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Understanding human wildlife conflict in rural areas: costs and implications and solutions

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3ps Category

Project Outcomes

Thousands of people and wildlife animals are killed in human-wildlife conflict (HWC) in India annually. 100 of crores of rupees are spent in life, property and crop losses and in compensation paid. The project seeks to map the scale of interventions being attempted to find solutions – these are classified broadly technical, structural and cognitive interventions

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