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Review: Livestock production increasingly influences wildlife across the globe
With the growing human population, and their improving wealth, it is predicted that there will be significant increases in demand for livestock products (mainly meat and milk). Recent years have demonstrated that the growth in livestock production has generally had significant impacts on wildlife worldwide; and these are, usually, negative. Here I review the interactions between livestock and wildlife and assess the mechanisms through which these interactions occur. The review is framed within the context of the socio-ecological system whereby people are as much a part of the interaction between livestock and wildlife as the animal species themselves. I highlight areas of interaction that are mediated through effects on the forage supply (vegetation) - neutral, positive and negative - however, the review broadly analyses the impacts of livestock production activities. The evidence suggests that it is not the interaction between the species themselves but the ancillary activities associated with livestock production (e.g. land use change, removal of predators, provision of water points) that are the major factors affecting the outcome for wildlife. So in future, there are two key issues that need to be addressed - first, we need to intensify livestock production in areas of 'intensive' livestock production in order to reduce the pressure for land use change to meet the demand for meat (land sparing). And second, if wildlife is to survive in areas where livestock production dominates, it will have to be the people part of the socio-ecological system that sees the benefits of having wildlife co-exist with livestock on farming lands (land sharing and win-win).
History
Volume
12Issue
s2Start Page
S372End Page
S382Number of Pages
11eISSN
1751-732XISSN
1751-7311Location
EnglandPublisher
ElsevierPublisher DOI
Language
engPeer Reviewed
- Yes
Open Access
- Yes
Acceptance Date
2018-05-03Era Eligible
- Yes
Medium
Print-ElectronicJournal
AnimalUsage metrics
Categories
Keywords
competitionfacilitationlivestockwildlifewildlife–livestock interactionsAgricultureAnimalsAnimals, WildCompetitive BehaviorConservation of Natural ResourcesEcosystemHumansSocial Facilitationwildlife-livestock interactionsDairy & Animal ScienceBiological sciencesAgricultural and veterinary sciencesSustainable Agricultural Development