A pan-African spatial assessment of human conflicts with lions and elephants.
Journal
Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
20 05 2021
20 05 2021
Historique:
received:
07
04
2020
accepted:
13
04
2021
entrez:
21
5
2021
pubmed:
22
5
2021
medline:
2
6
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
African lions (Panthera leo) and African savanna (Loxodonta africana) and forest (L. cyclotis) elephants pose threats to people, crops, and livestock, and are themselves threatened with extinction. Here, we map these human-wildlife conflicts across Africa. Eighty-two percent of sites containing lions and elephants are adjacent to areas with considerable human pressure. Areas at severe risk of conflict (defined as high densities of humans, crops, and cattle) comprise 9% of the perimeter of these species' ranges and are found in 18 countries hosting, respectively, ~ 74% and 41% of African lion and elephant populations. Although a variety of alternative conflict-mitigation strategies could be deployed, we focus on assessing the potential of high-quality mitigation fences. Our spatial and economic assessments suggest that investments in the construction and maintenance of strategically located mitigation fences would be a cost-effective strategy to support local communities, protect people from dangerous wildlife, and prevent further declines in lion and elephant populations.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34017002
doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23283-w
pii: 10.1038/s41467-021-23283-w
pmc: PMC8138028
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
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