Ecological vulnerability: the law and governance of human-wildlife relationships

Humans are responsible for biodiversity loss in many related and sometimes conflicting ways. Human-wildlife conflict, commonly defined as any negative interaction between people and wildlife, is a primary contributor to wildlife extinction and a manifestation of the destructive relationship that peo...

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Main Author: Woolaston, Katie 1983- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2022
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Summary:Humans are responsible for biodiversity loss in many related and sometimes conflicting ways. Human-wildlife conflict, commonly defined as any negative interaction between people and wildlife, is a primary contributor to wildlife extinction and a manifestation of the destructive relationship that people have with wildlife. The author presents this 'wicked' problem in a social and legal context and demonstrates that legal institutions structurally deny human-wildlife conflict, while exacerbating conflict, promoting values consistent with individual autonomy, and ignoring the interconnected vulnerabilities shared by human and non-human species alike. It is the use of international and state law that sheds light on existing conflicts, including dingo conflict on K'Gari-Fraser Island in Australia, elephant conflict in Northern Botswana, and the global wildlife trade contributing to COVID-19. This book presents a critical analysis of human-wildlife conflict and its governance, to guide lawyers, scientists and conservations alike in the transformation of the management of human-wildlife conflict
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Introduction -- The human-wildlife relationship : an ecofeminist approach to vulnerability theory -- Friends in the wild? : the problem of human-wildlife conflict and its governance -- Friends in law? : the critical complexities of international wildlife law -- Human-dingo conflict on K'Gari-Fraser Island -- Human-elephant conflict in Northern Botswana -- Pandemic vulnerability and resilience : wildlife and COVID-19 -- Conclusion
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 236 Seiten)
ISBN:9781009051958
DOI:10.1017/9781009051958

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