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A critical analysis of the discourses of conservation and science on the Galápagos Islands [PDF]
, 2011 Conservation of the world’s biodiversity is a paradigmatic example of a ‘wicked problem’, a problem that resists resolution because it is defined, experienced and measured differently by different people, in ways that are inseparable from a range of ...
Cairns, Rose
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An optimistic outlook on the use of evidence syntheses to inform environmental decision‐making
Conservation Science and Practice, 2021 Practitioners and policymakers working in environmental arenas make decisions that can have large impacts on ecosystems. Basing such decisions on high‐quality evidence about the effectiveness of different interventions can often maximize the success of ...
Laura Thomas‐Walters +17 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Traditional conservation scientists approach conservation conflict from a resource-management perspective, in which both wildlife and non-living natural resources are managed to balance the interests of competing human stakeholders.
Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill +2 more
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Characteristics of immersive citizen science experiences that drive conservation engagement
People and Nature, 2022 The biodiversity crisis poses a real and present global threat to humanity. The acceleration of species and ecosystem decline coupled with climate change suggests that as it stands, nature cannot absorb the pressure humanity is placing on the planet ...
Georgia Day +3 more
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Conservation frontiers: understanding the geographic expansion of conservation
Journal of Land Use Science, 2022 Land-use frontiers, such as agriculture expanding into forests, remain a major driver of biodiversity loss, and often lead to conservation responses. To better understand the geographies of conservation, connecting conservation with tools used widely in ...
Ana Buchadas +3 more
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Social Licence for Marine Conservation Science
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2018 Marine environments are complex and dynamic social-ecological systems, where social perceptions of ocean stewardship are diverse, resource use is potentially unsustainable, and conservation efforts rely strongly on public support or acceptance ...
Rachel Kelly +5 more
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Prospects and challenges for social media data in conservation science
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2015 Social media data have been extensively used in numerous fields of science, but examples of their use in conservation science are still very limited. In this paper, we propose a framework on how social media data could be useful for conservation science ...
Enrico eDi Minin +4 more
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People and Nature, 2020 The illegal wildlife trade is a global conservation priority, prompting a rise in interventions aimed at reducing the demand for wildlife products. Research shows that designing campaigns to target the values held by a specific audience is an effective ...
Laura Thomas‐Walters +4 more
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Social license through citizen science: a tool for marine conservation
Ecology and Society, 2019 Active and meaningful public engagement is necessary to foster informed and publicly accepted natural resource management. Citizen science presents an important avenue by which to achieve such engagement.
Rachel Kelly +4 more
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How to address data privacy concerns when using social media data in conservation science [PDF]
, 2021 Social media data are being increasingly used in conservation science to study human–nature interactions. User-generated content, such as images, video, text, and audio, and the associated metadata can be used to assess such interactions.
Jens Kremer +9 more
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