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Very few habitats in the world can claim cohabitation of humans and large carnivores where both co-existat high densities. In countries like India, lions, leopards, and tigers co-occur with people regularly.Uttarakhand, a westHimalayan Indian state has historically reported negative leopard-human interactions. Almost 149 people sustained injuries or died due to leopard, Panthera pardus (Linn.) (family Felidae), between 2001 and 2018 in just one forest division of the state. Uttarakhand has the highest number of leopards declared as dangerous to human life and killedin the country.Traditional approaches of mitigation (leopard translocations, shooting of “man-eaters” and ex-gratia payments)have been ineffective in reducing conflict.Using evidence from baseline research of stakeholder interviews and leopard attacks on people in Uttarakhand, the program “Living with leopards in Uttarakhand” was implemented between 2016 and 2020. This intervention program was aimed at capacity building of stakeholders and had the following key elements: official stakeholder consultation meetings, exposure visits, capacity building training sessions, media workshops, a children’s ambassador program and an awareness program. This paper critically evaluates the “Living with Leopards in Uttarakhand” intervention for its merits and demerits. The learning of this intervention will find applications in other areas where large carnivores share space with people.
Leopard, management, capacity building, conflict, mitigation, shared spaces, awareness
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