Human Wildlife Conflict Management
Human Wildlife Conflict refers to conflict between wild animals and humans. This ranges from the destruction of crops and water installations to loss of livestock, homes and in some cases human lives. Friction between park managers and neighbouring communities living on the perimeters of protected areas potentially weakens the effectiveness of projects and programmes, for example the Conservancy program.
THE DPWM is committed to the management of human wildlife conflict in a way that recognizes the rights and development needs of the people, the need to promote biodiversity conservation, to promote self-reliance and ensure that decision-making is quick, efficient and based on the best available information.
The National Policy on Human-Wildlife Conflict Management 2009, developed by the DPWM, was developed to provide a framework for addressing human-wildlife conflict efficiently and effectively in order to promote both biodiversity conservation as well as human development.
Human Wildlife Conflict Management Policy PDF