Tuesday, July 7, 2026

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Room C1

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Movement is a key behavior for wildlife in facilitating access to food and conspecifics or in avoiding risks. The increasing presence and impacts of people on natural landscapes in the Anthropocene have led to direct consequences on these movements, affecting both people and wildlife. As natural landscapes become more fragmented, the human-wildlife interactions take new shapes with migration routes impeded, conflict intensified, or conversely, new resources become available to wildlife. These changes, often combined with shifts in people’s attitudes towards wildlife with urbanization, lead to new challenges and opportunities for wildlife movement, and conservation in general. In this symposium, we aim to showcase the state-of-the-art social-ecological insights into wildlife movement in the Anthropocene by addressing key questions such as: What are the key environmental components facilitating or inhibiting movement across landscapes? What are the impacts of human behavior on wildlife movement, and how can these impacts be best quantified? What are the key species traits leading to being more susceptible or better adapted to the impacts of habitat fragmentation? Which mitigation measures are effective in restoring wildlife movements in human-dominated landscapes? We will present case studies from local to global scales, highlighting the importance of context-specificity, and will provide solutions applicable to different geographies. Importantly, we aim to link these cases with a social-ecological thread, providing conservation scientists and practitioners with novel perspectives on how wildlife movement could be fostered in the Anthropocene. Our symposium will feature six presentations, from a diverse group of researchers, and will provide space for interaction and discussion with the audience. As one of the most topical conservation issues in Europe and worldwide, we expect a wide interest in this symposium, and for it to be well-attended.

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