Anuradhi Dulangi Jayasinghe

1 Introduction Human-wildlife coexistence is ‘a dynamic but sustainable state in which humans and wildlife co-adapt to living in shared landscapes’ (Mekonen 2020, 9). To achieve this state, Mekonen (2020) maintains that human interactions with wildlife are governed by institutions that effectively ensure three things: (1) long-term wildlife population persistence, (2) social legitimacy and (3) tolerable levels of risks.