04494nas a2200469 a 4500 20260818085517.0 191009s2018 th a m rtt 000 eng d .b12330619 AIT Thesis no.NR-18-09 Bhandari, Shyam Bahadur Crop damage caused by wildlife around the Bardia National Park of Nepal : a perception study of human-wildlife conflict Pathum Thani : Asian Institute of Technology, 2018 122 leaves : ill. Thesis ; no. NR-18-09 A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Natural Resource Management Thesis (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2018 Crop damage by wildlife, a serious form of human-wildlife conflict (HWC) impacts the livelihood of local people and also erodes their support toward conservation around Protected Areas. Effective mitigation measures are vital to manage HWC for balancing conservation and livelihood. In this context, a perception study of 154 households (HHs) was conducted in two sites adjacent to Bardia National Park (BNP) of Nepal. The risk of wildlife was found high in crop yield affecting majority of people (83%). Elephant and deer have been perceived as pest wildlife affecting mainly the paddy, wheat and lentil while risk of rhino has been decreased due to electric fence. The mean annual damage area, quantity and economic loss was 0.47 ha, 4.76 quintals and US$ 128 which was 34.6%, 14.6% and 16% of mean annual cultivated area, harvested quantity and harvested value respectively for those affected HHs. In response, electric fence, crop guard through watch tower and wildlife chasing were the major mitigation measures implemented by local people. Electric fence was found only effective to rhino while low effective for elephant. Elephant was found a hard to control wildlife by any means while rest of the wildlife can be controlled to some extent by guarding and chasing. Lack of effective mitigation measures had incurred high costs to locai people not only in economic terms but also increased indirect costs. The majority respondents (58.4%) hold positive attitude while a considerable proportion of respondents (33.8%) hold neutral attitude toward conservation despite of high costs and low benefits perceived from conservation. Crop damage was found as the major factor influencing the attitude of local people along with indirect costs, education and residency status. Only education shows positive impact upon attitude among all significant factors. Results suggest that the urgency of immediate suppo1t in effective . mitigation measures to create human-wildlife co-existence rather than focusing on benefits. Investing on mitigation measures is recommended rather than dispersing the financial resources in other topics. Wildlife management Nepal Crop losses Nepal Shrestha, Rajendra Prasad, Chairperson Sasaki, Nophea, Examination Committee Faysse, Nicolas, Examination Committee Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate, Scholarship donor Program (JJ/WBGSP) - AIT Fellowship, Scholarship donor Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. NR-18-09 Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B21019 .b12330619 mnait m 250421 0 191009 m a m 0 000:001:PDF:b1233061:004430:0:0:0:0:0:0 Click to view Abstract n mnait mnait mnarc mnarc 20 40 Barcode : 30050120953665 CREATED : 2019-09-10 RECORD # : i13221759 LPATRON : 1032780 LCHKIN : 2024-07-08 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 1 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050120953673 CREATED : 2019-09-10 RECORD # : i13221760 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 1 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050120895486 CREATED : 2019-10-10 RECORD # : i13222090 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050211031447 CREATED : 2021-11-16 RECORD # : i13354814 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 24650 24650 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no.NR-18-09 30050120953665 2026-08-18 08:55:17 1 2026-08-18 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no.NR-18-09 30050120953673 2026-08-18 08:55:17 2 2026-08-18 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-18 0 AIT Thesis no.NR-18-09 30050120895486 2026-08-18 08:55:18 1 2026-08-18 40 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-18 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no.NR-18-09 30050211031447 2026-08-18 08:55:18 3 2026-08-18 20