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Reticula n. 34/2023

Coexistence and management of human-wildlife conflicts

The proximity between human populations and wild animals has always generated conflicts. Recently, however, this phenomenon has reached an alarming extent, such that it is a critical factor for the conservation of the species involved and generates negative effects on the livelihoods of local communities. The IUCN defines such situations as “conflicts that arise when the presence or behaviour of wildlife poses a real or perceived, direct and recurrent threat to human interests or needs, leading to disagreements between groups of people and negative impacts on people and/or wildlife”.

These human-wildlife conflicts are complex, dynamic and do not lend themselves to simple analysis and solutions. To manage them effectively and, above all, with a view to coexistence, an approach is needed that considers the needs of both fauna and humans.

The issue is intended to collect experiences, activities, and good practices on the topic of human-wildlife conflict management, with a focus on contributions based on the assumption of a necessary coexistence between wildlife and humans, hoping that this issue will stimulate reflection on the topic by raising awareness that coexistence is not only necessary, but possible.

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ISPRA
Technical Periodicals
(Periodici tecnici) Reticula
34/2023
2283-9232

SUMMARY

 Preface by the Editorial Board

 THE EDITORIALS

 Human-wildlife interaction: conflict or opportunity for social growth?

Valeria Salvatori

 Coexistence is equivalent to survival. A journey between past and present to reflect on human relationship with wildlife

Daniela D’Amico

 POSSIBLE TOOLS AND EXPERIENCES FOR COEXISTENCE

 When bears make the news: an analysis of human-bear relationship through the Italian media

Laura Scillitani

 Large predators and the mandatory or binding nature of ISPRA opinions: a poorly posed question

Marco Olivi

 The tools of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 2023/2027 for preventing conflicts with wildlife

Luigi Servadei

 The challenge of coexistence in the LIFE WolfAlps EU

Francesca Marucco, Arianna Menzano, Elisa Avanzinelli, Serena Perrone, Valentina Ruco, Maria Virginia Boiani, Laura Scillitani

 bOX. The LIFE Bear-Smart Corridors project

Daniela D’Amico

 Conflicts with human activities or threats to conservation? The case of the Bonelli's eagle in Sardinia

Elisabetta Raganella Pelliccioni, Massimiliano Di Vittorio, Vasco Avramo, Riccardo Nardelli, Fernando Spina, Lorenzo Serra

 

Bird strikes: more than a century of conflict in the world's skies

Alessandro Montemaggiori

 BOX. Animal-Vehicle Collision Prevention System: a tool by LIFE project “SAFE CROSSING” to mitigate wildlife-vehicle crashes

Simone Ricci, Antonio Antonucci, Roberta Latini, Gian Paolo Pollini, Annette Mertens

 The role of farms for the conservation of biodiversity in the Foreste Casentinesi National Park

Gloria Moretti, Davide Alberti, Nadia Cappai, Carlo Pedrazzoli, Luisa Vielmi

 Innovative methods for detecting Vespa velutina nests

Simone Lioy, Riccardo Maggiora, Marco Porporato

 The Wild boar in the Colli Euganei protected area: management applications

Michele Gallo, Giorgio Battilana, Giuseppe Rocca

 Integrated passive defense from wildlife damage to fish farms: a case study in Mantova Province

Paolo Solci, Alessandro Riviera