UNDERSTANDING AND MITIGATING HUMAN WILDLIFE CONFLICT WITH REFERENCE TO THE FOREST BORDERING VILLAGES OF WAYANAD DISTRICT OF KERALA
Dr.Joby Clement
Human–wildlife conflict occurs with various negative results. The major outcomes of human-wildlife conflict are Injury and loss of life of humans and wildlife, Crop damage, livestock depredation.The conflict that takes many forms ranging from loss of life or injury to humans, and animals both wild and domesticated, to competition for scarce resources to loss and degradation of habitat. The study carried out in Noolpuzha, Nenmeni Gramapanchayths of Wayanad District. Both GPs are sharing their boundaries with forest and plenty of tribal hamlets are included in the forest boundaries. Thottamoola, Nenmenikunnu, Muthanga, Pazhoor, Valluvady, Vadakkanadu are the specific villages were researcher met people who specified issues of conflict with wildlife.20 farmers from both GPs were selected randomly as source of data in focused group discussion with 17 questions. Priorities were given to the male family head because of the nature of the issue and the experiences. Collected data were analyzed and interpreted. Development is not possible without considering farmers and competent Government bodies should address their issues in time. It is also very important that we protect our wild life, since they are real expressions of the abundant nature.
KEYWORDS: Wildlife, Human-being, Conflict, Development
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Vol | : | 7 |
Issue | : | 8 |
Month | : | August |
Year | : | 2019 |