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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
doaj   +1 more source

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.
F. Buner, M. Puigcerver
doaj   +1 more source

Nature-Based Tourism Businesses in Colorado: Interpreting Environmental Ethics and Responsible Behavior [PDF]

, 2011
Tourism businesses operate from a primarily economic-centric point of view, but nature-based tourism businesses are also acutely aware of the need to sustain the natural resource that attracts the client to their outdoor recreation service. A preliminary
Gaede, Diane, Jurin, Richard R., Strickert, Drew   +2 more
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Drivers of human attitudes towards wolves Canis lupus in Kazakhstan

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Kazakhstan is recognized as a key stronghold for the grey wolf (Canis lupus). Nonetheless, the wolf status and the dynamics of human‐wolf coexistence in the region remain poorly understood. This study aims to fill that gap by exploring current attitudes towards wolves in Kazakhstan and identify the underlying drivers of these attitudes.
Alyona Koshkina, Svitlana Kudrenko, Andrés Ordiz, Saltanat Kamiyeva, Adam Devenish, Johannes Kamp   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can the mid-Holocene provide suitable models for rewilding the landscape in Britain? [PDF]

, 2009
Palaeoecologists have been encouraging us to think about the relevance of the Holocene fossil record for nature conservation for many years (e.g. Buckland 1993) but this information seems slow to filter through to the conservation community.
Buckland, Paul C., Bullock, J.M., Hodder, Kathryn H., Kirby, Keith K.   +3 more
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Prediction and prevention of the next pandemic zoonosis. [PDF]

, 2012
Most pandemics--eg, HIV/AIDS, severe acute respiratory syndrome, pandemic influenza--originate in animals, are caused by viruses, and are driven to emerge by ecological, behavioural, or socioeconomic changes.
Carroll, Dennis, Daszak, Peter, Karesh, William B, Lipkin, W Ian, Mazet, Jonna AK, Morse, Stephen S, Parrish, Colin R, Woolhouse, Mark, Zambrana-Torrelio, Carlos   +8 more
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Understanding contingency in wolf‐mediated livestock predation across a mosaic of land uses: An agent‐based modelling approach

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The return of grey wolves to multi‐use landscapes in North America and Europe raises concerns over accompanying risks of livestock predation. While local‐level risk factors have received attention, it is difficult to explore the role that landscape‐scale variables, such as landscape connectivity, play in driving livestock losses.
Vivian F. Hawkinson, Oswald J. Schmitz, Kristy M. Ferraro   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

If you leave it, you lose it: Managing human–wildlife feeding interactions requires constant attention, interdisciplinary approaches and long‐term monitoring

People and Nature
Human–wildlife interactions are becoming more common as we progress through the Anthropocene. People tend to feed wildlife more regularly as it is often popularised by social media and can counteract their disconnect from the natural world.
Jane Faull, Laura L. Griffin, Grace Nolan, Amy Haigh, Anna David, Sarah Redmond, Niamh Collins, Paul McDonnell, Adam Kane, Simone Ciuti   +9 more
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Investigating conservation performance payments alongside human–wildlife conflicts: The Swedish lynx and wolverine protection policies

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Conservation performance payments are becoming an increasingly popular instrument to tackle human–wildlife conflicts. In Sweden, Sámi communities practicing reindeer husbandry receive performance payments as compensation for reindeer losses caused by lynxes and wolverines.
Josef Kaiser, Thomas Hahn, Tobias Krueger, Dagmar Haase   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Detailed plan for the COMET WP3 initial research activity - list of research projects and goals, participants and timing [PDF]

, 2013
Detailed plan for the COMET Work Package (WP ...
Barnett, Catherine L., Beresford, Nick, Bradshaw, Clare, Brown, Justin, Calmon, Philippe, Chmielewka, Izabela, Duffa, Céline, Fevrier, Laureline, Gaschak, Sergey, Iosjpe, Mikhail, Kaspparov, Valery, Lahtinen, Juhani, Liland, Astrid, Michalik, Boguslaw, Mora Candas, Juan Carlos, Nanbu, Kenji, Outola, Iisa, Real, Almudena, Robles, Beatriz, Salbu, Brit, Simon-Cornu, Marie, Skipperud, L., Stark, Karolina, Steiner, Martin, Thorring, Håvard, Vandenhove, Hildegarde, Vanhoudt, Nathalie, Vives i Battle, Jordi   +27 more
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