Effects of human-wildlife conflicts on local people’s livelihoods and wildlife conservation in and around Alitash National Park, Northwest Ethiopia

Human-wildlife conflict has become one of the fundamental aspects of wildlife management. It threatens both wildlife and human welfare. People injured, abused, and killed wildlife in response to perceived and/or actual damages from wildlife. Such negative interactions are common adjacent protected areas (PAs) where people and wildlife share the same resources. However, the local contexts of the conflict around the most newly established PAs remain unaddressed. Thus, the aim of this study was to assess the effects of human-wildlife conflicts on local people’s livelihood and wildlife conservation in and around Alitash National Park, Ethiopian. The data were collected by interviewing 198 households from 11 villages and conducting 3 focus group discussions and 12 key informant interviews. The survey questions were designed to understand the occurrence of wildlife damage, species involved, losses incurred and local people’s perception and reaction.  The results revealed that 59.6% of the sur..., Through household interviews, key informants interviews, focus group discussions, and field observation., , # Effects of human-wildlife conflicts on local people’s livelihoods and wildlife conservation in and around Alitash National Park, Northwest Ethiopia

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.qbzkh18s1](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.qbzkh18s1)

Socioeconomic characteristics and wildlife-caused damages are an integral part of the data. Species involved in crop damage and livestock predation are also included in the data.

## Description of the data and file structure

The data were prepared in SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) coding format. THE_DATA.sav - is the only file that you need to open. Load dataset and format data for binary logistic regression model in SPSS. Has code for determining effects of wildlife- caused damages on respondents’ perception towards wildlife.  Use descriptive statistics for summering types and prevalence of wildlife-caused damages, the proportion of respondents who encountered both crop and livestock depredation, rank major wild animals causing crop ...