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Human-wildlife conflict and community perceptions towards wildlife conservation in and around a biodiverse National Park, northern Ethiopia

Global Ecology and Conservation
Crop raiding and livestock predation significantly influence the perception of the local community regarding wildlife conservation. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the scope, characteristics and origin of human-wildlife conflict, as well as
Esayas Embaye Kidane, Seyoum Kiros, Abadi Berhe, Zerihun Girma   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Public Opinion About Community Participation in Natural Resources Governance: A Population Survey in Indonesia and Malaysia

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The international conservation and natural resources communities have increasingly embraced the principle of community participation. This rhetoric around participation has gained power and influence in setting countries' agendas for natural resources governance, largely without a sound understanding of public opinion on the issues.
Rachel S. Friedman, Emily Massingham, Kerrie A. Wilson, Angela J. Dean   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A close-up of human dimensions of wildlife in Europe

, 2016
In Europe an increasing number of scholars from different disciplines show growing interest in studying interactions between society and wildlife. Europe’s diversity with regard to cultures, languages and governance systems for wildlife is reflected in ...
Johansson, Maria,, Dressel, Sabrina,, Kvastegård, Emma,, Kaltenborn, Bjørn P.,, Ericsson, Göran,, Vaske,, Jerry J,, Sandström, Camilla, Lund University., Fischer, Anke,   +8 more
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Everything Changed, Yet Hunting Rights Did Not: Formulation of Wildlife Property Rights in Postsocialist Slovenia

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study uses the policy regime framework to examine how background conditions, institutions, and actor configurations shaped hunting rights within the forest–wildlife policy domain during Slovenia's postsocialist transformation. Drawing on media analysis, in‐depth interviews with policymakers, and legislative documents, it conducts a ...
Milan Šinko, Brina Malnar
wiley   +1 more source

National fish, wildlife and plants climate adaptation strategy

, 2013
The purpose of the National Fish, Wildlife and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy is to inspire and enable natural resource administrators, elected officials, and other decision makers to take action to adapt to a changing climate.
National Fish, Wildlife and Plants Climate adaptation Partnership
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Civil Society Advocacy and Climate Change in Kenya: The Question of “Local Voices” and Their “Amplification”

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The role of civil society organizations (CSOs) in addressing climate change is acknowledged, but engagement with questions of voice remains limited, especially in the Global South. Addressing this, this paper zooms in on (International) nongovernmental organizations ((I)NGOs) and their collaborations with domestic CSOs in the Global South on ...
Margit van Wessel, Precious Akampurira
wiley   +1 more source

Characterizing trends in human-wildlife conflicts in the American Midwest using wildlife rehabilitation records. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2020
Long RB, Krumlauf K, Young AM.
europepmc   +1 more source

Perceptions of Governance (Il)Legitimacy Mediate Climate Change Adaptation in the Lake Victoria Basin, Uganda

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Governance is a well‐known dimension of adaptive capacity across various frameworks, however specific links between perceptions of governance (il)legitimacy and adaptive capacity remain relatively unexplored. In this study, we investigate connections between climate change adaptation and perceptions of governance (il)legitimacy using focus ...
Emma D. Rice, Jonathan G. Low, Molly Atkins, Bwambale Mbilingi, Veronica Mpomwenda, Laban Musinguzi, Vianny Natugonza, Fiona Nunan, Elizabeth A. Nyboer   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Population reduction by hunting helps control human-wildlife conflicts for a species that is a conservation success story. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2020
Garshelis DL, Noyce KV, St-Louis V.
europepmc   +1 more source

Bridging the Gap Between Human Toxicology and Ecotoxicology Under One Health Perspective by a Cross‐Species Adverse Outcome Pathway Network for Reproductive Toxicity

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, EarlyView.
Cross‐species extrapolation of adverse outcome pathway network on reproductive toxicity under the One Health perspective using new approach methodologies. AOP = adverse outcome pathway. Abstract Although ecotoxicological and toxicological risk assessments are performed separately from each other, recent efforts have been made in both disciplines to ...
Elizabeth Dufourcq Sekatcheff, Jaeseong Jeong, Jinhee Choi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source