Restoring Wildlife, Enabling Coexistence

10/10/2025
15:00 - 15:45
Human-Centred Conservation Pavilion

Por qué asistir

Follow the journey from conservation success to practical coexistence. Learn how reintroduced desert bighorn sheep thrive in Texas, explore IUCN insights highlighting human-biodiversity trade-offs arising from thriving wildlife populations, and see Mozambique’s community-led strategies that balance conservation goals with human needs, offering scalable solutions for shared landscapes.

Descripción de la sesión

This session traces the pathway from conservation success to coexistence in human-dominated landscapes. Gray N. Thornton presents the reintroduction of desert bighorn sheep to Franklin Mountains State Park, Texas, demonstrating a successful species restoration achieved through multi-sectoral collaboration. The IUCN Human-Wildlife Conflict Specialist Group then highlights their knowledge of one of the most pressing issues associated with thriving or reintroduced wildlife populations and speaks to their role as the impartial think tank and advisory body. We then explore a case study from Mozambique where people and wildlife coexist by balancing biodiversity and community goals. Antonio Alverca presents the Protected Farming Communities initiative, which reduces elephant crop raids, safeguards food security, and integrates proactive conflict management. Together, these case studies demonstrate how restoration, careful management, and community-led solutions create landscapes where wildlife thrives and people live safely and sustainably.
Organised by
Jamma International ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland )
Asociaciones
Species Survival Commission
Wild Sheep Foundation ( United States of America )

Speaker

Speaker Gray THORNTON

Wild Sheep Foundation

Restoring Wildlife, Enabling Coexistence

Speaker Alexandra ZIMMERMANN

Chair, IUCN SSC HWCCSG, IUCN SSC & Oxford University

Restoring Wildlife, Enabling Coexistence

Restoring Wildlife, Enabling Coexistence