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Social media and deep learning reveal specific cultural preferences for biodiversity.

Published online: 06 Sep 2023

Authors: Havinga, I. & Marcos, D. & Bogaart, P. & Massimino, D. & Hein, L. & Tuia, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Social media has created new opportunities to map cultural ecosystem services (CES) related to biodiversity at large scales. However, using these nove...

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Turning things around: a discussion of values, practices and action in the context of social-ecological change.

Published online: 04 Sep 2023

Authors: Maller, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

This special feature concerns understanding human-nature relations through the lens of values to comprehend how values of the natural world connect wi...

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Farmers' land-use decision-making: a dynamical modelling approach that integrates qualitative knowledge about social norms into a quantitative model.

Published online: 20 Sep 2023

Authors: Vortkamp, I. & Hilker, F. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The concept of the homo oeconomicus is often used to model human behaviour in economic contexts. However, other factors like tradition or the preferen...

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Searching for resilience: addressing the impacts of changing disturbance regimes on forest ecosystem services.

Published online: 03 Feb 2016

Authors: Seidl, R. & Spies, T. A. & Peterson, D. L. & Stephens, S. L. & Hicke, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The provisioning of ecosystem services to society is increasingly under pressure from global change. Changing disturbance regimes are of particular co...

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The impact of information on returns from farming.

Published online: 06 Jan 2016

Authors: Birthal, P. S. & Shiv Kumar & Negi, D. S. & Devesh Roy

Content type: Bulletin

Using data from a nationally representative survey, conducted by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) of the Government of India, we examine...

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Applying a biocomplexity approach to modelling farmer decision-making and land use impacts on wildlife.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Malawska, A. & Topping, C. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The biocomplexity approach refers to a fully integrated social-ecological systems (SES) simulation that represents bidirectional feedbacks between soc...

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Drivers and consequences of archetypical shifting cultivation transitions.

Published online: 04 Sep 2023

Authors: Martin, D. A. & Llopis, J. C. & Raveloaritiana, E. & Coomes, O. T. & Andriamihaja, O. R. & Bruun, T. B. & Heinimann, A. & Mertz, O. & Rakotonarivo, O. S. & Zaehringer, J. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Shifting cultivation remains an important land system in many tropical landscapes, but transitions away from shifting cultivation are increasingly com...

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Disentangling the complexity of human-nature interactions.

Published online: 09 Jul 2024

Authors: Bennett, E. M. & Reyers, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Human-nature interactions have been identified as an important leverage point for achieving sustainability. Processes to recognize, protect, improve a...

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An interdisciplinary framework for navigating social-climatic tipping points.

Published online: 22 Oct 2023

Authors: Graham, S. & Wary, M. & Calcagni, F. & Cisneros, M. & Luca, C. de & Gorostiza, S. & Stedje Hanserud, O. & Kallis, G. & Kotsila, P. & Leipold, S. & Malumbres-Olarte, J. & Partridge, T. & Petit-Boix, A. & Schaffartzik, A. & Shokry, G. & Tirado-Herrero, S. & Bergh, J. van den & Ziveri, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

To effectively navigate out of the climate crisis, a new interdisciplinary approach is needed to guide and facilitate research that integrates diverse...

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A cultural ecosystem service perspective on the interactions between humans and soils in gardens.

Published online: 03 Nov 2021

Authors: Teuber, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Gardens are culturally shaped environments in which natural processes can be experienced. Thus, they offer insights into the relation people have with...

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