10.9. Redpath
Keynote Presentations from the 5th ALTER-Net Summer School, Peyresq 5 - 14 September 2010
Speaker: Steve Redpath
s.redpath -at- abdn.ac.uk
Aberdeen Centre for Environmental Sustainability,
Aberdeen University, UK
http://www.aces.ac.uk
Title of the talk: Managing conservation conflicts (pdf: 4MB)
Abstract
Managing conservation conflictsAs human pressure on the planet increases, conflicts between people over how to manage biodiversity become more frequent. This presents a major challenge to those interested in conserving biodiversity. In this talk I will focus on the role of science, dialogue, leadership and trust in resolving such conflicts. I will also discuss the role of the scientist in all this. Predators are often at the centre of many conflicts between people who either view them as a threat or seek to conserve them, and throughout the talk I will draw from my experiences in working on a particular conflict involving birds of prey and red grouse in the UK uplands. This study has provided a fascinating and continually developing example of the issues and problems surrounding conflict management. We will consider the causes of the conflict and alternative solutions. I will outline the current state of play and explore what this particular conflict tells us about approaches to other biodiversity conflicts.
Recommended background literature on this presentation:
- Redpath S, Arroyo B, Leckie F, Bacon P, Bayfield N, Gutierrez R, Thirgood S (2004) Using decision modelling to resolve human-wildlife conflicts: a case study with raptors and grouse. Conservation Biology 18:350-359. doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00421.x
- Thirgood S, Redpath S (2008) Hen harriers and red grouse: science, politics and human-wildlife conflict. Journal of Applied Ecology 45:1550-1554. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01519.x
- Sidaway R (2005) Resolving environmental disputes. Earthscan, London. http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=437
- Young J,Watt A, Nowicki P, Alard D, Clitherow J, Henle K, Johnson R, Laczko E, McCracken E, Matouch S, Niemela J, Richards C (2005) Towards sustainable land use: identifying and managing the conflicts between human activities and biodiversity conservation in Europe. Biodiversity and Conservation 14:1641–1661. doi:10.1007/s10531-004-0536-z
