Abstract
Wild boar (Sus scrofa) seriously threatens agricultural production and rural livelihoods worldwide. Human-wild boar conflict has become an important research topic. We investigated the impact of wild boars on local livelihoods and rural community’s responses to the impact, based on a case study in Fu’an City, Fujian Province, Southeast China. We conducted a questionnaire survey of 152 rural households in six villages of Fu’an City. Results demonstrated that the overall impact of wild boars on livelihoods was significant; however, there was impact heterogeneity depending on the mentioned factors. The impact lied on the scale of agricultural output value and the extent of livelihood dependency on susceptible crops. Different impacts resulted in discrepant countermeasures of rural households in dealing with wild boars. The magnitude of economic losses caused by wild boars to a great extent determined the selection of prevention measures. Rural households with more economic losses tend to adopt costly and effective prevention measures, such as fencing and human guarding. Recommendations were put forward to address the human-wild boar conflicts in China.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 1048808 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-12 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Frontiers in Environmental Science |
| Volume | 11 |
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| Publication status | Published - 9 Feb 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research was jointly funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 4217011056), Humanity and Social Science Youth Foundation of Chinese Ministry of Education (Grant No. 20YJCZH112, 22YJCZH199), and Guangzhou Office of Philosophy and Social Science, China (Grant No. 2022GZYB20).
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