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Conservation psychology: The future of conservation built upon a legacy

open access: yesZoo Biology, 2022
AbstractThe role that the social sciences play in conservation has been strengthened and codified over the past 20 years by many important contributions. This includes the influences of Dr. Carol D. Saunders who coined the term “Conservation Psychology” in a 2003 special issue of Human Ecology to identify a more efficient way for those with ...
Cranston, Kayla A., Khalil, Kathayoon
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Insect conservation psychology [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Insect Conservation, 2018
People seek connectedness with nature, as evidenced by 8 billion people per year visiting terrestrial parks alone. Yet the challenge is for people to appreciate and care for nature, including insects, on which we so crucially depend for so many services.
John P. Simaika, Michael J. Samways
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Pedagogical Innovation: Towards Conservation Psychology and Sustainability [PDF]

open access: yesUniversal Journal of Educational Research, 2021
Pedagogical innovation is one of the solutions to the challenges facing the educational system; it is a mediator for change and adaptation. The objective of education is to go more than rationality and involve creativity; the development of creativity is increasingly considered in the teaching-learning processes.
Heredia-R, Marco   +3 more
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Understanding motivations and attitudes among songbird‐keepers to identify best approaches to demand reduction

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, 2021
Demand for cage birds is highly prevalent and increasing across Indonesia, as wild bird populations across Asia decline. To find ways to reduce demand, it is important to understand the motivations and psychographic drivers to keep (or not keep) birds ...
Harry Marshall   +6 more
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The importance of message framing in rule compliance by visitors during wildlife tourism

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, 2021
A conundrum of wildlife tourism is balancing wildlife conservation and tourist satisfaction. Mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei) are a flagship species for biodiversity and there is worldwide interest in gorilla trekking safaris.
Simplicious J. Gessa, Jessica M. Rothman
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Avian cultural services peak in tropical wet forests

open access: yesConservation Letters, 2021
The current biodiversity crisis involves major shifts in biological communities at local and regional scales. The consequences for Earth's life‐support systems are increasingly well‐studied, but knowledge of how community shifts affect cultural services ...
Alejandra Echeverri   +7 more
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Embodiment in social psychology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Psychologists are increasingly interested in embodiment based on the assumption that thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are grounded in bodily interaction with the environment.
Simone Schnall   +8 more
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We have a steak in it: Eliciting interventions to reduce beef consumption and its impact on biodiversity

open access: yesConservation Letters, 2020
Beef production is a major driver of biodiversity loss and greenhouse gas emissions globally, and multiple studies recommend reducing beef production and consumption.
Matthew J. Selinske   +5 more
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Protection motivation theory and pro‐environmental behaviour: A systematic mapping review

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Psychology, 2019
Objective Climate change and related issues associated with the interaction of humans with the environment are of great importance in today's context. More and more research is focusing on understanding what can be done to prevent and reverse the effects
Emily J. Kothe   +5 more
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Understanding drivers of human tolerance to gray wolves and brown bears as a strategy to improve landholder–carnivore coexistence

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, 2021
Despite recent recovery of large carnivores throughout Europe such as the brown bear (Ursus arctos) and the gray wolf (Canis lupus), some of their populations are still threatened and their viability depends on human tolerance to share mixed landscapes ...
Filippo Marino   +5 more
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