Overview
As we experience intensifying environmental changes and resource scarcity, humans and wildlife are altering their behaviors, leading to increased competition for food and water and escalating human-wildlife conflict. The findings of this report highlight the interconnectedness of human and wildlife responses to climate stressors and the complex dynamics that drive conflict, based on data from key-informant interviews—conducted by the Climate Crowd initiative—about how communities on the ground are experiencing and coping with climate change. The data shows that 25% of all interviews (out of a total of 3,911 interviews from over 40 countries) in the Climate Crowd database mention increased instances of human-wildlife conflict alongside other reports of climate change impacts. These findings add to the growing body of evidence that climate change, and how people and wildlife are coping with it, is leading to increased human-wildlife conflict.
