People’s perception towards Human Wildlife Conflicts in Forest – Agricultural landscape in the Eastern Ghats of Erode District, Tamil Nadu.
Keywords:
Human Animal Conflict, Crop damage, Human perceptionAbstract
The growing demand for more people and the ensuing changes in land use that are incompatible with wildlife habitat on the forest edges also significantly add to the issue. Episodes of these conflicts (HWC) have escalated and have been a significant source of concern for local people living close to protected areas because human settlements have encroached on the boundaries of forests. Common manifestations of these confrontations include crop raiding incidents and attacks by wild animals. As a result of a rise in human-animal conflict in the Erode Forest Division's, forest border communities. Since our study's primary goal was to understand how people perceive these disputes, we conducted household interviews in four villages in Erode District. The study's findings suggest that respondents have negative attitudes toward animals and little knowledge of the forest department's conservation activities. The responders are keen to work with the forest department to develop a solution to reduce conflict-related incidents.
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