Efforts to protect marine mammals over decades have succeeded to the point where conservation narratives do not reflect current conditions: How marine wildlife protection overlooks the impact of conservation success on human-wildlife conflict and the welfare of poor communities.
A recent report has tried to look into concerns that a recovering marine mammal species may cause to local resource users. The study, led by the University of Oxford and published in journal Conservation Letters, has examined the conflict between small-scale fisheries and marine mammals.
It has studied the experience of fisheries on the west coast of South America to highlight the same.
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