We are pleased to share with you an exciting new international scientific publication authored by Dr. Jared D. Margulies from the University of Sheffield (UK) and Dr. Krithi K. Karanth from the Centre for Wildlife Studies (India).
The paper titled “The production of human-wildlife conflict: A political animal geography of encounter” will be published in Volume 95, October 2018 of the international journal Geoforum. The study can be accessed online at : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2018.06.011
This study examines how a transforming rural economy is providing new grounds for conflicts with carnivores in the villages surrounding Bandipur National Park in Karnataka, India. It reveals how much-publicized state narratives about human-wildlife conflict conceal more foundational changes in the livelihood strategies of local people.
The authors investigated the reasons behind declining tolerance for injury and death by carnivores in the Bandipur area. They determined that rising use of expensive hybrid cattle and protected area management strategies were behind this change.
