PS73 – Safeguarding Bhutan Bears: A Critical Step for Ecosystem Health
Sonam Wangchuk, Desuung Organization under HIs Majesty’s Secretariat, Bhutan Bhutan is globally recognized for its environmental stewardship, mandated by Article 5 of its Constitution, which requires at least 60% forest […]
PS74 – The efficacy of electric fencing in preventing polar bear incursions around remote equipment and a municpal landfill
Geoffrey York, Polar Bears International Managing human-polar bear conflict in remote Arctic environments requires strategies that are effective under extreme conditions, feasible with limited infrastructure, personnel, and technical expertise, and […]
PS67 – Estimating the Willingness to Pay for the Ecosystem services provided by the Brown bear
Clara Tattoni, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain Brown bears play a critical ecological role in many ecosystems, delivering diverse ecosystem services (ES), including biodiversity support, nutrient cycling […]
PS72 – Modeling brown bear damage across Europe: a comparative study between Italy and Bulgaria
Stefania Volani, University of Trento The recovery of large carnivore populations in Europe represents a major conservation success. However, human-wildlife interactions have increased in parallel, often resulting in negative outcomes […]
PS40 – Developing Novel Methods and Improving Existing Ones to Stop the Increase in Human-Bear Conflicts in Finland: Supplementing Electricity with Human Sound Playbacks
Kasper Mickos, University of Helsinki Conflicts between humans and brown bears are increasing around Europe. In the Habitats Directive of the European Union (EU), bears are strictly and equally protected […]
PS42 – Dietary History of Captured Asiatic Black Bears in Nagano, Japan: Implications for Human–Bear Conflict Management
RUMIKO NAKASHITA, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Japan Understanding the drivers of bear occurrences and damage is essential for developing effective conflict prevention strategies. To clarify what attracts captured […]
PS44 – Human–Bear Conflict Shapes Local Attitudes toward Wildlife Conservation in the Kashmir Himalaya
Mehnaz Nazir, Lovely Professional University Human wildlife conflict (HWC) in the Kashmir Himalaya is increasingly driven by interactions between expanding human land use and the ecological requirements of large carnivores, […]
PS47 – Temporal changes in perceptions around sharing the landscape with bears in the Cantabrian Mountains
María Párraga, Fundación Oso Pardo Brown bears in the Cantabrian Mountains (NW Spain) have experienced a remarkable recovery and spatial expansion over the last decades. Approximately, 370 individuals and a […]
PS49 – Human dimensions and bear density data predict human-bear conflict hotspots
Taylor Peltier, Utah State University Regulated hunting and shifting public attitudes toward black bears (Ursus americanus) have facilitated the species’ recovery across many regions of the United States. In Michigan’s […]
PS54 – Urban Black Bear Coexistence in Northeastern Mexico: Ecology, One Health and Governance
Andres Rios, Nuevo Leon Parks & Wildlife, Mexico The Monterrey Metropolitan Area (MMA), northeastern Mexico, is a highly permeable urban–wildland interface occupied by the American black bear (Ursus americanus eremicus), […]