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Why do people walk their dog where the wild things are? A qualitative content analysis from an urban nature reserve.

Published online: 27 Jan 2025

Authors: Packer, J. & Kohler, M. & Dawson, D. & Asad, N. & Borch, R. von der & Chur-Hansen, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Domestic dogs can have devastating impacts on threatened wildlife, but limiting their damage is challenging because it relies on changing the behaviou...

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Stable or shifting visions? In search of nature and social bonds during the pandemic.

Published online: 20 Jan 2022

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Lo, V. B. & López-Rodríguez, M. D. & Metzger, M. J. & Oteros-Rozasd, E. & Piqueres, M. A. C. & Ruiz-Mallén, I. & Marchb, H. & Raymond, C. M.

Content type: Blog

This case study emphasizes the need for adaptive park management plans to cope with major system shocks. Inclusivity of stakeholder observations and k...

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What does value pluralism mean in practice? An empirical demonstration from a deliberative valuation.

Published online: 12 Aug 2023

Authors: Isacs, L. & Kenter, J. O. & Wetterstrand, H. & Katzeff, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The intensified call for value pluralism within research on valuation in environmental decision-making responds to the recognition that neoclassical e...

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What motivates West African cocoa farmers to value trees? Taking the 4W approach to the heart of the field.

Published online: 28 Jan 2025

Authors: Dago, M. R. & Zo-Bi, I. C. & Konan, I. K. & Kouassi, A. K. & Guei, S. & Jagoret, P. & N'Guessan, A. E. & Sanial, E. & Tankam, C. & Traoré, S. & Hérault, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

West Africa, the largest cocoa-producing region globally, has experienced significant deforestation in recent decades, leading countries to implement ...

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Harnessing artificial intelligence technology and social media data to support cultural ecosystem service assessments.

Published online: 22 Oct 2021

Authors: Vigl, L. E. & Marsoner, T. & Giombini, V. & Pecher, C. & Simion, H. & Stemle, E. & Tasser, E. & Depellegrin, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Cultural Ecosystem Services (CESs), such as aesthetic and recreational enjoyment, as well as sense of place and cultural heritage, play an outstanding...

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Relational values help explain green infrastructure preferences: the case of managing crane habitat in Hokkaido, Japan.

Published online: 26 Oct 2021

Authors: Kim, H. & Shoji, Y. & Tsuge, T. & Kubo, T. & Nakamura, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The initial purpose of our study was to understand preferences of stakeholders on green infrastructure for flood control using a discrete choice exper...

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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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Special Profile: Integrating ecology and the social sciences.

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Philipson, J. & Lowe, P. & Bullock, J. M.

Content type: Journal issue

This special issue contains 10 papers providing information on the integration between ecology and social sciences. Topics covered include: contrastin...

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Integrating socio-economics and ecology: a taxonomy of quantitative methods and a review of their use in agro-ecology.

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Cooke, I. R. & Queenborough, S. A. & Mattison, E. H. A. & Bailey, A. P. & Sandars, D. L. & Graves, A. R. & Morris, J. & Atkinson, P. W. & Trawick, P. & Freckleton, R. P. & Watkinson, A. R. & Sutherland, W. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Answering many of the critical questions in conservation, development and environmental management requires integrating the social and natural science...

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Mechanisms for enhancing public engagement with citizen science results.

Published online: 28 Oct 2021

Authors: MacLeod, C. J. & Scott, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Citizen science is frequently cited as a successful approach for increasing public engagement with environmental issues, but this requires a purposefu...

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