TY - JOUR A1 - Stoldt, Mirja A1 - Göttert, Thomas A1 - Mann, Carsten A1 - Zeller, Ulrich T1 - Transfrontier Conservation Areas and Human-Wildlife Conflict: The Case of the Namibian Component of the Kavango-Zambezi (KAZA) TFCA JF - Scientific Reports N2 - Our study deals with human-wildlife conflicts in the Namibian component of the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA). The study reconstructs the historical occurrence of selected mammal species and adopts a socio-ecological approach to assess the impact of human dimensions in the KAZA TFCA. Our results reveal pronounced human–wildlife conflicts with considerable impacts on the livelihoods of communities. Human–wildlife conflict has the potential to become a significant contributor to the failure of the TFCA concept. Conflicts are influenced by a growing human population and large mammal species re-colonising formerly abandoned areas. Mapping the occurrence of selected mammal species over time reveals an interesting picture: although conservation initiatives have led to an increase in the population size of selected species, their occurrence is more restricted than in times of heavily decimated wildlife populations. The increasing restriction of wildlife to protected areas reduces the resilience of the ecosystem. To sustainably manage and conserve wildlife populations, a bigger picture including areas outside of the current borders of KAZA TFCA should be considered. This could support re-connecting ecologically important areas for congested populations to move to and reduces the concentration of wildlife and pressure on the land and people of the region. KW - animal migration KW - biodiversity KW - conservation biology KW - Mensch-Wildtier-Konflikt Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-2407 SN - 2045-2322 VL - 10 PB - Nature ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Gillich, Benjamin A1 - Michler, Frank-Uwe A1 - Rieger, Siegfried ED - Arnold, Janosch ED - Klamm, Alisa T1 - Raumzeitliches Interaktionsverhalten zwischen Wolf (Canis lupus) und Rothirsch (Cervus elaphus) T2 - Wildtierforschung im 21. Jahrhundert : Herausforderungen und Chancen bei Monitoring und Management T3 - Schriftenreihe der Vereinigung der Wildbiologen und Jagdwissenschaftler Deutschlands - 4 Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-6621 SN - 978-3-945941-91-1 SP - 94 EP - 98 PB - Kessel CY - Remagen-Oberwinter ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Michler, Frank-Uwe A1 - Edinger, Nadin A1 - Gillich, Benjamin A1 - Rieger, Siegfried ED - Arnold, Janosch ED - Klamm, Alisa T1 - Raumverhalten sendermarkierter Wölfe (Canis lupus) in Ostdeutschland T2 - Wildtierforschung im 21. Jahrhundert : Herausforderungen und Chancen bei Monitoring und Management T3 - Schriftenreihe der Vereinigung der Wildbiologen und Jagdwissenschaftler Deutschlands - 4 Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-6615 SN - 978-3-945941-91-1 SP - 85 EP - 93 PB - Kessel CY - Remagen-Oberwinter ER -