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Local perceptions of risk associated with poaching of wildlife implicated in human-wildlife conflicts in Namibia

2015-09-01

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Human-wildlife conflict (HWC) includes how people perceive risks associated with negative interactions with wildlife. Risk perceptions are important for conservationists to understand because perceptions can influence human behaviors in response to HWC, such as tolerance or poaching specific species. Our study site, the Zambezi region of Namibia, is renowned for diverse wildlife that come into conflict with humans...

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Literature Corpus work: d465b616-211c-5a0a-8503-7183699bc094
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.02.001

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