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A community-based approach to mitigating livestock depredation by Snow Leopards [1]

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Livestock depredation by the endangered snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is an increasingly contentious issue in Himalayan villages, especially in or near protected areas. Mass attacks in which as many as 100 sheep and goats are killed in a single incident inevitably result in retaliation by local villagers. This article describes a community-based conservation initiative to address this problem in Hemis National Park, India. Human-wildlife conflict is alleviated by predator-proofing villagers' nighttime livestock pens and by enhancing household incomes in environmentally sensitive and culturally compatible ways. The authors have found that the highly participatory strategy described here (Appreciative Participatory Planning and Action

Publication Date: 
01/07/2004
Rodney M. Jacksona [2], Rinchen Wangchuk [3]
Human Dimensions of Wildlife [4]
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Himalaya [5], Livestock [6], Wildlife [7], Snow Leopard [8], Hemis NP [9], Poaching [10], People - Animal Conflicts [11], Coexistence Strategies [12], Benefit Sharing [13], Ladakh [14], Human Dimensions of Wildlife [4], Rodney M. Jacksona [2], Rinchen Wangchuk [3]

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Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/community-based-approach-mitigating-livestock-depredation-snow-leopards

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/community-based-approach-mitigating-livestock-depredation-snow-leopards
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/rodney-m-jacksona
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/rinchen-wangchuk
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/human-dimensions-wildlife
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/himalaya
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/livestock
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/snow-leopard
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hemis-np
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poaching
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/people-animal-conflicts
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coexistence-strategies
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/benefit-sharing
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ladakh