Through LENS

Conflict between people and wildlife is recognized as serious issue that confronts the rural communities around the country huge investments has been made in implementing measures to combat the issue. Numerous kilometers of electric fencing has been installed throughout the country with funding from different sources such as royal government of Bhutan, WWF and other private entities. After installing such electric fencing, people perceive that there has been huge benefit to the communities but there is no empirical evidence to prove the benefits. The huge financial and labor costs (guarding and other measures) incurred due to HWC and wild pest attacks lead to revenge killing and hatred toward wildlife (Wildlife Conservation Division, 2013). Most of the rural communities in Bhutan suffer due to damages from wildlife such as losing crops and domestic stock and have destabilized the livelihoods of the people in the rural communities around Bhutan. With the rapidly increasing human popu...