plos One 16:e0255042. Download
Pike, K. N., S. Blake, F. Cabrera, I. J. Gordon, and L. Schwarzkopf. 2021. Body size, sex and high philopatry influence the use of agricultural land by Galapagos giant tortoises. Oryx:1-10. Download
Pooley, S., P. A. Siroski, L. Fernandez, B. Sideleau, and P. Ponce-Campos. 2021. Human–crocodilian interactions in Latin America and the Caribbean region. Conservation Science and Practice n/a:e351. Download
Pooley, S. 2015. Using predator attack data to save lives, human and crocodilian. Oryx 49:581-583. Download
Powell, G., T. M. M. Versluys, J. J. Williams, S. Tiedt, and S. Pooley. 2020. Using environmental niche modelling to investigate abiotic predictors of crocodilian attacks on people. Oryx:1-9. External resource
Pozo, R. A., J. J. Cusack, P. Acebes, J. E. Malo, J. Traba, E. C. Iranzo, Z. Morris-Trainor, J. Minderman, N. Bunnefeld, S. Radic-Schilling, C. A. Moraga, R. Arriagada, and P. Corti. 2021. Reconciling livestock production and wild herbivore conservation: challenges and opportunities. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. Download
Prins, H. H., Y. Liefting, and J. F. de Jong. 2021. Marginal farmers carry the burden of damage caused by Asian elephants Elephas maximus in Bardiya National Park, Nepal. Oryx:1-9. Download
Redpath, S. A., B. E. Arroyo, E. M. Leckie, P. Bacon, N. Bayfield, R. J. Gutierrez, and S. J. Thirgood. 2004. Using decision modeling with stakeholders to reduce human-wildlife conflict: a raptor-grouse case study. Conservation Biology 18:350-359. External resource
Redpath, S. M., J. Young, A. Evely, W. M. Adams, W. J. Sutherland, A. Whitehouse, A. Amar, R. A. Lambert, J. D. C. Linnell, A. Watt, and R. J. Gutierrez. 2013. Understanding and managing conservation conflicts. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 28:100-109. External resource
Roberts, N.L.S., et al. 2022. Global mortality of snakebite envenoming between 1990 and 2019. Nature Communications 13:6160. Download
Salvatori, V., E. Balian, J. C. Blanco, P. Ciucci, L. Demeter, T. Hartel, K. Marsden, S. M. Redpath, Y. von Korff, and J. C. Young. 2020. Applying participatory processes to address conflicts over the conservation of large carnivores: understanding conditions for successful management. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8. External resource
Sampson, C., S. L. Rodriguez, P. Leimgruber, Q. Huang, and D. Tonkyn. 2021. A quantitative assessment of the indirect impacts of human-elephant conflict. Plos One 16:e0253784. Download
Samuel, V.D., Jeevamani, J.J.J., Fukuda, Y., Muruganandam, R., Biswal, M., Ramesh, R. and Purvaja, R. 2025. Managing the recovering saltwater crocodile population in a marine protected area with human-wildlife conflict: A population viability analysis approach. Journal for Nature Conservation 84. External resources
Sandroni, L. T., K. M. P. M. de Barros Ferraz, S. Marchini, A. Percequillo, R. Coates, R. M. Paolino, Y. Barros, M. Landis, Y. G. G. Ribeiro, and L. P. Munhoes. 2022. Stakeholder mapping as a transdisciplinary exercise for jaguar conservation in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Conservation Science and Practice n/a:e12651. Download
Scharhag, J. M., C. Sartini, S. M. Crimmins, S. E. Hygnstrom, and J. B. Stetz. 2021. Characteristics of non-fatal attacks by black bears: conterminous United States, 2000–2017. Human–Wildlife Interactions 15:23. Download
Serenari C, Othman N binti, Yadav K, Rubino E, Goossens B. 2025. Investigating Blame for Human-Wildlife Conflict: Reason Conditions for Human-Elephant Conflict in Borneo. Tropical Conservation Science, 18. External resource
Shankar VS, Purti N & Prabakaran N. 2024. Snowballing trends of saltwater crocodile conflicts in Andaman Islands: A mounting concern for conservation and sustainable co-existence. European Journal of Wildlife Research 70(4): 67. External resources
Sharp, T. R., T. S. Smith, S. Swaminathan, and A. S. Arun. 2022. Sloth bear attacks: regional differences and safety messaging. Scientific Reports 12:3943. Download
Sideleau, B., Staniwiecz, A., Syah, M., Shaney, K.J. 2022. An analysis of tomistoma (Tomistoma schlegelii) attacks on humans. Marine and Freshwater Research, 73(11): 1331-1338. External resources
Sideleau, B., Sitorus, T., Suryana, D. and A.R.C. Britton. 2021. Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) attacks in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Marine and Freshwater Research, 72(7) 978-986. External resources
Sideleau, B.M., Edyvane, K.S., and A.R.C. Britton. 2016. An analysis of recent saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) attacks in Timor-Leste and consequences for management and conservation. Marine and Freshwater Research, Marine and Freshwater Conservation, 68(5) 801-809. External resources
Simakani, A., Mashapa, C., Muboko, N., Mutanga, C. N., & Gandiwa, E. 2023. Trends and local perceptions of human-crocodile conflicts in Kariba town, northern Zimbabwe. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 29(4), 432–440. External resources
Simpfendorfer, C. A., M. R. Heupel, and D. Kendal. 2021. Complex human-shark conflicts confound conservation action. Frontiers in Conservation Science 2. Download
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