The monkey is not always a God: Attitudinal differences toward crop-raiding macaques and why it matters for conflict mitigation
The monkey is not always a God: Attitudinal differences toward crop-raiding macaques and why it matters for conflict mitigation
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DOI：
10.1007/s13280-017-1008-5
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发表时间：
2018-10-01
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6.5
通讯作者：
Radhakrishna, Sindhu
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作者：
Anand, Shaurabh;Binoy, Vilakkathala Vijayan;Radhakrishna, Sindhu
对野生动物态度的差异对冲突管理具有重要影响，当所涉及的物种具有强烈的文化和宗教关联时，缓解冲突就成为一项具有挑战性的工作。我们调查了农民对两种不同的侵扰农作物的猕猴物种的态度，即印度北部的恒河猴和印度南部的帽猴。除了态度上的地区差异，我们还评估了对恒河猴态度随时间的变化。我们使用半结构化问卷进行家庭调查以收集数据。我们的研究结果显示，印度南部和北部的受访者在物种神圣性和缓解措施偏好方面的观点存在显著差异。尽管在印度北部人们对恒河猴的看法随着时间推移发生了变化，但农民仍然不愿意伤害恒河猴。我们讨论了这些观察到的态度差异的根本原因及其对人猴冲突管理的影响。
Attitudinal differences toward wildlife have important implications for conflict management and when the species in question have strong cultural and religious associations, conflict mitigation becomes a challenging endeavor. We investigated farmers' attitudes toward two different crop-raiding macaque species, the rhesus macaque in northern India, and the bonnet macaque in southern India. Apart from regional differences in attitudes, we also assessed temporal changes in attitude toward the rhesus macaque. We carried out household surveys using a semistructured questionnaire to collect data. Our findings reveal that respondents in southern and northern India differ significantly in their views regarding species sanctity and preference for mitigation options. Although people's perceptions of the rhesus macaques had changed over time in northern India, farmers were still unwilling to cause harm to the macaques. We discuss the underlying causes of these observed differences in attitude and their impact on the management of human-macaque conflict.