Research overview: IUCN guidance on human-wildlife conflict and coexistence

This overview synthesises the international guidance developed under the IUCN's human-wildlife conflict and coexistence efforts, which distil principles and good practice for managing conflict involving large carnivores and other species. It reviews recommended approaches: understanding conflict context and social dimensions, engaging stakeholders inclusively, combining prevention with response, monitoring outcomes, and pursuing coexistence as the goal. The literature situates these guidelines as a consolidation of decades of field experience into transferable frameworks for policymakers and practitioners. The survey frames such guidance as an effort to professionalise and standardise conflict management globally, providing a shared vocabulary and methodology while cautioning that solutions must always be adapted to local realities.