title: Understanding and managing conservation conflicts.
abstract: Conservation conflicts are increasing and need to be managed to minimise negative impacts on biodiversity, human livelihoods, and human well-being. Here, we explore strategies and case studies that highlight the long-term, dynamic nature of conflicts and the challenges to their management. Conflict management requires parties to recognise problems as shared ones, and engage with clear goals, a transparent evidence base, and an awareness of trade-offs. We hypothesise that conservation outcomes will be less durable when conservationists assert their interests to the detriment of others. Effective conflict management and long-term conservation benefit will be enhanced by better integration of the underpinning social context with the material impacts and evaluation of the efficacy of alternative conflict management approaches.
authors.affiliation: Aberdeen Centre for Environmental Sustainability, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 2TZ, UK. s.redpath@adbn.ac.uk
authors.forename: Steve M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Redpath
authors.forename: Juliette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Evely
authors.forename: William M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: William J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Sutherland
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Whitehouse
authors.forename: Arjun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amar
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Lambert
authors.forename: John D C
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Linnell
authors.forename: Allan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Watt
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005716:Game Theory; D006801:Humans; D017008:Negotiating