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Putting a Price on Whales To Save Them: What Do Morals Have To Do with It? [PDF]
, 2013 The author explores the moral implication of a proposal to create an international market in whale shares as an alternative to the dysfunctional International Whaling Commission.
Babcock, Hope M.
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Drivers of change in human–wildlife relationships: Southern Africa as an example
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Human–wildlife relationships (HWRs) are changing globally in response to shifts in ecological dynamics and societal values, often resulting in contestation. With an increasing need to enable human–wildlife coexistence, it is essential to better understand the drivers of change in HWRs.
Dian Spear
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The Protection and Management of the Sargasso Sea [PDF]
, 2017 The Sargasso Sea is a fundamentally important part of the world's ocean, located within the North Atlantic sub-tropical gyre with its boundaries defined by the surrounding currents.
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Aesthetic values as relational values: Environmental aesthetics in go‐along interviews
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Aesthetic values are often categorised as a type of relational values, yet their shared characteristics with other relational values remain largely unexplored. To address this gap, we turn to Emily Brady's theory of environmental aesthetics; her interpretation of aesthetic value exhibits important parallels with the concept of relational ...
Rafael Zinnenlauf +3 more
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Determining the Market for Marine Wildlife Tourism in South Africa. [PDF]
African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2019 Viewing and interacting with wildlife in their natural habitat has become an important component of the tourism industry. Shark cage diving and whale watching are two prominent activities in South Africa and are becoming an increasingly popular tourist ...
Dr L Geldenhuys +2 more
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Responsible Marine Wildlife Viewing [PDF]
, 2006 Marine wildlife viewing is good for Alaska's economy, and good for the participants' souls. But is it good for the animals? The answer is yes, if boaters and tide-poolers use care when near the animals.
Johnson, Terry
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Digital surveillance of animals and nature recovery
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Digital surveillance technologies (DSTs) are widely applied in nature recovery for their potential to generate novel data on species and ecosystems through digital tracking, automation (e.g. from hazardous locations) and from newly recruited citizen scientists.
William M. Adams
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A contingent valuation approach to estimating the recreational value of commercial whale watching - the case study of Faxaflói Bay, Iceland. [PDF]
Tour Manag Perspect, 2020 Cook D +3 more
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A Novel Crawling Robot Based on the Hexagonal Mesh Structure and Enhanced PID Control Strategy
Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The locomotion of crawling robots is similar to that of caterpillars, relying on foot adhesion and body contraction to ensure flexible movement without compromising stability. However, most existing pneumatic soft crawling robots are incapable of simultaneously achieving forward, backward, turning, and climbing capabilities.
Meng Hongjun +4 more
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Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.This study presents a semi‐automated, rule‐based image analysis pipeline to detect ice seals in aerial surveys of the Western Antarctic Peninsula during an unusually low sea ice year. By using simple hierarchical clustering instead of deep learning, the method substantially reduced human annotation effort while achieving 82% recall, identifying 758 ...
Claire McGinnity +8 more
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