Overview
Humans are responsible for biodiversity loss in many related and sometimes conflicting ways. Human-wildlife conflict, commonly defined as any negative interaction between people and wildlife, is a primary contributor to wildlife extinction and a manifestation of the destructive relationship that people have with wildlife. The author presents this 'wicked' problem in a social and legal context and demonstrates that legal institutions structurally deny human-wildlife conflict, while exacerbating conflict, promoting values consistent with individual autonomy, and ignoring the interconnected vulnerabilities shared by human and non-human species alike. It is the use of international and state law that sheds light on existing conflicts, including dingo conflict on K'Gari-Fraser Island in Australia, elephant conflict in Northern Botswana, and the global wildlife trade contributing to COVID-19. This book presents a critical analysis of human-wildlife conflict and its governance, to guide lawyers, scientists and conservations alike in the transformation of the management of human-wildlife conflict.
Full Product Details
Author: Katie Woolaston (Queensland University of Technology)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.80cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 23.60cm
Weight: 0.500kg
ISBN: 9781316511992
ISBN 10: 1316511995
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 23 June 2022
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
'… an ideal reference for environmental lawyers, conservation researchers ... (especially students), practitioners, and policy makers looking to delve deeper into the nuances of environmental jurisprudence vis-à-vis human-wildlife conflict. … It is an important and valuable addition to the vast literature on the subject and is novel insofar as it attempts to understand human-nature relationships in their entirety and the interactions between the psycho-social, cultural, economic, and political factors, aside from the ecological ones.' Saloni Bhatia, Conservation and Society
Author Information
Katie Woolaston is an award-winning writer, inter-disciplinary researcher, lawyer and senior lecturer in the QUT Law School. She works in the fields of wildlife law and conservation conflicts. She was an expert on the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) panel concerning Biodiversity and Pandemics, is an Associate Editor of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Environmental Law, and is a Board Member of Australia's National Environmental Law Association.
