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Exploring spatial and temporal resilience in socio-ecological systems: evidence from sacred forests in Epirus, Greece.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Govigli, V. M. & Healey, J. R. & Wong, J. L. G. & Stara, K. & Tsiakiris, R. & Halley, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Socio-ecological resilience is the capacity of a system to adapt to changing ecological and social disturbances. Its assessment is extremely important...

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Exploring the social and cultural values of trees and woodlands in England: a new composite measure.

Published online: 10 Sep 2024

Authors: O'Brien, L. & McConnachie, S. & Hall, C. & Forster, J. & Dyke, A. & Saraev, V. & Jones, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Existing research on the social and cultural (S&C) values of treescapes tends to be limited in scope, for example to recreation, aesthetic or heal...

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Dynamic reciprocal contributions between indigenous communities and cultural keystone species: a study case in Western Ecuador.

Published online: 22 May 2025

Authors: Loayza, G. & Pozo, S. & Lascano, M. & Bilhaut, A. G. & Krainer, A. & Teixidor-Toneu, I. & Montúfar, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The reciprocal contributions concept provides a holistic approach to understanding management of natural resources in social-ecological systems. The p...

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Indigenous knowledge-bridging to support ecological stewardship in Canada and Tanzania.

Published online: 22 May 2025

Authors: Bell, E. & Tremblay, C. & Carodenuto, S. & Downie, B. & Dearden, P. & Kileli, E. O. & McDougall, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Indigenous peoples worldwide assert their cultural and political governance through ecological stewardship and traditional land use. With the rapid de...

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Characteristics of immersive citizen science experiences that drive conservation engagement.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Day, G. & Fuller, R. A. & Nichols, C. & Dean, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The biodiversity crisis poses a real and present global threat to humanity. The acceleration of species and ecosystem decline coupled with climate cha...

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The shifting baseline syndrome as a connective concept for more informed and just responses to global environmental change.

Published online: 11 Sep 2023

Authors: Alleway, H. K. & Klein, E. S. & Cameron, L. & Douglass, K. & Govia, I. & Guell, C. & Lim, M. & Robin, L. & Thurstan, R. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The concept of the 'shifting baseline syndrome' has assisted researchers in understanding how expectations for the health of the environment deteriora...

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NatureScot Research Report 1309 - Understanding the Indirect Drivers of Biodiversity Loss in Scotland.

Published online: 21 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Pakeman, R. J. & Eastwood, A. & Duckett, D. & Waylen, K. A. & Hopkins, J. & Bailey, D. M.

Content type: Reports

This report explores the indirect drivers of biodiversity loss in Scotland, emphasizing the societal values and behaviors that underpin the direct dri...

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Unpacking the interface of modernization, development and sustainability in indigenous Guna communities of Panama.

Published online: 11 Aug 2023

Authors: Lam, R. D. & Gasparatos, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

This study elicits the main development challenges for the indigenous social-ecological system (SES) of the Guna people in Panama, which is characteri...

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Sustainability: we need to focus on overall system outcomes rather than simplistic targets.

Published online: 09 Jul 2024

Authors: Fisher, L. & Gross, T. & Hillebrand, H. & Sandberg, A. & Sayama, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Many of the global challenges that confront humanity are interlinked in a dynamic complex network, with multiple feedback loops, nonlinear interaction...

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Seasonal light interception and canopy development in hedgerow and bed system apple orchards.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Palmer, J. W. & Jackson, J. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Patterns of light interception, in both time and space, were measured during 1973 and 1974 in apple orchards. Several planting systems were investigat...

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