Perception towards the wildlife conservation of locals determines the future of conservation programs, hence we assessed the perception of forest communities in East Siang district towards wildlife conservation in their surroundings. We collected questionnaire data from 1079 respondents of East Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh during Nov 2018 to Feb 2019. The influence of different parameters including socio-demographic, socio-economic and human-wildlife interactions on local communities opinions concerning wildlife conservation were examined. The respondents provided wide and diversified responses about the significance of wildlife for different purposes such as food consumption (hunting) to mixed concerns (aesthetic, moral and future values) and ecological balance. The responses were recorded and tested independent variables, namely age, gender, household size, education, house type, crop damages, livestock attacks, human attacks, village, circles and occupation. The ANCOVA test revealed that villages (p = 0.000), circles (p = 0.001), education (p = 0.012), human attacks (p = 0.003) and gender (p = 0.033) were significantly associated with their opinions. Whereas the socio-economic status of locals also had a role in shaping perceptions about the wildlife conservation. The respondents belonging to the lower socio-economic classes have the negative attitude while upper classes have a positive attitude. Our research suggests that primary (adjusted standardized residual: asr = 2.3) and middle school (asr = 2.7) educated male respondents consider wildlife as food resources (asr = 3.7). However, the graduates believed that wildlife has a role in ecological balance (asr = 6.6). The increase in wildlife attacks on humans is unlikely to support conservation (asr = 4.5). It is suggested to enhance awareness creations, adoption of best practices to mitigate wildlife-human conflict and alternative livelihood for promoting wildlife conservation in the study landscape.

对当地人进行野生动植物保护的认识决定了保护计划的未来，因此，我们评估了东相区森林社区对周围环境进行野生动植物保护的看法。我们在2018年11月至2019年2月期间收集了来自阿鲁纳恰尔邦东部相思区的1079名受访者的问卷调查数据。研究了不同参数（包括社会人口统计学，社会经济和人类与野生生物之间的相互作用）对当地社区有关野生动植物保护的意见的影响。受访者针对野生生物在不同目的（例如食物消费（狩猎），混合关注（美学，道德和未来价值）和生态平衡）中的重要性提供了广泛而多样的回应。记录响应并测试其独立变量，即年龄，性别，家庭规模，教育程度，房屋类型，农作物损害，牲畜袭击，人为袭击，村庄，圈子和职业。ANCOVA测试显示，村庄（p = 0.000），圈子（p = 0.001），教育（p = 0.012），人为攻击（p = 0.003）和性别（p = 0.033）与他们的意见密切相关。而当地人的社会经济地位在塑造人们对野生动植物保护的认识方面也发挥了作用。下层社会经济阶层的受访者持消极态度，而上层社会则持积极态度。我们的研究表明，小学（经校正的标准残差：asr = 2.3）和中学（asr = 2.7）受过教育的男性受访者将野生生物视为食物资源（asr = 3.7）。但是，这些毕业生认为野生生物在生态平衡中起着一定作用（asr = 6.6）。野生动植物对人类的攻击的增加不太可能支持保护（asr = 4.5）。建议加强认识的创造，采用最佳做法以减轻野生动植物与人类之间的冲突，并促进生计的替代生计，以促进研究领域的野生动植物保护。