Traditionally, research on the effects of climate change has treated its impacts on people and ecosystems as separate entities. However, a recent study has demonstrated the interwoven nature of humans and their environment by showing the connection between a warming world and a worldwide increase in
Center for Ecosystem Sentinels and in the journal“We found evidence of conflicts between people and wildlife exacerbated by climate change on six continents, in five different oceans, in terrestrial systems, in marine systems, in freshwater systems – involving mammals, reptiles, birds, fish, and even,” said lead author Briana Abrahms, a UW assistant professor of biology.
Torrential floods in Tanzania led to more lion attacks after their usual prey migrated away from floodplains. Disruption of terrestrial food webs during La Nina events in the Americas drove black bears in New Mexico and foxes in Chile into human settlements in search of food. This breaching humpback whale is entangled in rope from fishing gear. Credit: NOAA-NMFS West Coast Region
“Identifying and understanding this link between human-wildlife conflicts is not only a conservation issue,” said Abrahms. “It is also a social justice and human safety issue.” Some interventions may be as simple as public-awareness campaigns, such as advising residents of the American Southwest during La Nina years to carry bear spray on a hike. Governments can also plan for times when extreme climate events will bring people and wildlife into closer contact. Botswana, for example, has funds in place to compensate herders and ranchers for drought-induced attacks by wildlife on livestock, often in exchange for pledges not to engage in retaliatory killings of wildlife.
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