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The impact of zoo education programmes on connection to nature considering programme type, participants' demographics and their initial connection

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Participants in environmental education programmes can have different preexisting attitudes and experiences that could influence the educational outcomes. The present study focuses on zoo education and its goal of connecting people to nature.
Viktoria Feucht   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Human-wildlife conflict and its impacts on livelihoods, health, and the environment in Chebera Churchura National Park, Southwest Ethiopia: a phenomenological study using a One Health approach with an urgent call for action. [PDF]

open access: yesOne Health Outlook
Guadu T   +18 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Relational values, motivations, and benefits drive community commitment to urban predator control for ecological restoration

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Volunteers play a crucial role in urban ecological restoration, and in the Aotearoa New Zealand context, volunteer effort is a central tool used to drive landscape‐scale conservation outcomes. Here, we identify the motivations and benefits that drive community involvement and commitment to conservation initiatives, drawing on a unique case ...
Julie Whitburn, Danielle Shanahan
wiley   +1 more source

Balancing forage and fear: How people, environment and predators shape reindeer grazing in the Fennoscandian tundra

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The long history of reindeer herding in Fennoscandia has shaped the mountain tundra by influencing its productivity, nutrient and carbon cycling and vegetation structure. By partly limiting shrub expansion, extensive reindeer grazing contributes to ecosystem resilience and helps mitigate climate change effects.
Marianne Stoessel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Curating landscapes to encourage care for biodiversity through arts and citizen science

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates how combining Citizen Science and Art workshops within curated wildflower meadows can generate repeated, positive experiences with nature, and foster a sense of care for it. The project aimed to increase awareness, encourage responsibility, and develop competencies related to urban nature.
Elisa Olivares Esquivel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Remote sensing and citizen science for habitat mapping: A machine learning approach to lowland heathland in Surrey, UK

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract In a time of extensive global biodiversity loss, conservation efforts increasingly rely on high‐resolution, accurate, up‐to‐date habitat maps to guide decision‐making and strategic interventions. Many products have been developed in response, using machine learning (ML) methods to automate habitat classification, often relying on satellite ...
Victoria Webster   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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