How effective are interventions to reduce attacks on people from large carnivores? A systematic review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Instances of attacks from large carnivores that lead to human injury or death are increasingly reported worldwide. Ensuring human safety when people and carnivores co-occur is central to minimizing human suffering but is also essential to support sustainable carnivore conservation. Various interventions are available intended to alter either the behavior of large carnivores or people, in order to reduce the likelihood of a risky encounter and an attack. Collated evidence on best practices is still lacking, and this protocol outlines a systematic review of evidence for intervention effectiveness to reduce the risk or severity of direct attacks on humans by large carnivores. Specifically, the review seeks to answer the question: How effective are evaluated interventions in

SUBMITTER: Eklund A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11378859 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature