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Wilting wildflowers and bummed‐out bees: Climate change threatens US state symbols

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Species designated as state symbols in the United States carry cultural importance, embody historical heritage and maintain long‐standing linkages to Indigenous traditions. However, they are threatened by climate change and even face the risk of local or global extinction.
Xuezhen Ge   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Colonial management drives ecological change following the exclusion of Indigenous stewardship in a Stoney Iyethka montane grassland, Canadian Rocky Mountains

open access: yesPeople and Nature
For millennia, Indigenous Peoples and their ecological stewardship have kept culturally important landscapes open, diverse and productive. Under colonization which suppresses stewardship activities, landscape vegetation patterns shift and areas ...
Gabriel Schepens   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Developing a novel instrument to assess human–nature relational values

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Relational values—the values embedded in relationships between people and nature—are increasingly recognized as critical for understanding sustainability transformations, particularly in relation to pro‐environmental behaviours and well‐being.
Kimberly M. Post
wiley   +1 more source

Hunting for Sustainability: Indigenous Stewardship in the Cofán Territory of Zábalo

open access: yesConservation Letters
ABSTRACT Indigenous lands are increasingly recognized for their critical role in biodiversity conservation. However, concerns persist about the sustainability of hunting practices within these territories. This study investigates the long‐term impact of Indigenous hunting practices on wildlife populations in the Cofán territory of ...
Michael S. Esbach   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Embodied urban design: Fostering nature connectedness for pro‐conservation behaviour

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Those who feel more connected with nature are more likely to act in ways that support biodiversity. How connected people feel with nature depends in part on how meaningfully it figures into their experience of the built environment. Despite an increase in urban greening measures, these approaches often overlook how people perceive, interact ...
Shea McBride
wiley   +1 more source

Compensation for Environmental Services and Rural Communities: Lessons from the Americas [PDF]

open access: yes
In principle, payments for environmental services – such as watershed management, biodiversity conservation, and carbon sequestration – can advance the goals of both environmental protection and poverty reduction.
Deborah Barry   +3 more
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Varied motivations for secondary forest reclearing among landholders make forest persistence challenging

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Remote sensing studies show that ephemeral forest regeneration is widespread in the tropics, limiting the climate and biodiversity benefits from net increases in forest cover. Socioeconomic, biophysical and landscape variables can help explain the spatial distribution of reforestation reversals.
Francis H. Joyce
wiley   +1 more source

Indigenous Fire Data Sovereignty: Applying Indigenous Data Sovereignty Principles to Fire Research

open access: yesFire
Indigenous Peoples have been stewarding lands with fire for ecosystem improvement since time immemorial. These stewardship practices are part and parcel of the ways in which Indigenous Peoples have long recorded and protected knowledge through our ...
Melinda M. Adams
doaj   +1 more source

Ground Truthing: Reimagining the Indigenous Rainforests of BC’s North Coast by Derrick Stacey Denholm [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Review of Derrick Stacey Denholm\u27s Ground Truthing: Reimagining the Indigenous Rainforests of BC’s North ...
Baker, Carleigh
core   +1 more source

The soul of the soil: Unearthing a Nation's eco‐empathy through 1200 years of Persian poetry

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Cultivating a profound sense of connection with the natural world, conceptualized as eco‐empathy, is increasingly recognized as a vital precursor to effective environmental stewardship. While scientific data frame ecological crises, literary traditions offer a unique archive for tracing the history of this empathetic bond. This study positions
Isa Esfandiarpour‐Boroujeni   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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