Design for Wildlife Deconfliction+Deterrence

Basics

• Either with Urban Sprawl / Deforestation or alternatively with Rewilding / Wildlife Corridors etc, Conflicts between Human (and especially large/potentially dangerous) Non-Human Animals Can…and will Continue to…Occur
• Thus active planning for this is needed
• This page aims to outline such planning, as well as interlink with related (albeit more detailed or specific to a certain environment) pages

Concepts

Prevention

• 1.) Don’t do Deforestation/ Greenfield Development etc if you don’t have to
  • Easier said than done, but prevention is easier than treatment
• 2.) If doing Land Clearing and such, intentional planning of a system of Nature Preserves , Wildlife Corridors , and Wildlife Crossings will reduce incidents, akin to how well planned Sidewalks and Landscaping will result in few (if any) Opportunity Paths
• Choices such as ( Electric ) Fencing , Prefabricated Concrete Walls or other Hardscaping Barriers, or
• Related Keywords:
  • Landscape Ecology
  • Exclosure
  • Pest-Exclusion Fence
    • Pest-Exclusion Trench doesn’t seem to be a term
      • Ha-Ha / Sunken Fence / Moats / Trenches seem to be the terms in use
        • Also to a lesser extent Hedgerows / Wallrow