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
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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.About:
This article is published in Biological Conservation.The article was published on 2017-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 717 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Conservation psychology & Environmental social science.read more
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The use of focus group discussion methodology: Insights from two decades of application in conservation
Tobias Ochieng Nyumba,Kerrie A. Wilson,Christina J. Derrick,Nibedita Mukherjee,Nibedita Mukherjee +4 more
TL;DR: Focus group discussion is frequently used as a qualitative approach to gain an in-depth understanding of social issues as mentioned in this paper, which aims to obtain data from a purposely selected group of individuals rather than from a statistically representative sample of a broader population.
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Crimes Against Nature: Squatters, Poachers, Thieves, and the Hidden History of American Conservation
TL;DR: The Hidden History of American Conservation: Squatters, Poachers, Thieves, and the Hidden history of American conservation is described in this article, with a focus on the role of poachers, thieves, and squatters.
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Social media data for conservation science: A methodological overview
Tuuli Toivonen,Vuokko Vilhelmiina Heikinheimo,Christoph Fink,Anna Hausmann,Tuomo Hiippala,Olle Järv,Henrikki Tenkanen,Enrico Di Minin,Enrico Di Minin +8 more
TL;DR: Combined with other data sources and carefully considering the biases and ethical issues, social media data can provide a complementary and cost-efficient information source for addressing the grand challenges of biodiversity conservation in the Anthropocene epoch.
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Against Extinction. The Story of Conservation
TL;DR: Dunmire and Tierney as discussed by the authors described the arrival and impact of plants that the Europeans brought to the New World and the history of these plants and their introduction to the modern world.
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Contested Nature: Promoting International Biodiversity with Social Justice in the Twenty-First Century
TL;DR: Contested Nature: Promoting International Biodiversity with Social Justice in the Twenty-First Century as mentioned in this paper is a more comprehensive and systematic fashion with four theoretical chapters and case studies from around the world.
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