Wildlife Corridors: A Comprehensive Review of Their Role in Enhancing Landscape Connectivity for Conservation

Abstract

A popular management technique for the conservation of species in fragmented habitats is the creation of wildlife corridors. Because of stochastic processes, fragmentation can lead to extinction by decreasing the number of habitat patches and increasing the isolation of the populations within them. By integrating populations into a single demographic unit, the establishment of a corridor between habitat patches is thought to improve connection and raise the likelihood of survival. Wildlife corridors have come to play an essential role by aiming to connect areas for wildlife. The review brings together recent research on the ecological rules, principles of design and conservation impact of wildlife corridors. This article discusses how linear habitat features aid the movement and sharing of genes among species which helps the whole ecological system endure. It outlines several kinds of corridors including those found naturally along waterways and those that are man-made and talks about their results in different places and for a range of wildlife. Also, it deals with difficulties related to building corridors such as buying land, dealing with conflicts between people and animals and fitting corridors into land-use planning. By helping to join divided habitats, wildlife corridors allow for less damage from development and encourage a networked and sustainable environment for all life. The significance of wildlife corridors for wildlife conservation has been attempted to be explained in this article.