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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, MODERN MANAGEMENT, APPLIED SCIENCE & SOCIAL SCIENCE (IJEMMASSS) [ Vol. 8 | No. 3 (III) | July-September, 2026 ]

Co-Existence at the Crossroads: Causes, Impact, and Mitigation Strategies of Human-Wildlife Conflict in Sariska Tiger Reserve

Anjani Sharma & Priyanka Sharma

Human–wildlife conflict in Sariska Tiger Reserve is formed by three distinct clusters of factors: genesis, varied impacts, and coping or mitigation strategies. Sariska is a human-dominated tiger ecosystem where villages exist within the reserve, extensive livestock grazing, fodder collection, and associated traffic, religious tourism, and poaching have led to tiger extinction and governance challenges influencing present co-existence. Tiger reintroduction in the region has increased the complexity of interactions between tigers and people as the tiger population recovers within the shared human–wildlife landscape. These factors have been detrimental to conservation and human populations by creating livestock depredation risks, negative attitudes toward forest officials, threats to livelihood, gender discrimination, and covert gender-based violence among several other unaccounted impacts. Evidence shows that long-lasting mitigation strategies require ecological risk reduction coupled with building tolerance, compensation, husbandry, community involvement, and targeted regional interventions in human-dominated tiger landscapes. Therefore, the discussion demonstrates that co-existence is possible in Sariska Tiger Reserve by overcoming the challenges posed to conservation and livelihood at the crossroads of a human-use dominated landscape.

Sharma, A. & Sharma, P. (2026). Co-Existence at the Crossroads - Causes, Impact, and Mitigation Strategies of Human-Wildlife Conflict in Sariska Tiger Reserve. International Journal of Education, Modern Management, Applied Science & Social Science, 08(03(III)), 01–06. https://doi.org/10.62823/IJEMMASSS/8.3(III).9472
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Article DOI: 10.62823/IJEMMASSS/8.3(III).9472

DOI URL: https://doi.org/10.62823/IJEMMASSS/8.3(III).9472

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