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  • Chapter 28 - Ecological and Social Dimensions of Sloth Bear Conservation in Sri Lanka

  • from Part IV - Conservation and ManagementConservation and Management
  • Edited by Vincenzo Penteriani, Mario Melletti
  • Book:
    Bears of the World
    Published online:
    16 November 2020
    Print publication:
    26 November 2020, pp 379-386

  • Summary

    Balancing the needs of humans and wildlife in Sri Lanka presents enormous socioeconomic and conservation challenges. Sloth bears are legally protected, but attacks on humans generate intense fear, which increases the potential for human-caused bear mortality and local extirpation of bears. In this chapter, what is known about the ecology and human dimensions of the sloth bear in a country with a teeming human population and a history of poverty and civil conflict is explored. We also address whether changes in land use in the aftermath of the civil war may have impacted sloth bear distribution and discuss the conservation outlook for bears.