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Multidimensional mental representations of natural environment among Chinese preadolescents via draw-and-write mapping.

Published online: 19 Mar 2024

Authors: Yue ZhiHui & Meng YiChuan & Chen Jin

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The mental associations that children have with the natural environment can be referred to as their natural representations. These representations enc...

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Chronic anthropogenic disturbance drives the biological impoverishment of the Brazilian Caatinga vegetation.

Published online: 10 Jun 2015

Authors: Ribeiro, E. M. S. & Arroyo-Rodríguez, V. & Santos, B. A. & Tabarelli, M. & Leal, I. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In addition to acute transformations of ecosystems caused by deforestation, old-growth forests world-wide are being increasingly altered by low-intens...

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Past human-induced ecological legacies as a driver of modern Amazonian resilience.

Published online: 11 Dec 2023

Authors: McMichael, C. N. H. & Bush, M. B. & Jiménez, J. C. & Gosling, W. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

People have modified landscapes throughout the Holocene (the last c. 11,700 years) by modifying soils, burning forests, cultivating and domesticating ...

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Global knowledge-action networks at the frontlines of sustainability: insights from five decades of science for action in UNESCO's World Network of biosphere reserves.

Published online: 22 Oct 2023

Authors: Barraclough, A. D. & Reed, M. G. & Coetzer, K. & Price, M. F. & Schultz, L. & Moreira-Muñoz, A. & Måren, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Generating actionable knowledge to meet current sustainability challenges requires unprecedented collaboration across scales, geographies, cultures an...

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Categorisation of cats: managing boundary felids in Aotearoa New Zealand and Britain.

Published online: 12 Oct 2023

Authors: Palmer, A. & Thomas, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Management of domestic and wild animals is an integral part of conservation and is often based on how an animal is categorised. For example, feral cat...

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If you build it, they will come: coastal amenities facilitate human engagement in marine protected areas.

Published online: 14 Dec 2023

Authors: Free, C. M. & Smith, J. G. & Lopazanski, C. J. & Brun, J. & Francis, T. B. & Eurich, J. G. & Claudet, J. & Dugan, J. E. & Gill, D. A. & Hamilton, S. L. & Kaschner, K. & Mouillot, D. & Ziegler, S. L. & Caselle, J. E. & Nickols, K. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Calls for using marine protected areas (MPAs) to achieve goals for nature and people are increasing globally. While the conservation and fisheries imp...

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Practitioner approaches to trade-off decision-making in marine conservation development.

Published online: 12 Oct 2023

Authors: Fortnam, M. & Chaigneau, T. & Evans, L. & Bastian, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Mounting evidence suggests that win-wins are elusive and trade-offs are the norm in marine conservation development practice. The status quo involves ...

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Not just having fun: experiential-learning-based school field trips improved local children's mental models of the mangrove nature reserve in Shenzhen, China.

Published online: 12 Oct 2023

Authors: Wu Meng & Zhang WeiZhe & Zeng Zhuo & Liu ChiChang & Liu KueiPin

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Nature-based school field trips gained policy support from China governments. However, in a highly exam-oriented education system, schools might be un...

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Maptkit: an environmental management decision-tool for inclusive, equitable and representative stakeholder attribute mapping.

Published online: 02 Oct 2023

Authors: Hoare, V. & Hinson, C. E. & Reyniers, B. M. & O'Shea, R. & Howe, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Inclusive, comprehensive Stakeholder Identification and Mapping processes are vital for successful environmental management. This is relevant as multi...

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Co-designing conservation interventions through participatory action research in the Indian trans-Himalaya.

Published online: 22 Sep 2023

Authors: Khanyari, M. & Dorjay, R. & Lobzang, S. & Bijoor, A. & Suryawanshi, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Community-based conservation, despite being more inclusive than fortress conservation, has been criticized for being a top-down implementation of exte...

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