Zaffar Rais Mir|Athar Noor|Bilal Habib|Gopi Govindan Veeraswami
Attitudes of Local People Toward Wildlife Conservation: A Case Study From the Kashmir Valley
Wildlife Institute of India|Wildlife Institute of India|Wildlife Institute of India|Wildlife Institute of India
peoples attitudes toward wildlife conservation significantly affect success conservation initiatives understanding factors influencing attitudes essential designing strategies alleviate humanwildlife conflict although topic studied extensively across diverse regions study kashmir division jammu kashmir state india surveyed 3 administrative units around dachigam national park semistructured interviews n 384 investigate socioeconomic status local people extent economic damage caused wild animals peoples attitudes toward wildlife conservation results analyzed using generalized linear model approach indicated 75 respondents suffered crop damage 23 suffered livestock predation wild animals majority respondents expressed favorable attitudes toward wildlife 16 expressing negative perception gender crop damage livestock predation total livestock holdings strongest variables influencing attitudes local people study area study identified need use appropriate mitigation measures minimize economic damage wildlife order reduce negative local attitudes toward wildlife conservation