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Digital fire technologies and community networks: Cultivating just sociotechnical practices for living with planetary change

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Fires are expanding in frequency and intensity worldwide due to climate change and land‐use transformations. At the same time, fire often plays a regenerative role in ecosystems. Traditional and cultural practices incorporate fire use for landscape management and landscape renewal. In this complex matrix of fire ecologies, digital technologies
Jennifer Gabrys   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Caring with forests: Human and more‐than‐human care in forest occupations in Germany

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Abstract Drawing on ongoing ethnographic and participatory action research within forest occupations in Germany, this paper develops the concept of ‘caring with forests’ to theorise the mutual, multidimensional relationships of care that emerge between humans and more‐than‐human beings in environmental protest settings.
Sebastian Garbe
wiley   +1 more source

Birds of many feathers? Examining perceptions among US birders following the American Ornithological Society's eponymous renaming decision

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Abstract In 2023, the American Ornithological Society announced it will phase out the English eponymous (honorific) names of 152 bird species in the United States and Canada, some of which are named after historical figures with racist, genocidal, or otherwise violent histories that serve as reminders of ornithology's exclusive origins.
Kirsten Vinyeta   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Increased utilitarian value of invasive species in regions with long invasion history may limit public engagement for invasion control

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Positive perceptions of invasive species can hinder effective management, especially if management efforts that are rooted in scientific theories are misaligned with local ecological knowledge. We documented local ecological knowledge about land invasibility as predicted by invasion biology theories. Participants with greater local ecological knowledge
Laurel Mael Philpott, Orou G. Gaoue
wiley   +1 more source

Recommendations to enhance neurodiversity inclusivity in field‐based learning in plant biology higher education

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Societal Impact Statement Field‐based learning is an important component of plant biology higher education, offering students valuable hands‐on in situ experiences to help students appreciate and understand plants within their environment. This nature‐based learning may be particularly valuable for students with neurodiversity conditions who might ...
Marjorie R. Lundgren
wiley   +1 more source

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