War and wildlife: linking armed conflict to conservation

摘要: Armed conflict throughout the world's biodiversity hotspots poses a critical threat to conservation efforts. To date, research and policy have focused more on ultimate outcomes of for wildlife rather than ecological, social, economic processes that create those outcomes. Yet militarization accompanies armed conflict, as well consequent changes in governance, economies, human settlement, has diverse influences populations habitats. better understand these complex dynamics, we summarized 144 case studies from around world identified 24 distinct pathways linking The most commonly cited reflect institutional socioeconomic factors, tactical aspects conflict. Marked differences salient emerge across geographic regions taxa. Our review demonstrates mitigating negative effects requires nuanced understanding ways which affects communities.