Examining People’s Perceptions of Elephants in the Context of Human-Elephant Conflict in Aceh Selatan, Aceh, Indonesia

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10.2991/978-2-38476-216-3_21How to use a DOI?

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Human-elephant Conflict; South Aceh; People’s Perception

Abstract

Elephants are animals with wide home ranges, so they need routes to move from one home range to another. The increase in population has reduced the home range for elephants, especially in Sumatra. This causes negative interactions between elephants and humans. Therefore, it is necessary to understand people’s perceptions of elephants to overcome these negative interactions the research was conducted through interviews with people affected by these negative interactions. The location of this study comes from Trumon Tengah District, South Aceh, from 5 villages, namely Naca Village, Ie Jeureuneh Village, Jambo Papeun Village, Ladang Rimba Village, and Pulo Raya Village. Respondents were determined by purposive sampling of 30 respondents, comprising six respondents from each village. The results of this study contained two topics, namely Negative Perceptions of Human and Wild Elephant Conflict, Respondents stated 66.67% agreed (S) that elephants are plant-eating animals when entering land, and respondents stated 53.33% agreed (S) that elephants are crop-destroying animals. As well as Perceptions of Negative Treatment of Wild Elephants, Respondents stated 70% agreed (S) that elephants were evicted if they entered community land, and respondents stated 75% strongly disagreed (STS) if traps were made to prevent elephants from entering community land.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Cut Nurmaliah
AU  - Gina Yulia Putri
AU  - Abdullah Abdullah
AU  - Dewi Andayani
AU  - Aries Munandar
AU  - Samsul Muarrif
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/03/31
TI  - Examining People’s Perceptions of Elephants in the Context of Human-Elephant Conflict in Aceh Selatan, Aceh, Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Annual International Conference on Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (AICMSTE 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 202
EP  - 207
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-216-3_21
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-216-3_21
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