Ecological vulnerability : the law and governance of human-wildlife relationships /
Katie Woolaston, Queensland University of Technology.
- 1 online resource (x, 236 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Jun 2022).
Introduction -- The human-wildlife relationship : an ecofeminist approach to vulnerability theory -- Friends in the wild? : the problem of human-wildlife conflict and its governance -- Friends in law? : the critical complexities of international wildlife law -- Human-dingo conflict on K'Gari-Fraser Island -- Human-elephant conflict in Northern Botswana -- Pandemic vulnerability and resilience : wildlife and COVID-19 -- Conclusion.
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.
9781009051958 (ebook)
Wildlife conservation--Law and legislation. Animals--Law and legislation. Human-animal relationships.