Latin America

Key Papers

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Álvarez, H. G., and G. Zapata-Ríos. 2021. Do social factors influence perceptions of the jaguar Panthera onca in Ecuador? Oryx:1-8.  Download 

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Azevedo, F. C. C., P. H. Nobre, G. A. Ferreira, R. Morato, R. C. de Paula, P. R. Amaral, E. Eizirik, C. C. Sartor, and A. Andriolo. 2023. Translocation as a tool for the conservation of the jaguar Panthera onca: a case study in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Oryx:1-5.   Download 

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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 

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Balaguera-Reina, S., and N. Farfán Ardila. 2018. Are we ready for successful apex predator conservation in Colombia? Human-crocodilian interactions as a study case. Herpetological Review 49:5-12.  External resource

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Balbuena-Serrano, Á., M. M. Zarco-González, O. Monroy-Vilchis, R. G. Morato, and R. C. De Paula. 2021. Hotspots of livestock depredation by pumas and jaguars in Brazil: a biome-scale analysis. Animal Conservation 24:181-193.  External resource 

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Becker, A., Negrões, N., Díez-León, M., Lafuente-Cartagena, I., Guerra, N., Larrea-Alcázar, D., Boron, V., Arias, M., Sainz, L., Peñaranda, M., Sanabria, B., Anne Glikman, J.A. 2026.  Hunting, non-timber forestry products, and jaguars (Panthera onca): How livelihoods influence views toward jaguars in protected areas of the Bolivian Amazon. Journal for Nature Conservation, 89:127128. External resource

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Benavides, P., and J. Caviedes. 2021. Unnatural pumas and domestic foxes: relations with protected predators and conspiratorial rumours in southern Chile. Environmental Values.  External resource 

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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 

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Borges, A.B.T. & Silva E.H. 2002. Biology of a lowland tapir population and it's potential as a community involvement agent in the Serra do Tabuleiro Stae Parl, Santa Catarina State, Brazil. Newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group Vol. 11/No. 2. Download

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Castellanos, A. & Gomez, L. 2015. Reintroduced Andean tapir attacks a person in the Antisana Ecological Reserve, Ecuador. Newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group Vol. 22/No. 33. Download

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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

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Catapani, M.L.; Aguirra , I.R., Araujo, F.A.S., Moss , A., Massocato, G; Oliveira, B. and Desbiez, A.L.J. 2024. Manejo do fogo na pecuária pantaneira: percepções e oportunidades para sua gestão sustentável no bioma. Ecologia do Fogo e Conservação do Bioma Pantanal, 14(4). Download

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Catapani, M. L., Desbiez, A.L.J. and Morsello, C. 2024. Giant anteaters as bad omens: Determinants and implications of wildlife superstitions. People and Nature, 6(3):987–1000. Download

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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. Front. Conserv. Sci., 2. Download

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Connolly, E., and H. Nelson. 2023. Jaguars in the borderlands: multinatural conservation for coexistence in the Anthropocene. Frontiers in Conservation Science 4.   Download 

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Debrot AO, van den Burg MP, Sideleau B & van der Ploeg J. 2025. New records for the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) for the Southern Dutch Antilles, placed in the context of the species’ regional range re-expansion. Caribbean Journal of Science. Caribbean Journal of Science 55(1):205-215. External resources 

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Desbiez, A.L.J., Oliveira, B. and Catapani, M.L. 2020. Bee careful! Conflict between beekeepers and giant armadillos (Priodontes maximus) and potential ways to coexist. Edentata 21:1–12. Download

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de Souza, J.C., da Cunha, V.P. & Markwith, S.H. 2015. Spatiotemporal variation in human-wildlife conflicts along highway BR-262 in the Brazilian Pantanal. Wetlands Ecol Manage 23:227–239. External resources

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de Thoisy, B. & Vogel, I. 2002. French Guiana Status of Lowland Tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) in French Guiana: A Preliminary Assessment. Newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group Vol. 11/No. 2. Download

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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

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Ferraz, et al. 2022. Best of both worlds: Combining ecological and social research to inform conservation decisions in a Neotropical biodiversity hotspot. Journal for Nature Conservation, 66. External resources 

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Flores, C., G. Lichtenstein, and A. Schiavini. 2023. Human–wildlife conflicts in Patagonia: ranchers’ perceptions of guanaco Lama guanicoe abundance. Oryx:1-11.   Download 

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García-Grajales, J., and A. Buenrostro-Silva. 2019. Assessment of human–crocodile conflict in Mexico: patterns, trends and hotspots areas. Marine and Freshwater Research 70:708-720.  External resource 

 

González-Desales, G. A., L. Sigler, J. García-Grajales, P. Charruau, M. M. Zarco-González, Á. Balbuena-Serrano, and O. Monroy-Vilchis. 2021. Factors influencing the occurrence of negative interactions between people and crocodilians in Mexico. Oryx:1-9.  Download 

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Guzman, B.K., Cotrina-Sánchez, A., Guzmán, C.T., Oliva, M., Tarifeño, C.M.O., Cerna, M.Y.H. & Sandoval, J.D.R. 2023. Predicting potential distribution and identifying priority areas for conservation of the lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) in Peruvian Amazon. Journal for Nature Conservation, 73:126397. External resources

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Haddad, V., Assunção, M.C., de Mello, R.C. & Duarte, M.R. 2005. A fatal attack caused by a lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) in southeastern Brazil. Wilderness Environ Med. 2005 Summer; 16(2):97-100. External resources​

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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 

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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 

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Huerta-Rodríguez, J., Poot-Sarmiento, I., Duarte-Morales, A., Martínez-Martínez, V. & Reyna-Hurtado, R. 2024. Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii) avoid human settlements and roads while searching for water in community-owned forests from the Calakmul region. Therya; 15. Download

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Machado, R. 2022. Ingestion of fishing items by South American sea lion in southern Brazil: indicating a neglected problem. Fisheries Research 255:106459.   External resource 

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Marchini, S., Boulhosa, R., Camargo, J., Camilo, A.R., Concone, H., Feliciani, F., Ferrardo, I., et al. (2024). A systems approach to planning for human-wildlife coexistence: The case of people and jaguars in the Brazilian Pantanal. Conservation Science and Practice e13082. Download

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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

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Pérez-Flores, J., Mardero, S., López-Cen, A. & Contreras-Moreno, F.M. 2021. Human-wildlife conflicts and drought in the greater Calakmul Region, Mexico: implications for tapir conservation. Neotropical Biology and Conservation 16(4): 539-563. External resources​

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Pinto-Marroquin, M., C. Castaño-Uribe, J. Pérez-Torres, J. F. Aristizabal, D. Santos-Fita, A. Ramos Chaparro, and J. C. Serio-Silva. 2022. Potential conflict as an opportunity for coexistence: cosmovision and attitudes of Arhuaco people towards jaguars. Ethnobiology and Conservation 11.   Download 

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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 

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Ramos, K. L., R. Machado, C. Zapelini, L. C. de Castilho, and A. Schiavetti. 2023. Knowledge, attitudes and behavioural intentions of gillnet fishermen towards the South American sea lion in two marine protected areas in southern Brazil. Ocean & Coastal Management 242:106673.   External resource 

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Ribeiro, Y.G.G., Saito, E.N., Catapani, M.L., de Morais, R.B., Yogui, D.R., Sonetti-González, T., Mancilla Garcia, M., & Desbiez, A.L.J. 2025. Uncovering barriers and paths for ensuring road mitigation to reduce wildlife collisions: Establishing grounds for action. Conservation Science and Practice, 7(9), e70124. Download

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Ribeiro, Y.G.G., Bastos, R.M., Silva, B.O., Marchini, S., Morais, R.B.,  Catapani, M.L., Corrêa, P.L.P., da Rocha, R.L.A., da SilvaA.M. and Ferraz K.M.P.M.B. 2023. Social media data from two iconic Neotropical big cats: can this translate to action? Frontiers in Conservation Science, 4. Download

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Rojas-VeraPinto, R., C. Bautista, and N. Selva. 2022. Living high and at risk: predicting Andean bear occurrence and conflicts with humans in southeastern Peru. Global Ecology and Conservation:e02112.   Download 

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Sandoval-Hernández, I., A. Duran-Apuy, and J. Quirós-Valerio. 2017. Activities that may influence the risk of crocodile (Crocodylus acutus: Reptilia: Crocodilidae) attack to humans in the Tempisque River area, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. UNICIENCIA 31:13-22.  Download 

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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 

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​Serrano-Mac-Gregor, I., Reyna-Hurtado, R., Molina-Rosales, D. & Naranjo-Piñera, E. 2021. Baird’s tapir: predicting patterns of crop damage surrounding the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Campeche, Mexico. Revista mexicana de biodiversidad, 92, e923520. External resources

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Vargas, S. P., M. Hargreaves, J. P. Del Valle, A. Hodges, E. Beltrami, M. F. Toledo, and G. Sapaj-Aguilera. 2022. Coexistence in times of climate crisis: a participatory mapping to understanding conservation conflicts in the Central Andes of Chile. Frontiers in Conservation Science 3.   Download 

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Vélez, J., McShea, W., Pukazhenthi, B., Rodríguez, J.D.,  Suárez, M.F., Torres, J.M., Barrera, C. & Fieberg, J. 2022. Cattle exclusion increases encounters of wild herbivores in Neotropical forests. Journal of Applied Ecology, 61(10). External resources

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Waters, S. 2015. Crop-raiding Baird’s Tapir Provoke Diverse Reactions from Subsistence Farmers in Belize. Newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group Vol. 24/No. 33. Download

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Zimmermann, A., P. Johnson, A. E. de Barros, C. Inskip, R. Amit, E. C. Soto, C. A. Lopez-Gonzalez, C. Sillero-Zubiri, R. de Paula, S. Marchini, J. Soto-Shoender, P. G. Perovic, S. Earle, C. J. Quiroga-Pacheco, and D. W. Macdonald. 2021. Every case is different: cautionary insights about generalisations in human-wildlife conflict from a range-wide study of people and jaguars. Biological Conservation 260:109185.  External resource