Remes-Abicht, Amaryllis (2025) The Potential of Transformative Conservation for Human-Wolf Coexistence in the Netherlands: An Assessment of Wolvenplan 2025. Bachelor thesis, Global Responsibility & Leadership (GRL).
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Abstract
The grey wolf made its comeback in the Netherlands in 2015. Due to the high proportion of urbanised and agricultural landscapes, there is little space for nature to exist in its wild state without human disturbance. Therefore, wolf predation on livestock becomes increasingly more likely, creating conflicts within human-wolf coexistence. The Netherlands released a plan to inform coexistence between humans and wolves in April 2025, titled the Wolvenplan. This plan was assessed using the concept of transformative change, specifically the six recommendations which can facilitate transformative conservation as proposed by Fougères et al. (2022). One key finding of this thesis is that the Wolvenplan was partially aligned with half of these recommendations. Stakeholder analysis and systems mapping were used to evaluate the potential of transformative conservation for human-wolf coexistence. In conclusion, implementation of the recommendations could lead to more equitable, just and sustainable conservation and human-wolf coexistence. Further primary research on the practical application of the results of this thesis would provide more insights on how realistic the recommendations are in practice.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Name supervisor: | Garzon Lopez, C.X. |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jun 2025 10:11 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Jun 2025 10:11 |
| URI: | https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/619 |
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