Understanding the Market Drivers Behind the Reduced Demand for Ivory Products in Japan
Conservation & Society, 2023 Reducing demand for wildlife products has been recognised as an important global priority. However, consumer demand is a complicated phenomenon involving numerous interacting biological and socio-economic factors, operating at a range of scales and time ...
Laura Thomas-Walters +5 more
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The practice and promise of private land conservation
Ecology and Society, 2018 In many countries around the globe, private freehold lands cover large areas. Conservation on these private lands, next to statutory protected areas, promises to play a critical role in efforts for reaching internationally agreed environmental protection
Michael Drescher, Jacob C. Brenner
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Shared personal reflections on the need to broaden the scope of conservation social science
People and Nature, 2019 Social science has a more diverse and meaningful role to play in conservation science and ecology than is currently being published within this field. We reflect on our personal research experiences to demonstrate how our in‐field learning has provided ...
Katie Moon +2 more
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The nature and role of experiential knowledge for environmental conservation [PDF]
, 2010 Understanding the nature and role of experiential knowledge for environmental conservation is a necessary step towards understanding if it should be used and how it might be applied with other types of knowledge in an evidence-based approach.
Fazey, Ioan Raymond Albert +4 more
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A toolkit for open and pluralistic conservation science [PDF]
, 2022 Conservation science practitioners seek to pre-empt irreversible impacts on species, ecosystems, and social-ecological systems, requiring efficient and timely action even when data and understanding are unavailable, incomplete, dated, or biased.
Fidler, Fiona +9 more
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Robust study design is as important on the social as it is on the ecological side of applied ecological research [PDF]
, 2014 1. The effective management of natural systems often requires resource users to change their behaviour. This has led to many applied ecologists using research tools developed by social scientists.
Milner-Gulland, E. J. +9 more
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Perceived influence over marine conservation: Determinants and implications of empowerment
Conservation Letters, 2021 Understanding empowerment is integral to facilitating sustainable use policies and requires assessing potential drivers. However, critical applications are rare in conservation.
Ana Nuno +4 more
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Doing social science with conservation: co-reflexivity on the project model in conservation
OryxThe conservation sector increasingly values reflexivity, in which professionals critically reflect on the social, institutional and political aspects of their work.
Viola Schreer +6 more
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Ranchers' Perspectives on Participating in Non-lethal Wolf-Livestock Coexistence Strategies
Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2021 Potential impacts to rural livelihoods by large carnivores, such as gray wolves (Canis lupus), increase economic liability and fear among residents, resulting in social conflicts over wildlife issues.
Carol Bogezi +4 more
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Mainstreaming the social sciences in conservation [PDF]
, 2017 Despite broad recognition of the value of social sciences and increasingly vocal calls for better engagement with the human element of conservation, the conservation social sciences remain misunderstood and underutilized in practice.
Chan, Kai M. A. +15 more
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