Aloha colleagues,

I wanted to let you know about a new book on human-wildlife conflict in marine ecosystems that has just been published by Oxford University Press.  You can find it on OUP's website: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199687152.do and it will eventually be available on Amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/Human-Wildlife-Conflict-Complexity-Marine-Environment/dp/0199687153

This is the full table of contents:

Human-Wildlife Conflict
:  Complexity in the Marine Environment

Megan M. Draheim, Francine Madden, Julie-Beth McCarthy, and E.C.M. Parsons: Introduction


Section 1: Introduction to the Levels of Conflict

1.  Francine Madden and Brian McQuinn: Understanding Social Conflict and Complexity in the Marine Environment

Section 2: Policy and Human-Wildlife Conflict

2.  Catherine Booker and d'Shan Maycock: Conservation on island time: Stakeholder participation and conflict in marine resource management
3.  Jill Lewandowski: Transforming wicked environmental problems in the government arena: A case study of the effects of marine sound on marine mammals
4.  Christine Gleason: Conservation in conflict: An overview of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) management in Samaná, Dominican Republic
5.  E.C.M. Parsons: Levels of marine human-wildlife conflict: A whaling case study
6.  Sarah Wise: Conflict and collaboration in marine conservation work: Transcending boundaries and encountering flamingos

Section 3: Narratives and Human-Wildlife Conflict

7.  Rachel S. Sprague and Megan M. Draheim: Hawaiian monk seals: Labels, names, and stories in conflict
8.  Carlie Wiener: Flipper fallout: Dolphins as cultural workers and the human conflicts that ensue
9.  Julie-Beth McCarthy: Examining identity-level conflict: The role of religion

Megan M. Draheim, Julie-Beth McCarthy, E.C.M. Parsons: Conclusion

Thanks!

Warm regards,
Rachel
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Rachel S. Sprague, Ph.D.
Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery Coordinator
Pacific Islands Regional Office
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
808.725.5163
rachel.sprague@noaa.gov
http://www.fpir.noaa.gov/PRD/prd_hms_index.html