Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, 0200 ACT, Australia;3. PANGEA Research Center, School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales Sydney, NSW, 2052 Australia;4. Sheffield Institute for International Development, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S10 2TN U.K.;5. Sociology of Development and Change, Wageningen University, De Leeuwenborch, Hollandseweg 1, 6707 Wageningen, KN, The Netherlands

Department of Geography, Environmental Management and Energy Studies, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa;6. Sociology of Development and Change, Wageningen University, De Leeuwenborch, Hollandseweg 1, 6707 Wageningen, KN, The Netherlands;7. Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, 2109 Australia;8. Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation, ATREE Royal Enclave, Sriramapura, Jakkur Post, Bengaluru, 560064 India

School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance Fellow, Hyderabad, India;9. Wildlife Management International Pty. Limited, P.O. Box 530 Karama, NT, 0813 Australia

Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, 0909 Australia

IUCN-SSC Crocodile Specialist Group, c/ Rue Mauverney 28, 1196 Gland, Switzerland