Position Statement
On the Management of Human-Wildlife Conflict
IUCN
Some human-wildlife conflicts involve situations where lives and livelihoods are at very serious risk, requiring urgent attention that cannot wait for the outcomes of research, dialogues and conflict mediation. In emergency cases, there may be no other option than to implement imperfectly-informed damage control measures as soon as possible. Yet these can and should be swiftly followed by the development of long-term, collaborative and holistic plans for conflict management. As such, human-wildlife conflict presents not only a global challenge, but also an opportunity for biodiversity and communities – a crucial part in the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda’s vision for the planet, in which “humanity lives in harmony with nature and in which wildlife and other living species are protected.”