Strategies for Advancing Biodiversity Conservation: A case of Human-Elephant Conflict in Yunnan, China

Strategies for Advancing Biodiversity Conservation: A case of Human-Elephant Conflict in Yunnan, China | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article Strategies for Advancing Biodiversity Conservation: A case of Human-Elephant Conflict in Yunnan, China Xufeng An, Jinhua Zhou, Kai Zhang This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4506947/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract The core of biodiversity conservation is to rebuild the harmonious relationship between humans and wildlife, ensure sustainable development and protect the safety of humans and wildlife. The collective northward movement of wild elephants in Yunnan, China, which attracted worldwide attention in 2021, caused damage to crops, destroyed houses in the wild Asian elephants throughout the region, and put forward new challenges to biodiversity protection. We should think about how to balance the relationship between human beings and wild animals. Based on this incident and through field interviews, this paper dialogues with the staff and villagers involved in this incident and profoundly understands the problems faced in the conflict between human beings and wild Asian elephants. The research shows that the main problems are weak financial capacity, weak emergency culture, shortage of emergency personnel, lack of emergency facilities, lack of mass participation, and poor tolerance for wild elephants. It is found that these problems challenge the construction of ecological civilization. This study reveals how to explore the path of biodiversity construction through macro, meso, and micro levels, to put biodiversity protection on the right track. ecological civilization construction wild asian elephants ecological environment human-elephant conflict Full Text Additional Declarations The authors declare no competing interests. Ethics Statement and Informed Consent- The studies involving human participants were reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of Xiyang Yi Township, Kunming (XY/027/21). All respondents agreed to participate in the survey and informed consent forms were collected through interviews Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. 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