Crop-raiding by wildlife and cropland abandonment as feedback from nature-based solutions: Lessons from case studies in China and Nepal

Nature-based solutions and wildlife-human conflicts

This study investigates household land-use decisions on cropland abandonment under the influence of crop-raiding by wildlife. The research integrates satellite remote sensing, statistical modeling, and multilevel analysis. The experiment is performed in two study sites, with one in rural China and the other in rural Nepal.

Major finding:

• Crop-raiding by wildlife leads to the abandonment of cropland parcels in the following years.
  

Author: Qi Zhang
Updated: October 2024