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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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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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Perceived Barriers to Integrating Social Science and Conservation
Conservation Biology, 2006 Published by and copyright of Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. The definitive version is available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00598.x ...
Helen E, Fox +5 more
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Trust in science increases conservative support for social distancing [PDF]
Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic necessitates ubiquitous adherence to prevention strategies—such as social distancing—that have been recommended by medical and scientific communities. Although most Americans support and engage in social distancing, a subset of conservatives reject the scientific consensus on this matter.
Jonah Koetke +2 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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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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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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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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Nature documentaries as catalysts for change: Mapping out the ‘Blackfish Effect’
People and Nature, 2021 It is essential for us to understand what drives human behaviour if we want to tackle anthropogenic damage to the environment. Popular media can play an important role in shaping public attitudes, behaviours and norms towards wildlife, and documentaries ...
Laure Boissat +2 more
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Social licence through citizen science: A tool for marine conservation [PDF]
Ecology and Society, 2018 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. Citizen science is the active involvement of the public in science to address scientific questions, often of common interest or concern, by ...
Kelly, Rachel +4 more
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