Valuing the cost of human-wildlife conflict in India

By |2021-06-01T16:53:44+05:30March 12, 2021|Science Blog|

In India, thousands of people live around India’s wildlife reserves and experience conflict in the form of crop and property damage, livestock predation, and human injury and death. It has been estimated that state governments spend ~Rs. 38 Crores ($5 Million) annually to compensate for wildlife-related damages to property and life.