Session Chair: Fabien Quetier
OS13 – WADAS: Bridging Technology and Human-Bear Coexistence
Stefano Dell’Osa, Alessandro Palla, Mattia Iannella, Andrea Marotta, Serena Frau The challenge of human-bear coexistence in the Central Apennines is intensified by the fragmentation caused by human infrastructures. Indeed, road […]
OS17 – Patterns and drivers of brown bear visits to human settlements revealed by community reports
Izabela Fedyń, Marek Pasiniewicz, Katarzyna Zabiega, Hubert Fedyń, Michał Ciach Monitoring areas where humans and carnivores overlap enables the identification of interaction interfaces, which is essential for developing effective coexistence […]
OS11 – A global systematic review of human-bear negative interactions across species
Naima Dalpiaz, Eloy Revilla, Nuria Selva, Carlos Bautista, Miguel de Gabriel Hernando, Alberto Garcia As anthropogenic pressures increasingly encroach on natural habitats, humans and bears are forced to share space […]
OS09 – Monitoring Grizzly Bear Responses to Landfill Fencing in an Arctic Community
Faye d’Eon-Eggertson Unsecured municipal landfills can be a major attractant for bears. This is a public safety concern, as landfills are often located near municipal centres and food-conditioned bears present […]
OS23 – Sharing the Land with Bears: Rural Perspectives across a Gradient of Coexistence in Spain
Jenny Glikman, Maria G. Granados, Manolo Trujillo Carmona, Daniela Alba-Patiño, Alessandra Cuya, Regina LaFuente, Fernando Garrido, Maria Martinez-Jauregui, Miguel Delibes-Mateos As large carnivores recover across Europe, understanding how human communities […]
OS34 – Transforming human-bear coexistence from the bottom up: Integrating human and non-human animal perspectives into local coexistence strategies
Paula Mayer, Bérénice Guinel, Serena Frau, Valerio Reale In Europe’s human-dominated landscapes, approaches to human-large carnivore coexistence are gaining traction. Coexistence is a dynamic process in which people and wildlife […]
OS42 – Human-bear interactions in the Andes: Evidence, expert insights, and management challenges
Roxana Rojas-Vera Pinto, Rubén Bernardo-Madrid, Manuela González-Suárez The expansion and intensification of human activities have increased interactions between humans and wildlife, in some cases leading to conflict. Effective coexistence and […]
OS21 – An Evaluation of Novel Polar Bear Deterrents
Kyle Garrett, Tom Smith, Geoff York, Jaron Hansen, Steve Peterson, Gordon Stenhouse Climate change is driving polar bears (Ursus maritimus) closer to Arctic communities, increasing human-bear conflicts and creating urgent […]
OS36 – Climbing mountains for the Andean bear.
Santiago Molina, Merly Lopez, Emi Caceres, Kathy Espin, Felipe Quiñonez, Victor Capulí The “Climbing Mountains for the Andean Bear” (SMOA) project is a participatory environmental education initiative focused on the […]