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| Article Name : | | | A STUDY OF ROLE OF MEDIA IN HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN DUDHWA NATIONAL PARK, UTTAR PRADESH | | Author Name : | | | Anurag Swaroop , M. K. Padhy | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-5647 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | Human-wildlife conflict is hitting the headlines everyday in different states. “Human-wildlife conflict occurs when the needs and behavior of wildlife impact negatively on the goals of humans or when the goals of humans negatively impact the needs of wildlife.” (World Parks Congress (WPC), WPC Recommendations, Recommendation 20: Preventing and Mitigating.) There are so many cases of human-wildlife conflicts recorded where wildlife threatens, attacks, injures or kills human or destroys their livestock, crops or property. The damages and destructions caused by variety of wildlife is a leading danger to human communities. With the wildlife often killed, captured or otherwise harmed in revenge, these conflicts are one of the main threats to the continued survival of many species as well. Human-wildlife conflict is a common phenomenon in the human inhabitations that are close to forests and wilderness areas. | | Keywords : | | |
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