Session: OS-F1
Holistic approaches to livestock–wildlife-environment management

Livestock, wildlife and environment management is a challenging scenario in the integration of development and environmental conservation. The conflicts over natural resources are increasing with wildlife losing their habitat to competing claims for land. Land degradation is also increasing at an alarming rate in Sub-Sahara Africa. Due to the continued increase in the human population, previously sparsely populated biodiversity rich areas... [ view more ]

Livestock, wildlife and environment management is a challenging scenario in the integration of development and environmental conservation. The conflicts over natural resources are increasing with wildlife losing their habitat to competing claims for land. Land degradation is also increasing at an alarming rate in Sub-Sahara Africa. Due to the continued increase in the human population, previously sparsely populated biodiversity rich areas continue to lose resources at an unsustainable rate. As human settlements increase and continue to expand with changing land tenure systems, the livestock wildlife interface is becoming restricted in scope but more complex and problematic. Conflicts result from competition of existing resources especially water and pastures, with implications to disease transmission and predation. Holistic approaches play a central and crucial role in the support of sustainable management and conservation of the livestock-wildlife environments. Specifically, sustainable co-existence between livelihoods and wildlife is of critical importance to conservation of the biodiversity. This organized session highlights approaches to one health as an integrative effort of multiple disciplines working at various scales to attain optimal health for people, animals and the environment. [ view less ]