Land of wolves, school of shepherds: the importance of pastoral knowledge on co-existence with large carnivores

The wolf (Canis lupus) is recovering and recolonizing its historic range in Europe. In places where wolves have long been absent, their recent recolonization could potentially provoke extensive livestock farmers’ opposition. To understand the conditions for extensive grazingwolf co-existence, we con...

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Autores: Morales Reyes, Zebensui, Durá-Alemañ, C. Javier, Almarcha, Francisco, Sánchez-Zapata, José A., Pérez-Ibarra, Irene
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad de La Laguna (ULL)
Repositorio:RIULL. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
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Acceso en línea:http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/40100
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Palabra clave:Anthropogenic landscapes
apex predators
human-wildlife coexistence
indigenous and local knowledge
livestock guardian dogs
pastoralism
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spelling Land of wolves, school of shepherds: the importance of pastoral knowledge on co-existence with large carnivoresMorales Reyes, ZebensuiDurá-Alemañ, C. JavierAlmarcha, FranciscoSánchez-Zapata, José A.Pérez-Ibarra, IreneAnthropogenic landscapesapex predatorshuman-wildlife coexistenceindigenous and local knowledgelivestock guardian dogspastoralismThe wolf (Canis lupus) is recovering and recolonizing its historic range in Europe. In places where wolves have long been absent, their recent recolonization could potentially provoke extensive livestock farmers’ opposition. To understand the conditions for extensive grazingwolf co-existence, we conducted interviews with livestock farmers and shepherds to compare three Spanish regions in different wolf presence states: uninterrupted wolf presence, recent wolf recolonization and sporadic wolf presence. Our results show the importance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) for reducing conflict and enabling co-existence. In areas where wolves were extinct and have been recently recolonized, loss of TEK has led to less of both tolerance to wolves and awareness of the benefits they provide. Conversely, in areas where wolf presence has been uninterrupted, maintaining the TEK associated with livestock management, such as use of mastiff dogs and shepherd's role, has favored the coexistence of extensive grazing systems with wolves. Our findings have important implications for the EU Common Agricultural Policy by highlighting the urgent need to integrate the close link between TEK and the co-existence of extensive grazing systems with large carnivores. Furthermore, the EU Nature Restoration Law could reinforce these same approaches.Biología Animal y Edafología y Geología202420242024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/40100reponame:RIULL. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de La Lagunainstname:Universidad de La Laguna (ULL)InglésEcosystems and People, Volume 20, 2024, Issue 1Licencia Creative Commons (Reconocimiento-No comercial-Sin obras derivadas 4.0 Internacional)info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es_ESoai:riull.ull.es:915/401002026-06-22T13:13:57Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Land of wolves, school of shepherds: the importance of pastoral knowledge on co-existence with large carnivores
title Land of wolves, school of shepherds: the importance of pastoral knowledge on co-existence with large carnivores
spellingShingle Land of wolves, school of shepherds: the importance of pastoral knowledge on co-existence with large carnivores
Morales Reyes, Zebensui
Anthropogenic landscapes
apex predators
human-wildlife coexistence
indigenous and local knowledge
livestock guardian dogs
pastoralism
title_short Land of wolves, school of shepherds: the importance of pastoral knowledge on co-existence with large carnivores
title_full Land of wolves, school of shepherds: the importance of pastoral knowledge on co-existence with large carnivores
title_fullStr Land of wolves, school of shepherds: the importance of pastoral knowledge on co-existence with large carnivores
title_full_unstemmed Land of wolves, school of shepherds: the importance of pastoral knowledge on co-existence with large carnivores
title_sort Land of wolves, school of shepherds: the importance of pastoral knowledge on co-existence with large carnivores
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Morales Reyes, Zebensui
Durá-Alemañ, C. Javier
Almarcha, Francisco
Sánchez-Zapata, José A.
Pérez-Ibarra, Irene
author Morales Reyes, Zebensui
author_facet Morales Reyes, Zebensui
Durá-Alemañ, C. Javier
Almarcha, Francisco
Sánchez-Zapata, José A.
Pérez-Ibarra, Irene
author_role author
author2 Durá-Alemañ, C. Javier
Almarcha, Francisco
Sánchez-Zapata, José A.
Pérez-Ibarra, Irene
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Biología Animal y Edafología y Geología
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Anthropogenic landscapes
apex predators
human-wildlife coexistence
indigenous and local knowledge
livestock guardian dogs
pastoralism
topic Anthropogenic landscapes
apex predators
human-wildlife coexistence
indigenous and local knowledge
livestock guardian dogs
pastoralism
description The wolf (Canis lupus) is recovering and recolonizing its historic range in Europe. In places where wolves have long been absent, their recent recolonization could potentially provoke extensive livestock farmers’ opposition. To understand the conditions for extensive grazingwolf co-existence, we conducted interviews with livestock farmers and shepherds to compare three Spanish regions in different wolf presence states: uninterrupted wolf presence, recent wolf recolonization and sporadic wolf presence. Our results show the importance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) for reducing conflict and enabling co-existence. In areas where wolves were extinct and have been recently recolonized, loss of TEK has led to less of both tolerance to wolves and awareness of the benefits they provide. Conversely, in areas where wolf presence has been uninterrupted, maintaining the TEK associated with livestock management, such as use of mastiff dogs and shepherd's role, has favored the coexistence of extensive grazing systems with wolves. Our findings have important implications for the EU Common Agricultural Policy by highlighting the urgent need to integrate the close link between TEK and the co-existence of extensive grazing systems with large carnivores. Furthermore, the EU Nature Restoration Law could reinforce these same approaches.
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