Assessing and evaluating human-wildlife interactions for coexistence in shared landscapes
Land sharing strategies for conciliating biodiversity conservation and human development usually do not consider the need to deal with human-wildlife conflicts, a type of human-wildlife interaction (HWI). To measure, monitor and solve conflicts is fundamental to achieve the coexistence necessary to...
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| author | Katia Maria Paschoaletto Micchi de Barros Ferraz Isabella de Freitas Bento Anna Beatriz Queiroz Di Souza Caio da Silveira Nunes Maria Augusta de Mendonça Guimarães Monicque Silva Pereira Monicque Silva Pereira Livia Lima da Silva Letícia Keiko Nunes de Campos Anita Seneme Gobbi José Caio Quadrado Alves Loisa Fabrícia Prates Alvarez Silvio Marchini Ana Carla Medeiros Morato de Aquino Vinicius Kenji de Moraes Sato Roberta Montanheiro Paolino Roberta Montanheiro Paolino |
| author_facet | Katia Maria Paschoaletto Micchi de Barros Ferraz Isabella de Freitas Bento Anna Beatriz Queiroz Di Souza Caio da Silveira Nunes Maria Augusta de Mendonça Guimarães Monicque Silva Pereira Monicque Silva Pereira Livia Lima da Silva Letícia Keiko Nunes de Campos Anita Seneme Gobbi José Caio Quadrado Alves Loisa Fabrícia Prates Alvarez Silvio Marchini Ana Carla Medeiros Morato de Aquino Vinicius Kenji de Moraes Sato Roberta Montanheiro Paolino Roberta Montanheiro Paolino |
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| description | Land sharing strategies for conciliating biodiversity conservation and human development usually do not consider the need to deal with human-wildlife conflicts, a type of human-wildlife interaction (HWI). To measure, monitor and solve conflicts is fundamental to achieve the coexistence necessary to promote environmental and social justice. Here, we present a new approach to assess and evaluate HWI aiming to inform decision-making regarding conflicts. We developed a method to classify and map events between humans and wildlife according to their nature, context and effect for both sides, distinguishing what an encounter (unidirectional) is and what an interaction (bidirectional effect) is. We typified and categorized HWI regarding their effects (positive or negative) for both sides. We compiled opportunistic observations from events between humans and wildlife in a shared landscape (campus Luiz de Queiroz, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil) from February 2022 until April 2024. We created a standardized table, performed descriptive statistics, used Minimum Bounding Geometry and Kernel Density, a simple method idealized to assist scientists and managers in different contexts. We had a total of 570 events, of which 297 were characterized as encounters and 273 as HWI. We recorded 42 animal taxa related to the events, of which 36 interacted with humans, being Nasua nasua, Cairina moschata, and Didelphis albiventris the most frequent ones. We identified 16 types of HWI that can occur in shared landscapes, 10 were categorized as Human-Wildlife Conflict, six as Unsustainable Use, four as Wildlife Damage and three as Convivencia, with some classified in more than one category. Among them, 10 occurred in our studied landscape with Unintentional Feeding being the most frequent one. We classified for the first time Unexpected Encounter, Accident Avoidance and Chase Away as HWI. Spaces of interaction were close to main buildings, central lawn and cats’ feeding sites. Our approach was useful to prioritize species and stakeholders, and to identify the large amount of food supply due to inadequate waste disposal and domestic cat feeding as the primary reason for most of HWI in our studied landscape. We recommend a comprehensive characterization of HWI to find interconnections and guide strategies for coexistence. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dbba69e84c294afbbf84d1b5ce0501922025-01-06T06:59:13ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Conservation Science2673-611X2025-01-01510.3389/fcosc.2024.14560721456072Assessing and evaluating human-wildlife interactions for coexistence in shared landscapesKatia Maria Paschoaletto Micchi de Barros Ferraz0Isabella de Freitas Bento1Anna Beatriz Queiroz Di Souza2Caio da Silveira Nunes3Maria Augusta de Mendonça Guimarães4Monicque Silva Pereira5Monicque Silva Pereira6Livia Lima da Silva7Letícia Keiko Nunes de Campos8Anita Seneme Gobbi9José Caio Quadrado Alves10Loisa Fabrícia Prates Alvarez11Silvio Marchini12Ana Carla Medeiros Morato de Aquino13Vinicius Kenji de Moraes Sato14Roberta Montanheiro Paolino15Roberta Montanheiro Paolino16Laboratório de Ecologia, Manejo e Conservação de Fauna Silvestre, Departamento de Ciências Florestais, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Piracicaba, SP, BrazilLaboratório de Ecologia, Manejo e Conservação de Fauna Silvestre, Departamento de Ciências Florestais, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Piracicaba, SP, BrazilLaboratório de Ecologia, Manejo e Conservação de Fauna Silvestre, Departamento de Ciências Florestais, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Piracicaba, SP, BrazilLaboratório de Ecologia, Manejo e Conservação de Fauna Silvestre, Departamento de Ciências Florestais, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Piracicaba, SP, BrazilLaboratório de Ecologia, Manejo e Conservação de Fauna Silvestre, Departamento de Ciências Florestais, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Piracicaba, SP, BrazilLaboratório de Ecologia, Manejo e Conservação de Fauna Silvestre, Departamento de Ciências Florestais, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Piracicaba, SP, BrazilSecretaria de Meio Ambiente, Infraestrutura e Logística do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, BrazilLaboratório de Ecologia, Manejo e Conservação de Fauna Silvestre, Departamento de Ciências Florestais, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Piracicaba, SP, BrazilLaboratório de Ecologia, Manejo e Conservação de Fauna Silvestre, Departamento de Ciências Florestais, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Piracicaba, SP, BrazilLaboratório de Ecologia, Manejo e Conservação de Fauna Silvestre, Departamento de Ciências Florestais, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Piracicaba, SP, BrazilLaboratório de Ecologia, Manejo e Conservação de Fauna Silvestre, Departamento de Ciências Florestais, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Piracicaba, SP, BrazilLaboratório de Ecologia, Manejo e Conservação de Fauna Silvestre, Departamento de Ciências Florestais, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Piracicaba, SP, BrazilLaboratório de Ecologia, Manejo e Conservação de Fauna Silvestre, Departamento de Ciências Florestais, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Piracicaba, SP, BrazilLaboratório de Ecologia, Manejo e Conservação de Fauna Silvestre, Departamento de Ciências Florestais, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Piracicaba, SP, BrazilLaboratório de Ecologia, Manejo e Conservação de Fauna Silvestre, Departamento de Ciências Florestais, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Piracicaba, SP, BrazilLaboratório de Ecologia, Manejo e Conservação de Fauna Silvestre, Departamento de Ciências Florestais, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Piracicaba, SP, BrazilLaboratório de Ecologia e Conservação, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, BrazilLand sharing strategies for conciliating biodiversity conservation and human development usually do not consider the need to deal with human-wildlife conflicts, a type of human-wildlife interaction (HWI). To measure, monitor and solve conflicts is fundamental to achieve the coexistence necessary to promote environmental and social justice. Here, we present a new approach to assess and evaluate HWI aiming to inform decision-making regarding conflicts. We developed a method to classify and map events between humans and wildlife according to their nature, context and effect for both sides, distinguishing what an encounter (unidirectional) is and what an interaction (bidirectional effect) is. We typified and categorized HWI regarding their effects (positive or negative) for both sides. We compiled opportunistic observations from events between humans and wildlife in a shared landscape (campus Luiz de Queiroz, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil) from February 2022 until April 2024. We created a standardized table, performed descriptive statistics, used Minimum Bounding Geometry and Kernel Density, a simple method idealized to assist scientists and managers in different contexts. We had a total of 570 events, of which 297 were characterized as encounters and 273 as HWI. We recorded 42 animal taxa related to the events, of which 36 interacted with humans, being Nasua nasua, Cairina moschata, and Didelphis albiventris the most frequent ones. We identified 16 types of HWI that can occur in shared landscapes, 10 were categorized as Human-Wildlife Conflict, six as Unsustainable Use, four as Wildlife Damage and three as Convivencia, with some classified in more than one category. Among them, 10 occurred in our studied landscape with Unintentional Feeding being the most frequent one. We classified for the first time Unexpected Encounter, Accident Avoidance and Chase Away as HWI. Spaces of interaction were close to main buildings, central lawn and cats’ feeding sites. Our approach was useful to prioritize species and stakeholders, and to identify the large amount of food supply due to inadequate waste disposal and domestic cat feeding as the primary reason for most of HWI in our studied landscape. We recommend a comprehensive characterization of HWI to find interconnections and guide strategies for coexistence.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcosc.2024.1456072/fullfeeding wildlifehuman-wildlife conflictsnuisance wildlifeurban spacewildlife |
| spellingShingle | Katia Maria Paschoaletto Micchi de Barros Ferraz Isabella de Freitas Bento Anna Beatriz Queiroz Di Souza Caio da Silveira Nunes Maria Augusta de Mendonça Guimarães Monicque Silva Pereira Monicque Silva Pereira Livia Lima da Silva Letícia Keiko Nunes de Campos Anita Seneme Gobbi José Caio Quadrado Alves Loisa Fabrícia Prates Alvarez Silvio Marchini Ana Carla Medeiros Morato de Aquino Vinicius Kenji de Moraes Sato Roberta Montanheiro Paolino Roberta Montanheiro Paolino Assessing and evaluating human-wildlife interactions for coexistence in shared landscapes Frontiers in Conservation Science feeding wildlife human-wildlife conflicts nuisance wildlife urban space wildlife |
| title | Assessing and evaluating human-wildlife interactions for coexistence in shared landscapes |
| title_full | Assessing and evaluating human-wildlife interactions for coexistence in shared landscapes |
| title_fullStr | Assessing and evaluating human-wildlife interactions for coexistence in shared landscapes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing and evaluating human-wildlife interactions for coexistence in shared landscapes |
| title_short | Assessing and evaluating human-wildlife interactions for coexistence in shared landscapes |
| title_sort | assessing and evaluating human wildlife interactions for coexistence in shared landscapes |
| topic | feeding wildlife human-wildlife conflicts nuisance wildlife urban space wildlife |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcosc.2024.1456072/full |
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