Local communities; attitudes toward crocodiles and human-crocodile conflicts in Sarawak

Ngadan Silla Datu, . (2015) Local communities; attitudes toward crocodiles and human-crocodile conflicts in Sarawak. [Proceedings Paper]

One of the biggest challenges faced by wildlife conservation managers is to garner and maintain stakeholders support toward conservation policies and in Sarawak the recent increase in the number of crocodile attacks on people has been associated with the recovery of the estuarine crocodile Crocodylus prorosus populations. Crocodile related problems including attacks on human domesticated animals and livestock are now considered as one of the most pressing conservation issues that require both short and long-term effective conflict resolution measures. From 1997 to May 2014 eighty-nine people were attacked by crocodiles in Sarawak. Out of this figure thirty-eight resulted in fatalities. In Seblak an area which is considered as a ;hotspot area; eight people has been killed by crocodiles since 1989. Attack on human especially when it occurs at an alarming regularity and involves major physical injury and loss of peoples life is likely to trigger public outcries and antagonistic attitudes towards crocodiles.

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Abstract

One of the biggest challenges faced by wildlife conservation managers is to garner and maintain stakeholders support toward conservation policies and in Sarawak the recent increase in the number of crocodile attacks on people has been associated with the recovery of the estuarine crocodile Crocodylus prorosus populations. Crocodile related problems including attacks on human domesticated animals and livestock are now considered as one of the most pressing conservation issues that require both short and long-term effective conflict resolution measures. From 1997 to May 2014 eighty-nine people were attacked by crocodiles in Sarawak. Out of this figure thirty-eight resulted in fatalities. In Seblak an area which is considered as a ;hotspot area; eight people has been killed by crocodiles since 1989. Attack on human especially when it occurs at an alarming regularity and involves major physical injury and loss of peoples life is likely to trigger public outcries and antagonistic attitudes towards crocodiles.

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Item Type:	Proceedings Paper
AGROVOC Term:	Crocodiles
AGROVOC Term:	Wildlife conservation
AGROVOC Term:	Animal population
AGROVOC Term:	Local communities
AGROVOC Term:	Attitudes
AGROVOC Term:	Public perception
AGROVOC Term:	Indigenous knowledge
AGROVOC Term:	Policies
Geographical Term:	MALAYSIA
Depositing User:	Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 05:16
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13770

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