conflict Archives - Iranian Cheetah Society

ICS and Qazvin’s DOE had signed an agreement in order to study the conflicts between humans and wildlife in the Tarom Sofla area. Identifying solutions and also propose management methods to decrease these conflicts are the aims of this agreement.

Interview with local people

According to Qazvin’s DOE report, the ICS’s scientific and practical capacities were considered in solving these conflicts in the Tarom Sofla area. Identification type and impact of conflicts of wildlife on human life in the area, finding the reason for these conflicts, determine the priority of damages which were made by wildlife for human life, determine the solutions to decrease these conflicts with the help of locals and etc, are the purpose of ICS’s activity in the conservation area of the Tarom Sofla in 2021.
The conservation area of the Tarom Sofla is a good conservation habitat for Iranian leopards. Also, there are other spices like brown bear, lynx, wild goat in the area.

The training workshop on “Participation of local communities in the conservation of habitats and conflict resolution strategies between humans and wildlife” was held in the presence of experts of the Iranian Cheetah Society and at the invitation of the Department of Environment of Qazvin province in the governorate of Qazvin on 3 January 2019.
Many villages in Qazvin province, such as East and West Alamut, Tarom, etc., have less than amicable interactions (conflicts) with wild animals in the region such as leopards, wolves, bears, and boars. In light of this, the QazvinDepartment of Environment, by inviting experts from the Iranian Cheetah Society, made the effort to investigate these non-amicable interactions (conflicts) in this workshop attended by local community representatives to find solutions and strategies of resolution.
In this workshop, attended by the governorate authorities from all levels and authorities of the Islamic Councils of all villages in Qazvin province, issues were raised by the experts from the Association concerning cooperation and participation of the local communities in the conservation of the habitats.
In the end, it was decided for the experts of the Society to collect and compile all the information provided by local authorities in a report to be presented to the General Directorate of Department of Environment of Qazvin province to inform them of existing issues and adopted strategies by the indigenous communities.