Harnessing agent-based models to mitigate marine conservation conflict involving saltwater crocodiles in the Andaman islands

Harnessing agent-based models to mitigate marine conservation conflict involving saltwater crocodiles in the Andaman islands Meera Anna Oommen, Kartik Shanker, Adit D’Souza, Amulya Yadav*, Deepak Subramani# Marine ecosystems around the world often experience serious conflict between a wide variety of individual and institution-level stakeholders, as conservation decisions taken to preserve these ecosystems are often characterised…

Conservation planning, human elephant conflict and coexistence in the Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong landscape

Conservation planning, human elephant conflict and coexistence in the Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong landscape Raman Sukumar*, Meera Anna Oommen, Sanjay Ajanikar, Amlan Aditya Goswami The Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong landscape in Assam, which is a crucial habitat supporting over 2000 individual elephants in the Northeast Region, also includes large swathes of human-dominated spaces. Human-elephant conflict is an emerging problem…

Managing lantana camara to improve elephant habitat

Managing lantana camara to improve elephant habitat Tarsh Thekaekara Lantana camara, an exotic weed has invaded large stretches of prime elephant habitat in southern India. Despite the best efforts of government and conservation agencies, lantana continues to pose a significant threat to native flora and fauna. This project aims to explore radical new approaches to…

An illustrated guide to safety around wild crocodiles

An illustrated guide to safety around wild crocodiles Simon Pooley*, Kartik Shanker, Meera Anna Oommen, Karunya Bhaskar# Crocodilians which are distributed across 91 countries, are culturally significant, economically valuable, biologically and behaviourally fascinating, and important apex predators of waterways. Several of these species are regularly involved in conflict with humans. Many of the countries with…