Tensed yes, not a conflict
5 months, 1 week ago

Tensed yes, not a conflict

New Indian Express  

The complaints are high during the months when the animals enter human settlements to feast on jackfruits and such seasonal fruits,” says G V Shibu, deputy range forest officer, Thodayar section. As per a 2020 study ‘Human Wildlife Conflict: A Case Study in Kerala’, there are seven notified kinds of conflicts between man and animal: human-leopard, human-tiger, human-elephant, human-wild boar, human-monkey, human-sloth bear, and human-snakes. “Our complaints fell on deaf ears, and it is only now when the animals started entering the villages adjoining forests that the people are taking note of the issue.” In March 2024, the state government had declared man-animal conflict as a state-specific disaster, being the first state in the country to do so, after reports of deaths from animal attacks. Conflict report As per 2020’s Human Wildlife Conflict study in Kerala, there are seven notified kinds of conflicts between man and animal Human-leopard, human-tiger, human elephant, human-wild boar, human-monkey, human-sloth bear, and human-snakes

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Lack of data, studies hinder efforts to check man-animal conflicts: Zacharia
1 year, 7 months ago

Lack of data, studies hinder efforts to check man-animal conflicts: Zacharia

The Hindu  

Tackling the man-wild animal conflicts becomes a challenging task in the absence of proper data and conflict mapping, Chief Forest Veterinary Surgeon Arun Zacharia has said. Finding easy prey Wild animals stray into human inhabited areas due to various reasons. “Degradation and fragmentation of forests often leads to wild animals straying into human inhabited areas. Wildfire, developmental activities near the …

Action is needed to restore harmony in ‘urban jungles’
1 year, 8 months ago

Action is needed to restore harmony in ‘urban jungles’

Hindustan Times  

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Explained | Kerala’s escalating human-wildlife conflicts
2 years, 5 months ago

Explained | Kerala’s escalating human-wildlife conflicts

The Hindu  

The story so far: In another instance of human-wildlife conflict in Kerala, sixty-year-old Sivaraman was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Dhoni, Palakkad, while on a morning walk on July 8. Although this situation makes human-animal conflict inevitable, in recent years, Kerala has seen a sharp increase in the number of such incidents with those living near forest …

‘Conflict within conflict’: Wild animal attacks rise in Kashmir
3 years, 5 months ago

‘Conflict within conflict’: Wild animal attacks rise in Kashmir

Al Jazeera  

Nearly 200 people have been killed and more than 2,000 others wounded in man-animal conflict in the region since 2011. There has been a rise in human encounters with wild animals in the territory, with many calling it a “conflict within conflict”. “There has been massive deforestation in the Pir Panjal forest division in the last few years,” he said, …

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