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Nathan J. Bennett
Researcher at University of British Columbia
Publications - 100
Citations - 7284
Nathan J. Bennett is an academic researcher from University of British Columbia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sustainability & Marine conservation. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 85 publications receiving 4653 citations. Previous affiliations of Nathan J. Bennett include University of Victoria & University of Washington.
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Conservation social science: understanding and integrating human dimensions to improve conservation
Nathan J. Bennett,Nathan J. Bennett,Nathan J. Bennett,Robin Roth,Sarah C. Klain,Kai M. A. Chan,Patrick Christie,Douglas A. Clark,Georgina Cullman,Deborah Curran,Trevor J. Durbin,Graham Epstein,Alison Greenberg,Michael Paul Nelson,John Sandlos,Richard C. Stedman,Tara L. Teel,Rebecca E. W. Thomas,Diogo Veríssimo,Carina Wyborn +19 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the scope and purpose of eighteen subfields of classic, interdisciplinary and applied conservation social sciences and articulates ten distinct contributions that the social sciences can make to understanding and improving conservation.
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Why local people do not support conservation: Community perceptions of marine protected area livelihood impacts, governance and management in Thailand
TL;DR: In this paper, a mixed-methods study of communities on the Andaman Coast of Thailand explores perceptions of MPA impacts on community livelihood resources (assets) and outcomes as well as MPA governance and management.
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Using perceptions as evidence to improve conservation and environmental management
TL;DR: The contributions of research on perceptions of conservation to improving adaptive and evidence-based conservation are clarified and incorporation of evidence from across the social and natural sciences and integration of a plurality of methods into monitoring and evaluation are clarified.
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Mainstreaming the social sciences in conservation.
Nathan J. Bennett,Nathan J. Bennett,Nathan J. Bennett,Robin Roth,Sarah C. Klain,Kai M. A. Chan,Douglas A. Clark,Georgina Cullman,Graham Epstein,Michael Paul Nelson,Richard C. Stedman,Tara L. Teel,Rebecca E. W. Thomas,Carina Wyborn,Deborah Curran,Alison Greenberg,John Sandlos,Diogo Veríssimo +17 more
TL;DR: Mainstreaming the conservation social sciences will facilitate the uptake of the full range of insights and contributions from these fields into conservation policy and practice and enable more ecologically effective and socially just conservation.
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The Dark Side of Transformation: Latent Risks in Contemporary Sustainability Discourse
Jessica Blythe,Jennifer J. Silver,Louisa Evans,Derek Armitage,Nathan J. Bennett,Nathan J. Bennett,Nathan J. Bennett,Michele-Lee Moore,Michele-Lee Moore,Tiffany H. Morrison,Katrina Brown +10 more
TL;DR: The authors identify five latent risks associated with discourse that frames transformation as apolitical and/or inevitable and refer to these risks as the dark side of transformation, and suggest that scientists, policymakers, and practitioners need to consider such change in more inherently plural and political ways.