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Socio‐ecological correlates of wildlife species identification across rural communities in northern Tanzania

People and Nature
Citizen or community science has the potential to inform wildlife management by including the general public in research and generating datasets on human perceptions of wildlife population dynamics and human–wildlife interactions. These contributions are
Justin Raycraft, Reilly Becchina, Danielle Bettermann, Stephen Koester, Elana Kriegel, Kiana Lindsay, Edwin Maingo Ole, Emily Ramirez, Bryan Spizuco, Christian Kiffner   +9 more
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Protecting great apes from disease: Compliance with measures to reduce anthroponotic disease transmission

People and Nature, 2022
The emergence of infectious diseases, such as COVID‐19, impacts livelihood strategies and conservation tools reliant on human‐wildlife interactions, such as wildlife‐based tourism and research.
Ana Nuno, Chloe Chesney, Maia Wellbelove, Elena Bersacola, Gladys Kalema‐Zikusoka, Fabian Leendertz, Amanda D. Webber, Kimberley J. Hockings   +7 more
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Urbanization and food transition in the Brazilian Amazon: From wild to domesticated meat

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Urbanization is expected to influence food transitions, resulting in a shift from wild foods to more domesticated foods. Concomitantly, food insecurity and urban demand for natural resources, including wildlife, are expected to increase overall, even when the per capita consumption is expected to decrease.
Willandia A. Chaves, Denis Valle, Aline S. Tavares, Thais Q. Morcatty, Marcelo D. Vidal, Tatiana Schor, Eduardo M. von Mühlen, David S. Wilcove   +7 more
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How uneven access shapes the socio‐economic and environmental potential of game meat value chains: The case of legal game meat in Zambia

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Game meat contributes to human nutrition, food security and sociocultural practices around the world. Game meat also comes with risks, including overharvesting and zoonotic and food‐borne disease. These may be pronounced where game meat travels along complex value chains from rural to urban areas.
Brock Bersaglio, Charis Enns, Edgar Hichoonga, Francis Masse, Matt Sommerville, Nathalie van Vliet   +5 more
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Wildlife and public perceptions of opportunities for psychological restoration in local natural settings

People and Nature
Wildlife might be important to psychologically restorative values and disvalues of nature, as interactions with wildlife could trigger both positive and negative feelings.
Maria Johansson, Terry Hartig, Jens Frank, Anders Flykt   +3 more
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Mammal Mia: A review on how ecological and human dimension research on urban wild mammals can benefit future biophilic cities

Basic and Applied Ecology
Future cities have the potential to be biodiverse areas in which humans and wildlife can coexist. However, the success of creating or maintaining wildlife-inclusive future cities can be challenged by management actions that are solely based on ecological
Simon S. Moesch, Thilo Wellmann, Dagmar Haase, Manisha Bhardwaj   +3 more
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Conserving wildlife through demand reduction and supply alternatives: Two experiments in restaurants in Kinshasa

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract High aggregate levels of wildlife consumption in cities in Central Africa highlight the need for solutions that balance wildlife protection, local livelihoods and the relational values between people and nature. This study explores the impacts of demand‐ and supply‐side interventions on wild meat consumption through two randomized control ...
Abdoulaye Cisse, Gabriel Englander, Daniel J. Ingram   +2 more
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Reimagining habituation: The case for a reciprocal and contextual understanding

People and Nature
As the frequency and intensity of human–wildlife interactions continue to rise, the process and outcomes of habituation are becoming more important. Commonly defined as ‘…a waning of response to a repeated, neutral stimuli’ or of similar wording, we ...
Ethan D. Doney, Tom Fry, Valerio Donfrancesco, Hanna Pettersson, Sahil Nijhawan, Douglas A. Clark, Clemens Driessen, Christine Ampumuza, Chris Sandbrook   +8 more
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Hunting motivations, behaviour and forest access: Characterising wildlife hunting practices in a multi‐ethnic, forested landscape of Brunei Darussalam, Southeast Asia

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Unsustainable hunting practices can alter population dynamics, driving biodiversity declines, which leads to ‘empty forests’. Understanding hunting behaviour, including motivations for hunting and relationships with market drivers, and access to hunting grounds are important to develop affirmative policies to stem biodiversity loss.
Natasha L. M. Mannion, Rachel Gaulton, Maria Erica Jamil, Marion Pfeifer, Johan Willem Ferry Slik, Stephen G. Willis, F. Merlin Franco   +6 more
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XXXth IUGB Congress and Perdix XIII

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 2012
The 30th Congress of the International Union of Game Biologists (IUGB) and Perdix XIII was held at the ‘Hotel Juan Carlos I’ in Barcelona, Spain, from 5 to 9 September 2011. The event was organised by the University of Barcelona, the Regional Government
F. Buner, M. Puigcerver
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