A blog post about the paper The Magnitude, Value and Economic Cost of Replacing Wild Meat Obtained Through “Recreational” Big Game Hunting in the United States by Shane P. Mahoney and Richard D. Honor Hunting can be a controversial practice, especially when viewed as conducted for unnecessary reasons. For many, it is also difficult to […]
By Lara Sartorio Goncalves, Vitor Renck, Carolina Carvalho, Jezimara Vinhas, Jose da Cruz, and Leandra Goncalves This Plain Language Summary is published in advance of the paper discussed. Please check back soon for a link to the full paper. In Jubim, a traditional fishing community in the Brazilian Amazon, people and nature are bound together […]
By Katie Moon This Plain Language Summary is published in advance of the paper discussed. Please check back soon for a link to the full paper. How does a householder become more resilient to climate change? In circling this question, I started paying attention to the systems within which I am embedded, noticing resilience is […]
By Mara de Pater, Aniek Hebinck, Symke Nieboer, Anita Lazurko, Robbert Biesbroek, Laura Pereira, Elizabeth Díaz-General, Aron Teunissen, Samia Baadj, Anna Chilton, Seweryn Krupnik, Richard Kock, Klemetti Näkkäläjärvi, W. Mathijs Rozemuller, and Eirini Sakellari This Plain Language Summary is published in advance of the paper discussed. Please check back soon for a link to the […]
By William Sharkey, Aidan Keane, Pablo Sinovas, Vimean Huot, Rachna Thim, Maliya Yorn, and E.J. Milner-Gulland This Plain Language Summary is published in advance of the paper discussed. Please check back soon for a link to the full paper. People living inside or close to protected areas can contribute to protected area management by helping […]
By Leah Govia, Roberta Hawkins, Eric Nost, and Jennifer J. Silver This Plain Language Summary is published in advance of the paper discussed. Please check back soon for a link to the full paper. Whether inviting careful attention to the lives of individual animals through social media or using artificial intelligence for ecosystem mapping, digital […]
By Tina Heger and Oliver Szasz Read the full paper here Imagine a future in which everyone is quite aware of our multiple and complex dependencies on other people, on other living things, and on our non-living environments; a future in which humans behave in a humble way, and care for nature as much as […]
By Oriol Garcia-Antúnez, Christopher M. Raymond, Thomas Beery & Anton Stahl Olafsson This Plain Language Summary is published in advance of the paper discussed. Please check back soon for a link to the full paper. Research in environmental psychology, conservation biology, and human-nature relationships has long warned of the decline in contact with nature among […]
By Andrea Rizzardi Orlandi, Valentina Fulvia Isaja, Roberto Ambrosini, Ivan Jaric, and Alessandra Costanzo Read the full paper here Many of us encounter wild animals every day without realising it. Lions, tigers, penguins, giraffes, and more, appear in films, cartoons, social media, and advertisements. Some researchers have suggested that this constant exposure might make people […]
By Kelly Hitchcock, Andrew Moss, Richard W. Yarnell, Gregory Counsell, Leah J. Williams, Kat Hamill, & Simon Tollington Read the full paper here Residential gardens comprise a large proportion of urban landscapes and have the potential to support biodiversity by providing important resources for wildlife such as food and shelter. Collectively, they could make a […]