Conflicts over wildlife, commonly called human-wildlife conflicts, involve many terrestrial and aquatic species, including large carnivores, birds, elephants, deer, sharks, crocodilians, etc. As wildlife populations recover in some regions and human activities continue to expand into natural habitats in others, human-wildlife conflicts have increased in frequency and magnitude. These conflicts are often costly for both humans and wildlife, because they may generate substantial economic losses for rural communities, reduce local support for conservation measures, and can result in retaliatory actions that threaten wildlife populations. These situations tend to be complex, dynamic and multi-layered.

The IUCN SSC Human-Wildlife Conflict & Coexistence Specialist Group (2020) defines human-wildlife conflict as: “struggles that emerge when the presence or behaviour of wildlife poses actual or perceived, direct and recurring threats to human interests or needs, leading to disagreements between groups of people and negative impacts on people and/or wildlife”.

According to this definition, human-wildlife conflicts are almost always underpinned by social conflicts between people over the management of wildlife. Indeed, researchers investigating human-wildlife conflicts increasingly differentiate between human-human conflicts (i.e. conflicts that occur among humans when deciding how best to manage the risk – real or perceived – caused by wildlife) and wildlife impacts (i.e. damage caused by wildlife to human livelihood and safety).

This topic collection particularly welcomes contributions on human-human conflicts, which typically involve disagreements between parties over the presence/impact of the species. These include, among others, studies on conflicts of interest, conflicts over beliefs and values, over different approaches to decision-making, over information, structural conflicts and interpersonal conflicts. We also aim to advance our understanding of the drivers underlying why and where human-wildlife conflicts occur. Therefore, we are looking for papers that rigorously assess the impacts of wildlife on local communities and their livelihoods, including, for example, quantification of economic costs to agriculture and livestock, or effects on food security and household income, or assessments of infrastructure or property damage. Finally, we encourage submissions that offer practical and evidence-based solutions for reducing human-human conflict and wildlife damage to human activities, thereby favouring coexistence. These would include assessments of innovative prevention methods, compensation or insurance schemes, community-based management strategies that enhance local capacity to coexist with wildlife, or policies that effectively balance conservation goals with human development needs.

For more details, please read our submission guidelines. Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published. The Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer-review process. The peer-review of any submissions for which the Editors have competing interests will be handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.

The Eurasian wild boar, its relative the feral pig (Sus scrofa) and other wild suids in Africa and Asia play fundamental roles in their ecosystems. Some cause concern due to growing human-wildlife interactions, ecological impacts and shared infections and are regarded as pests or managed as game species. Other suids face conservation issues due to habitat loss and emerging diseases including African swine fever. The collection is open to themes such as urban wild boar, one health, and wild boar management. Case reports, minor diseases, or narrow themes in genetics, toxicology or physiology are not relevant to this Collection. We welcome original articles, but also reviews, perspectives and commentaries.

This Collection is linked to the 14th International Symposium on Wild Boar and Other Suids on September 9 – 11, 2026, in Zagreb, Croatia, under the theme “Rooting towards the Future”. Like the Symposium itself, the Collection provides an excellent opportunity to share knowledge, promote collaboration and gain new insights into the ecology and management of these species.

For more details, please read our submission guidelines. Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all the journal’s standard policies . Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published. The Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer-review process. The peer-review of any submissions for which the Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.