Wildlife’s contributions to people

Nature’s Contributions to People (NCP) are increasingly incorporated into conservation policy and highlighted in protected area systems and site-management frameworks. Climate instability is a major driver for use of these ecosystem services. Frequently omitted from this discourse is wildlife’s contributions to people (WCP) which has recently been examined and identified as a driving force in pollination services, seed dispersal, carbon and nutrient cycling, water regulation, soil formation, habitat maintenance, and for their role in supporting cultural identities. The growing global emphasis on equity and the inclusion of Indigenous peoples and local communities in protected area decision-making underscores the role of these benefits in maintaining livelihoods and the necessity of collaboratively mapping and maintaining NCPs. However, as protected area managers endeavour to integrate NCP into their practices, knowledge about the practical implications for wildlife management is far less known. This article examines how managers might identify and map WCP in their protected area, qualify and quantify the conditions necessary to protect and optimise these contributions and how to structure these optimal conditions through a management system

Ecosystem services · Indigenous · Livelihood · Protected area · Wildlife · Wildlife management · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

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