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Technical wildness: Modernity, romanticism, and the technocratic turn in Scottish rewilding

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Technical wildness is a new and increasingly influential culture of nature. This paper marks its emergence in Scotland in the early 2020s. Focusing on Scotland's rapidly evolving land management sector, the paper traces how private rewilding companies position science‐led land management and natural capital markets as the most effective ...
Theo Stanley
wiley   +1 more source

Pastoralism and land degradation in Kazakhstan [PDF]

This thesis looks at the major factors, both environmental and institutional, which haye affected pastoralism in Kazakhstan throughout this century, concentrating in particular on the changes which have occurred since the end of the socialist period ...
Robinson, Sarah
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Pastoralist views and positions on coexistence with large carnivores. An overview from conflict areas across Europe

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract While large carnivore expansion is a conservation success, it increasingly challenges pastoralism. Beyond economic value, pastoralism provides critical biodiversity and sociocultural benefits, recognized by the UN and the EU's ‘High Nature Value farming’ designation.
Valeria Salvatori, Estelle Balian, Katrina Marsden, Juliette C. Young   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sharing landscapes with wildlife: Conflict and coexistence between high nature value pastoral systems and large carnivores

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract High nature value (HNV) pastoral systems, that is those maintained by herding, transhumance and extensive grazing practices, are recognised as cornerstones of European biodiversity, cultural heritage and ecosystem service provision. Yet these systems are currently under significant pressure from a range of economic, social and environmental ...
Katrina Marsden, Hanna Pettersson, Tasos Hovardas, Ângela Lomba, Tobias Plieninger, Valeria Salvatori, Camilla Sandström, Juliette Young   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drought, grazing routes and resource use by small-ruminant pastoralists in Montesinho, northeastern Portugal

Climate projections for the Mediterranean area indicate a rise in temperature and an increase in drought frequency, which directly impact water availability and consequently, ecosystems.
Castro, José, Castro, Marina, Seripieri, Vitor Henrique Mistro, Oliveira, Ana Carolina Farias de, Aleixo-Pais, Isa G.   +4 more
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Reciprocal relations shape cultural landscapes: Women's environmental stewardship in Ait Bouguemez (High Atlas, Morocco)

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Mountain social–ecological systems encompass steep ecological gradients and diverse cultural practices, yet the relative roles of these factors in shaping mountain landscapes remain underexplored. In particular, the knowledge and practices of women in coproducing biocultural landscapes are often invisible in the academic literature. In the Ait
Meryem Aakairi, Sara Elgadi, Hamza Zine, Christel Vidaller, Mohamed Cherkaoui, Emmanuel Corcket, Irene Teixidor‐Toneu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Pastoral Are Pastoral Landscapes? Scavenger Assemblage Structure in Human-Dominated Landscapes: A Case Study From Mediterranean Pastures. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Shapira O, Izhaki I, Zemah-Shamir S, Malkinson D.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Advancing a National Dialogue on Disability in Catholic Education

Psychology in the Schools, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This qualitative descriptive study examined perspectives from 85 participants at the National Convening on Disability and Catholic Education, a 3‐day gathering of Catholic school leaders, educators, and advocates. Using reflexive thematic analysis of structured roundtable dialogues, the study identified psychological and organizational factors
Michael J. Boyle
wiley   +1 more source

Preference differences of different styles of oil paintings in various interior environments based on the PAD emotional state model and EEG. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Huang D, Liu C, Lian C, Shen H, Zhuo X, Bai C, Tang T, Ding R.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Transforming Pastoralism: A Case Study of the Rufa'a al Hoi Ethnic Group in the Blue Nile State, Sudan

, 2008
The pastoral sector in Sudan in general and in the Blue Nile State in particular has been marginalized and impoverished as a result of detrimental state policies, deteriorating environmental conditions and encroaching civil war. In order to survive these
Ahmed, Abdel Ghaffar M.
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