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Invasive species management will benefit from social impact assessment.

Published online: 26 Jul 2017

Authors: Crowley, S. L. & Hinchliffe, S. & McDonald, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasive species management aims to prevent or mitigate the impacts of introduced species but management interventions can themselves generate social ...

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Social and economic benefits of learning in natural environments: A study of learning outside the classroom in natural environments (LINE) in primary school settings to provide a forecast of social value.

Published online: 06 Jan 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Wadley, N.

Content type: Reports

This report provides a forecast of the potential social impact of 'learning outside the classroom in natural environments' (LINE) in primary school se...

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Ecosystem services, well-being benefits and urbanization associations in a Small Island Developing State.

Published online: 30 Oct 2021

Authors: Lapointe, M. & Gurney, G. G. & Coulthard, S. & Cumming, G. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Urbanization is a key driver of social and environmental change world-wide. However, our understanding of its impacts on the multidimensional well-bei...

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Social adaptation can reduce the strength of social-ecological feedbacks from ecosystem degradation.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Bartelet, H. A. & Barnes, M. L. & Zoeller, K. C. & Cumming, G. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Feedbacks between people and ecosystems are central to the study of social-ecological systems (SES) but remain poorly understood. It is commonly assum...

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How many broadleaved trees are enough in conifer plantations? The economy of land sharing, land sparing and quantitative targets.

Published online: 03 Aug 2016

Authors: Yamaura, Y. & Shoji, Y. & Mitsuda, Y. & Utsugi, H. & Tsuge, T. & Kuriyama, K. & Nakamura, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

For biodiversity conservation to be an effective and significant social investment, non-marketed values of biodiversity conservation and its associate...

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Exploring autonomous and controlled motivations for nature contact to maximise health benefits.

Published online: 10 Sep 2024

Authors: Astell-Burt, T. & Navakatikyan, M. & White, M. P. & Feng XiaoQi

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Increasing evidence indicates contact with nature supports mental, physical and social health. However, beyond a widely reported number of barriers to...

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Informing proactive wildfire management that benefits vulnerable communities and ecological values.

Published online: 28 Jan 2025

Authors: Lacey, L. M. & Suraci, J. P. & Littlefield, C. E. & Busse, B. S. & Dickson, B. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

In response to mounting wildfire risks, land managers across the country will need to dramatically increase proactive wildfire management (e.g. fuel a...

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Allotments for all? Social-environmental values of urban gardens for gardeners and the public in cities: the example of Berlin, Germany.

Published online: 20 Sep 2023

Authors: Haase, D. & Gaeva, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Gardens in cities have been the focus of a wider public health debate in Europe's polluted and dense cities, for the elderly and considering the curre...

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Deriving Australian citizens' willingness to pay for carbon farming benefits: a choice experiment study.

Published online: 20 Jan 2016

Authors: Landstra, Y. & Kragt, M. E.

Content type: Bulletin

The Australian Government is facing the considerable challenges to cut back greenhouse gas emissions to five percent under 2000 levels by the year 202...

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Nature-based solutions to climate change adaptation.

Published online: 21 Nov 2019

Authors: Reid, H. & Hicks, C. & Hou XiaoTing [Hou, X. T. J. ] & Kapos, V. & Rizvi, A. R. & Wicander, S.

Content type: Bulletin

Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) - a subset of nature-based approaches to help people adapt to climate change - is an increasingly popular strategy. E...

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