How much is a puma worth?: economic compensation as an alternative for the conflict between wildlife conservation and livestock production in Brazil

Abstracts

In this article a case of sheep predation by pumas is presented and used as an example for evaluating the damage and the cost of economic compensation mitigating action for the conflicts between wildlife conservation and livestock production in Brazil. The relative advantages of this kind of action are discussed, considering the Brazilian scenario.

conservation; wildlife management; damage control; puma; carnivore; extension