BRAINCAKEConflicts with Conservation
Conservation often conflicts with the needs and wishes of people. Land that is protected for wildlife may also be wanted for farming, housing, roads, mining, logging or fishing, so conservation has an economic cost.
Common conflicts include:
• Human-wildlife conflict. Protected animals may damage crops or kill livestock, for example elephants raiding farms or wolves attacking sheep. Farmers may then kill them.
• Loss of land and income. When a reserve is created, local people may be displaced from their land or banned from hunting, grazing or collecting wood.
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