The Anthropocene is marked by an ever-expanding human-wildlife interface. Re-imagining conservation paradigms that move beyond inviolate protected areas to include thoughtful land-sharing and local cultural contexts are warranted, if we are to safeguard biodiversity and human well-being in this era. We examine pathways and offer potential frameworks that can create better human-wildlife coexistence, and conflict resolution.
Peer-reviewed Articles
Srivathsa A, Vausdev D, Nair T, Chakrabarti S et al. 2023. Prioritizing landscapes to reconcile biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, and human well-being in India. Nature Sustainability
Chakrabarti S, O’neil ST, Erb J, Humphal C, Bump JK. 2022. Recent Trends in Survival and Mortality of Wolves in Minnesota, United States. Frontiers in Ecology & Evolution
Chakrabarti S, Wikenros C, Borg B, Jhala YV, Bump J. Editorial: New Century Wolf Conservation & Conflict Management. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Jhala YV, Banerjee K, Chakrabarti S, Basu P, Singh K, Dave C, Gogoi K. 2019. Asiatic lion: Ecology, Economics and Politics of Conservation. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Popular Articles
Krishnaswamy J, Chakrabarti S, Srivathsa A, Ramkrishnan U: Behind the paper blog post for Nature Portfolio Communities. 2023. Reconciling biodiversity and human well-being in a mega-diverse and crowded country
- Chakrabarti S. 2022 Why there is hope for the cheetah in India? Op-Ed for The Indian Express
- Chakrabarti S. 2019. A cat out of the bag: lions in a human landscape. Hornbill, Bombay Natural History Society, April-June 2019 [PDF]
- Chakrabarti S. 2018. Of Men & Manes. SAEVUS [PDF]
- Chakrabarti S. 2017.Belling the cat: using telemetry to study lions in people’s backyards. Sanctuary Asia [PDF]
Coming Soon
Green ARG, Chakrabarti S, Shivakumar S et al. Constellations of Coexistence: Forging Connections & Fostering Coexistence Between Sites of Human-Wildlife Conflict (in review: Journal of Conservation Biology)
Gogoi K, Banerjee K, Chakrabarti S, Sing AP, Jhala YV. Decoding the Enigma of Human-Lion Coexistence in India. (in review: Journal Conservation Biology)
Media features
2023 : Interview featured in Mongabay India “Coexisting with an increasing number of Asiatic lions”