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Defining and identifying relevant stakeholders to advance effective conservation

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
The challenge of defining stakeholders in environmental science and an approach for refining existing definitions. Abstract Stakeholder is a contested term that has spawned a multitude of ad hoc definitions. The ambiguity of these definitions has oftentimes impeded transdisciplinary research in environmental governance and conservation science because ...
Milan Büscher   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reconsidering the role of introduced species in the climate‐affected and highly invaded eastern Mediterranean

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Bioinvasions are considered mostly as a biodiversity and conservation hazard, but in specific situations, introduced species can bring ecological or socioeconomic benefits. We assessed the social–ecological role of marine introduced species in the eastern Mediterranean Sea—a global hotspot of bioinvasions and extirpations—and their potential ...
Stelios Katsanevakis   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Changes in the transformative potential of action proposals in Finnish Red Lists from 1986 to 2019

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Red lists provide critical knowledge regarding biodiversity decline, especially in Finland, where broad assessments have been made regularly since the 1980s. They deliver information on the threat status of species and ecosystems, propose actions to guide conservation policy, and have the potential to spur transformative change.
Anni Arponen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

How a Traveling Exhibition on Wasps Altered Public Perceptions

open access: yesCurator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Media portrays a caricature of the “evil” wasp (a flying insect), perpetuating fears developed at a young age or from individual negative experiences. Because wasps are critically important to nature and our agriculture, it is important to provide some form of education to lessen this fear.
Brenna L. Decker   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Wider View: Amie Siegel's Panorama and the Role of Contemporary Art in Natural History Museum Critique and Practice

open access: yesCurator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Panorama, artist Amie Siegel montaged films made by Carnegie Museum of Natural History (CMNH) staff in the 1930s–1970s when documenting their research expeditions and exhibition projects, along with her own footage shot in the museum. Displayed at Carnegie Museum of Art in 2023–2024, the exhibition made visible the often hidden labors of ...
Deirdre Madeleine Smith
wiley   +1 more source

Characteristics, potentials, and challenges of transdisciplinary research

One Earth, 2022
Mark G. Lawrence,1,2,5,* Stephen Williams,1 Patrizia Nanz,1,3 and Ortwin Renn1,4 1Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Potsdam, Germany 2Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany 3Political
M. Lawrence   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Principles for Leading, Learning, and Synthesizing in Inter- and Transdisciplinary Research

BioScience, 2022
Synthesizing heterogeneous findings from different scientific disciplines, thematic fields, and professional sectors is considered to be a critical component of inter- and transdisciplinary research endeavors. However, little is known about the complex
Sabine Hoffmann   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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