摘要：After at least two millennia of human–wildlife conflict over the predation of livestock in South Africa 1 , the recently completed scientific assessment on livestock predation 2 (PredSA) brings the power of a formal scientific assessment to focus on the topic. PredSA represents a global first in terms of applying this increasingly recognised approach to informing policy to the issue of livestock predation at a national level. Here we explore the process behind the assessment, its structure and policy relevance, and some lessons learnt and suggest some avenues for the way forward.
