Second, there is a need to encourage dialogue
among agencies and organizations focused on conservation
within protected areas with those managing and
promoting agroforestry and other multiple use land
use systems adjacent to these protected areas. Considering
how to reduce human–wildlife conflict in the
early stages of planning may better support the development
of the financial and human resources required
to work with local communities to address conflicts
when they occur. To date, there has been relatively
little common work on this issue between researchers
involved with wildlife biology and agroforestry. The
agroforestry community has the potential to play a
leading role in developing theoretical analyses and
carrying out collaborative field research with wildlife
conservationists to explore how to reduce tiger and
elephant conflict, and thus contribute to the conservation
of these species. Examples of questions that
could benefit from such cross-disciplinary research
include the following: