Manuals by P&W and associated projects
Crop raiding primates. Searching for alternative, humane ways to resolve conflicts with farmers in Africa. Sillero-Zubiri & Switzer (pdf 574 KB)
Large carnivores and conflict: Lion conservation in contex. Macdonald & Sillero-Zubiri (pdf 251 KB)
A review of human-elephant conflict management strategies. Nelson, Bidwell & Sillero-Zubiri (346KB)
Management of wild canids in human-dominated landscapes. Sillero-Zubiri & Switzer (pdf 269 KB)
Manuals by other organizations and individuals
► General conflict resolution & education
► Livestock predation & attacks on humans
► Crop raiding, damage to forestry, other damage in rural areas
► Damage to fisheries
► Road collisions
► Conflict in urban and suburban environments
► Disease transmission
► General conflict resolution & education
NEW Human-elephant conflict mitigation: A training course for community-based approaches in Africa.
By Parker, Osborn, Hoare and Niskanen (2007) A 'certified training product' of the African Elephant Specialist Group. Developed by some of Africa’s leading experts on human-elephant conflict, to equip mitigation practitioners with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively manage conflict at the site level. Trainer's Manual (pdf - 250 KG) Participant's Manual (pdf - 2 MB)
Human-wildlife conflict manual
WWF for a living planet. Wildlife Management Series (2005) Designed to guide local communities, wildlife managers, policy
makers, and other people involved in community conservation, in ways to reduce
human-wildlife conflict. It provides some background on the problem and gives specific
examples of methods used to reduce human-wildlife conflict in Southern Africa.
(pdf - 1 MB)
A guide to living with large carnivores.
Gunilla Erikssson, Helge Sonntag and Kjell Westerdahl (2002) Produced by the Large Carnivore Initiative of Europe (LCIE) and the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF), Sweden. A guide intended for teachers or study circle leaders, to support their role as instructor, suggest methodology and concrete activities. To use during lessons about the environment in a variety of educational situations from small children to adults. (pdf - 518 KB)
The integrated management approach in wildlife conservation field projects.
Christoph Promberger (2001) Designed as a manual for integrated field projects, based largely on the experience gained from the Carpathian Large Carnivore Project. Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe publication no. 3. (pdf 966 KB)
Guidelines for the in situ translocation of the African elephant for conservation purposes.
Edited by Holly Dublin & Leo Niskanen (2003) Produced by the IUCN/SSC African Elephant Specialist Group in collaboration with Re-introduction and Veterinary Specialist Groups. The guide provides informed advice to decision-makers in African elephant range state governments, managers on the ground, non-governmental organizations, donors and other practitioners wishing to re-introduce or supplement African elephant populations for the primary purpose of conserving the African elephant in the long term. (pdf 774 KB)
Human-wildlife conflict management: A practitioner's guide.
By Daniel Decker, Bruce Lauber and William F. Siemer. Published by Northeast Wildlife Damage Management Research and Outreach Cooperative. Practical guidance on designing, implementing and evaluating wildlife management engagement processes. Available from Cornell University Resource Centre (48-pages, $8.45).
A decision support system (DSS) for HEC management aimed at wildlife authorities and conservation agencies.
Richard Hoare (2001) Produced by the African Elephant Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, IUCN. A guide intended to give support to protected area managers, officials from wildlife authorities, technical personnel or researchers from conservation or agricultural agencies involved in human-elephant conflict management. It proposes a series logical steps to arrive at optimal management strategies suited to particular circumstances. (pdf 785 KB)
Prevention and control of wildlife damage.
Editors: Scott E. Hygnstrom, Robert M. Timm, Gary E. Larson. University of Nebraska-Lincoln. 2 vols. (1994) This handbook details identification, control and management of over 90 species of wildlife, written by almost as many authorities in their respective wildlife areas. Damage identification chapter(pdf 1.6 MB); rodents chapter (pdf 9 MB); carnivores chapter (pdf 4.7 MB); other mammals chapter(pdf 8 MB). Download whole handbook (36 MB) from Wildlife Damage Management website.
►Livestock predation & attacks on humans
NEW! Guia de Convivência Gente & Onças (Guidelines for the coexistence of people and jaguars)
Silvio Marcini & Ricardo Luciano (2007), Projeto Conviver Gente & Onças; Fundaçao Ecológica Cristalino and Wildlife Conservation Research Unit. Illustrated guide to inform landowners and the public at large about jaguar ecology, depredation problems and conservation issues. It also intends to foster a naturalistic appreciation of jaguars by providing practical information on how to find and record their signs, and observe them in captivity and in the wild. English and Spanish versions coming soon. pdf ~3MB (in portuguese)
Living with Panthers
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation commission (2007) A brochure from collaborations between a number of agencies and organizations, with guidelines for residents in Florida panther habitat (pdf ~5MB)
Initial response protocol for problem felids
Scott Silver (2007) Jaguar Conservation Program, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). Concise guidelines for an immediate response upon receiving a report of a problem cat (pdf 20KB .
Manual on the problem of depredation caused by jaguars and pumas on cattle ranches
Rafael Hoogesteijn (2007), Wildlife Conservation Society
and IUCN Cat Specialist Group. The aim of this publication is to help ranchers understand the problem of depredation, how to identify the animal responsible for depredation and what steps to take in the management of their herds to diminish its
occurrence.(pdf ~150KB english, spanish, portuguese)
Human-leopard conflict management guidelines.
Athreya, V.R. & Belsare, A.V (2007). Kaati Trust, Pune. India.
Practical guidelines to handle the problem
of human-leopard conflict management from an ecological perspective; originally designed for the field officers of the Maharashtra Forest Department, India. (pdf 3MB)
Livestock guarding dogs: their current use worldwide.
Robin Rigg
(2001) History and current use of livestock guarding dogs to protect from depredation by predators. Includes description of the breeds, and advice on acquiring and raising dogs to be successful guardians. (pdf 540 KB)
Helping producers manage predation.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services
(2002).
Seven-page manual providing advice and guidelines to help producers avoid livestock depredation (pdf 376 KB)
Coyotes in Our Midst: Coexisting with an Adaptable and Resilient Carnivore
The Animal Protection Institute (2005) Information on the wide array of practical and proven techniques available to ranchers and suburbanites for coexisting with coyotes (pdf 4.6 MB)
Livestock guarding dogs: preventing sheep from predators.
Jeffrey S. Green and Roger A. Woodruff.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services
(1999)
32-page manual providing information and guidelines on the use of livestock-guarding dogs (pdf 11.4 MB)
Living with coyotes and foxes.
The Fund for Animals,
Wildlife Fact Sheet #10. Basic information and dispelling misconceptions about the natural history and behaviour of coyotes and foxes in North America, and practical guidelines for the use of aversion techniques in order to solve problems of livestock predation and other damage.
4 pages (pdf 380 KB)
Electric fencing guide.
Seth Johnson, James Jonkel and Patricia Sowka,
Living with Wildlife Foundation
(2005) Contains information about electric fencing designs that can be used to help deter predators, including bears, mountain lions and wolves. 38 page (pdf 4.9 MB)
►Crop-raiding, damage to forestry, other damage in rural areas
NEW Review of options for managing the impacts of locally overabundant African elephants.
Balfour, Dublin, Fennessy, Gibson, Niskanen and Whyte, eds. (2007). IUCN, Switzerland. Focused on options to reduce the undesirable
ecological impact of elephants, including translocation and fertility control (pdf ~1 MB english, portuguese)
Solutions to beaver/human conflict.
By Beavers: Wetlands and Wildlife. Practical guidelines offering solutions to beaver-induced problems, including descriptions of equipment and how to assemble simple aversion-exclusion devices.
View online
A new way to solve beaver problems (brochure and video).
The Fund for Animals (2000)
Brief description of beaver behaviour followed by instructions for building an exclusion system using PVC pipes. Also how to protect trees from beaver damage. Website with contact details for obtaining the brochure and video.
Living with Elephants II: A manual for implementing an integrated programme to reduce crop loss to elephants and to improve livelihood security.
By Osborn, F.V. and Parker G.E. (2002) Zambezi Elephant Project, Zimbabwe. Designed to help communal farmers and wildlife managers mitigate the impact of wildlife upon small-scale agriculture. The guide presents an integrated approach to conflict mitigation, with methods that have been field-tested and designed to be replicated in different situations. (pdf 1.4 MB)
Managing nuisance beavers along roadsides: A guide for highway departments.
P. G. Jensen & P. D. Curtis, Cornell Cooperative Extension
(1999)
Information on the economic considerations and practicalities of various installations and other means of reducing the impact of beaver presence along roadsides.
16 pages (pdf 240 KB)
Managing bear damage to beehives.
By L.E. Meadows, W.F. Andelt, T.D.I. Beck, Colorado State University Cooperative Extension (2005)Bears can cause significant damage to individual beeyards.Practical recommendations to control black bear damage to beehives (electric fencing, aversion methods) and information on Colorado Division of Wildlife's monetary compensation and funding for prevention View online
Bear country: Guidelines for protecting people, property, and bears.
Defenders of Wildlife (2004) Practical guidelines for avoiding conflicts with bears.15 pages. (pdf 1.4 MB)
Timber damage by black bear, approaches to control the problem.
Dale Nolte, Kimberly Wagner and Andy Trent, U.S. Department of Aiculture, Forest Service (2003) Alternative approaches to controlling the damage black bears cause during the spring when they strip bark to eat the newly formed wood underneath.14 pages. (pdf 396 KB)
Maryland deer damage management techniques.
Maryland Deptartment of Natural Resources. Practical information and advice to individuals experiencing deer damage problems, including a wide range of damage abatement techniques and practices to reducie or control deer damage. View online
Living with deer.
The Fund for Animals, Coexisting with Wildlife Fact Sheet #7 (2001) Detailed information and advice on means of avoiding conflict and damage from deer. Includes a comprehensive listing of commercial deer repellents and sources of further information. 12 pages (pdf 500 KB)
Using commercial deer repellents to manage deer browsing in the landscape.
Doug Tregoning and Jonathan S. Case, Maryland Cooperative Extension (2003) Detailed information on existing brands of commercial deer repellents and their use to protect trees and plants in North America. 12 pages (pdf 3.9 MB)
Use of dogs contained within off-limits crop protection system for reducing deer damage to orchards and horticultural crops.
Maryland Cooperative Extension (2001) Research note reporting on the success and limitations of using guard dogs to deter deer damaging crops and orchards. View online
►Damage to fisheries
Protecting your fishery from cormorants.
By The Moran Joint Bird Group, UK. For anglers and fishery managers. Invaluable information on methods of limiting the damage caused to fisheries by cormorants, for example by scaring the birds or providing refuges in which fish can escape predation. (pdf 544 KB)
Bird predation and its control at aquaculture facilities in the northeastern United States.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services (1997) Information to help producers identify and assess predation losses caused by primary bird predators as well as suggest species-specific control measures that are also cost effective for reducing these losses. (pdf 1.4 MB)
► Road collisions
A literature review for assessing the status of current methods of reducing deer-vehicle collision
B. J. Danielson and M. W. Hubbard, The Task Force on Animal Vehicle Collisions (1998) A 25-page report with extensive information and guidelines on practical means of reducing deer-vehicle collisions. (pdf 84 KB)
►Conflict in urban and suburban environments
Coyotes in Our Midst: Coexisting with an Adaptable and Resilient Carnivore
The Animal Protection Institute (2005) Information on the wide array of practical and proven techniques available to ranchers and suburbanites for coexisting with coyotes (pdf 4.6 MB)
Maryland Task Force on non-lethal wildlife management: findings and recommendations.
Report to Governor Parris N. Glendening and the Maryland General Assembly (2002) Specific non-lethal measures to reduce various human/wildlife conflicts in suburban and urban settings in Maryland, involving black bears, beavers, white-tailed deer, Canada geese and others. (pdf 986 KB)
Managing nuisance animals and associated aamage around the home
Craig Harper, James Byford, Charles Dixon. Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries Agricultural Extension Service,
The University of Tennessee (PB1624). If unwanted wild animals are frequenting your home or garden, there is at least one source of food,
water and/or cover that is attracting them. The solution is to remove or alter these resources so the area is no
longer attractive.A
description of problems common with several wildlife species and options for preventing
and managing these problems.(pdf 442 KB)
Managing Canada geese in urban environments: A technical guide.
Published by Northeast Wildlife Damage Management Research and Outreach Cooperative. Intended to help wildlife professionals and homeowners select appropriate management strategies for alleviating problems caused by resident, non-migratory geese. Available from Cornell University Resource Centre (42 pages, $11.03).
Managing white-tailed deer in suburban environments: A technical guide.
By Anthony DeNicola, Kurt VerCauteren, Paul Curtis and Scott Hygnstrom. Outlines comprehensive strategies to help people to make choices. Available from Cornell University Resource Centre (52 pages, $10.50)
Bats in your belfry? Humane ways to solve wildlife problems.
The Fund for Animals, Coexisting with Wildlife Fact Sheet #1 (2002) Practical information and advice concerning humane means of solving urban wildlife damage problems for a number of common pest species. Also provides a list of internet links for more specialised information.
4 pages.(pdf 352 KB) Solving raccoon problems.
The Fund for Animals, Coexisting with Wildlife Fact Sheet #3. (2001)
Practical advice on solving common problems with raccoons in urban environments.
2 pages. (pdf 220 KB)
Solving woodchuck problems.
The Fund for Animals, Coexisting with Wildlife Fact Sheet #4 (2001)
Practical advice on solving common problems with woodchucks in urban environments.
2 pages. (pdf 364 KB)
Got bugs! Get bats.
Allan Daly, Center for Agricultural and Natural Resource, University of Maryland. Basic information about bats to encourage people to view bats as natural regulators of unwanted insect life in and around the home, with practical advice on how to exclude bats from getting in homes and how to accommodate resident bats by building a “bat house”.
8 pages (pdf 320 KB)
Wildlife damage management factsheet: Bats
P.D. Curtis and K.L. Sullivan, Cornell Cooperative Extension (2001)
Comprehensive information on bat biology, natural history and diversity in north-eastern United States, and practical guidelines for preventing bat-induced damage in the home. Also discusses health concerns (rabies).
6 pages (pdf 412 KB)
Wildlife damage management factsheet: Moles
K.L. Sullivan, P.D. Curtis and L. Braband, Cornell Cooperative Extension (2002)
Basic information on mole biology and diversity in the northeast United States. Includes guidelines for exclusion methods to solving damage problems (pdf 204 KB)
Wildlife damage management factsheet: Raccoons
P.D. Curtis & K.L. Sullivan, Cornell Cooperative Extension (2001) Iinformation on raccoon biology and natural history, and a number of non-lethal measures for solving damage problems.
4 pages. (pdf 136 KB)
Techniques and refuse management options for residential areas, aampgrounds, and group-use facilities.
Patricia A. Sowka, Living with Wildlife Foundation, Living with predators resource guide series (2005) Resource guide on bear-resistant containers, how securing and storing garbage, livestock feed, pet food and other attractants. Also methods for deterring predators from property (e.g. electric fencing, ways to scare predators from your property (pdf 12.7 MB)
Backyard battle plan: The ultimate guide to controlling wildlife damage in your garden.
Cooper Rutledge. Published by Studio (1998) "The Enemy" section describes problem animals that can ruin crops by eating them or by spreading diseases (alligators, birds, cats, dogs, chipmunks, deer, gophers, moles, opossums, rabbits, raccoons, mice, skunks, squirrels, woodchucks, and insects). "The Battle Plan"goes on to evaluate the different animal and insect control methods (fences, traps, frightening devices, nest destruction, etc.). 224 pages. Available to purchase online US$1.45
►Disease transmission
Common misconceptions about rabies
The Fund for Animals, Coexisting with Wildlife FactSheet #5 (2001) Misconceptions regarding rabies and general advice on avoiding exposure to the disease potentially transmitted by a number of common urban wildlife species in North America. 4 pages (pdf 308 KB) |
