People and Nature
The 6th British Ecological Society journal, publishing work on relationships between people and nature. EiC Kevin Gaston, posts by Assistant Editor Milly and Publishing Assistant Anna.
- 🚨 Apply to join us an Associate Editor! We are seeking a wide range of expertise: Human-wildlife interactions 🚶♀️ Nature experience and connectedness 🌳 Indigenous knowledge systems🗺️ Reciprocity and care 🤝 And more... Find out more and apply here ➡️ buff.ly/LvTJGnW
- 🐺 Regional Platforms for Coexistence between People and Large Carnivores facilitated farmers' participation and supported constructive stakeholder interaction to mitigate human-carnivore conflicts 📖 Full paper out now! ➡️ buff.ly/Yf959Ng
- 🐒 Humans and non-human primates are interacting more than ever, but research is uneven. This new review of 821 studies shows Africa and hunting dominate, while arboreal, nocturnal, and threatened species, and social science remain understudied. 📖 Full paper out now! ➡️ buff.ly/VwbwD3m
- 🚵 People go to nature for many non-material reasons, often for recreational activities, to fulfill the need to connect with nature, or for aesthetic appreciation and experiences. But, the actual range of these so-called cultural ecosystem services is much broader. 📖 Full paper! ➡️ buff.ly/akVYqM2
- 🦌 If you leave it, you lose it: Managing human–wildlife feeding interactions requires constant attention, interdisciplinary approaches and long-term monitoring 📖 Full paper out now! ➡️ buff.ly/bvLLTqR
- With #IPBES12 fast approaching, we’re sharing a range of research from the British Ecological Society journals which highlight important approaches and evidence to aid The Business and Biodiversity Assessment 📖 🌎 🧪 📖 Read the collection here! ➡️ buff.ly/quW3VJE
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- 🐐 Cultivating biodiversity: When conservation in agricultural landscapes embodies farmers' values 📖 Full paper out now! ➡️ buff.ly/rs2lTeU
- 🌍🐦 Regional honey-hunter calls to wild birds in Mozambique vary like dialects. Shaped by culture, not environment, these calls maintain effective human-honeyguide cooperation across the region. 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/gYSQpZh
- The @britishecologicalsociety.org is going to IPBES. We have curated a Virtual Issue of published articles that align with IPBES's work and their upcoming assessments: shorturl.at/gBMlo Read the collection, and let us know if you'll be attending IPBES.
- 🐑 The role of trust in wildlife damage response systems: One step towards coexistence between livestock farming and large carnivores? #Coexistence #Pastoralism #Wildlife 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/NmErIND
- 🛝 New Research - Making playgrounds better for both biodiversity and children's wellbeing? Our research shows that it should be possible by increasing tree diversity and encouraging nature interactions! @soleneg.bsky.social Read the full paper here➡️ buff.ly/ETjnjw9
- 🎁 Deeper sociological insight needed for behaviour change: A systematic review of Chinese ivory consumption 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/SIwUAAw
- ⭐Survey-based study of public perceptions and preferences for mitigating flood risk in the United States, to achieve greater diversity in flood prevention, we need to spread the word about the effectiveness of wetlands and floodplains for flood relief ➡️ buff.ly/FDQCMpd
- 🦪 Community-based marine restoration to generate social licence and ecological knowledge for upscaling oyster reef restoration 📖 Read the full paper here➡️ buff.ly/YQtBfFb
- 🐻Bridging the gap: Why positive values are not enough for human–bear coexistence "Increased species knowledge heightened risk perception due to poor mitigation. Yet, trust in authorities positively predicts tolerance, especially with local engagement" 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/KLSRa0G
- 🌍 "Our Murcia (Spain) study shows 3 in 4 pupils have Nature Experience Deficit (<1 h/day outdoors). Connection drops with age, is higher in girls, and tracks inequality. Prioritise outdoor lessons and greener neighbourhoods now" #NatureConnection 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/xLaLsoF
- New issue! With research ranging from... 🐝 Pollinators & pesticide-free farming 🌊 Coasts, floods & community trust ✨ Indigenous knowledge & traditional literature 🌌 Light, darkness & nature 🐢 Conservation strategies & species management Read now! ➡️ buff.ly/y94vWmL
- 🛶 Epistemic bonding can inform the response of local inhabitants towards regulations and other knowledge sources used in management decisions and improve considerations of epistemic justice and inclusivity in ecosystem governance 📖 Read the paper ➡️ buff.ly/5Ffhw1I
- 💧 Hydropower resettlement reshapes human–nature relationships: Insights from Southwestern China 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/cGfpHdP
- 📝 "How do #IndigenousPeoples and #TraditionalCommunities in the #Cerrado, Brazil, understand sustainability? Through poetry and #PAR, we share place-based visions that re-inhabit and challenge global SDG frameworks" @EcologySociety @XPathsfutures 📖 buff.ly/0fxWKPI
- ⛰️Climate change and wellbeing are deeply connected. Studying 2,488 people in 14 nature-dependent communities, life satisfaction drops when climate impacts were perceived as severe, highlighting community-level vulnerability over individual experience 📖 buff.ly/F2AREPX
- "Experts assessed how a reverse listing (RL) under CITES could affect the exotic pet trade. Uncertainty remains, especially on legal trade & livelihoods. Clearer RL goals & criteria are vital for better decisions" #WildlifeTrade #CITES 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/6NhvhAN
- 📹 Abandonment of traditional practices in Mallorca’s Tramuntana range led to rapid forest expansion and landscape homogenization. Aerial imagery & traditional ecological knowledge highlight how socio-economic shifts shape Mediterranean landscapes 📖 buff.ly/d6ojk0K
- 🌳How can environmental policy making, planning and delivery include the authentic voices of children and young people? New research explores how urban treescape development in the UK benefit from transdisciplinary approaches. 📖 Read the paper here➡️ buff.ly/5HaGmeo
- 🌳Agroforestry can provide many benefits to the environment and production, but knowledge about it amongst farmers is a major barrier to uptake. @MillieSCHood and colleagues present an educational agenda, co-designed with 48 stakeholders, to address this 📖 buff.ly/fNkSLkI
- 🪶 Sex matters: European urban birds flee approaching women sooner than approaching men "Flight initiation distance is considered a proxy of antipredator behaviour. We investigated changes in this behaviour of birds concerning the sex of observers" 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/yoQuwDd
- 🐙 Co-led with the Kwakiutl Nation, this study reimagines kelp governance on Canada’s west coast. Centering Kwakiutl knowledge, it highlights how respect, reciprocity, and relational values can guide climate-resilient, equitable kelp harvest and farming for a Blue Economy 📖 buff.ly/851ypv0
- 📮Coping with climate emotions: A qualitative study using interviews and letters in remote, rural and small communities across Canada 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/KugL8YH
- Corals threatened by multiple stressors thrived in ✔️ Marine Protected Areas (+18%) ✔️ Deeper 🌊 (+8% per 2m) ✔️ Compact reef patches Long-term 🎣 reduced 🪸- but impacts were slow and showed 10 year delay @UBCoceans @ZSLconservation @UBCBiodiversity 📖 buff.ly/ZoWEdbB
- 🐦 New research - 'Bird-basin' Hunting: Yao people, an ethnic minority in Guangxi, China, used the bird-basin hunting that had been practiced for 500 years, indirectly maintaining local bird diversity. 📖 Read the full paper here➡️ buff.ly/5V5CJzJ
- 🔥 Understanding fire conflict through stakeholder mapping in Madagascar's grassy biomes 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/rlEQK72
- 🦋 "Can community science help assess nature’s benefits? Our UK case study finds it often supports biodiversity, but gaps remain for assessing benefits related to culture, soils, and water. Better integration into nature benefit's policy could improve community engagement" 📖 buff.ly/3t1EgNI
- 🌳 New Research - The fall and rise of elm. 'Lost' tree species restoration? Time to think about who cares, why they care, and what can we do about it! 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/C6lXB2Q
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- 🐜"A large-scale survey across Japan shows that people who strongly dislike insects are less willing to buy organic vegetables, less supportive of pesticide-free farming, and more supportive of pesticide use" 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/dQxKQmk
- 🚨 "A new study on Bonaire & Aruba highlights 4 leverage points for a nature-inclusive future: ⚖️ Just governance 🏗️ Nature-inclusive infrastructure 💰 Shifting economy 🌱 Connecting nature & identity Backcasting shows promise despite challenges" 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/f6xwyPQ
- 💡"First nationally representative survey of night-time light & dark: New-Zealanders rate safety/orientation benefits higher than benefits of darkness, depending on where they live. Findings call for balanced policy that recognises both" 📖 Read here ➡️ buff.ly/hqIGt55
- 🍖 New research by Sackey et al. They analyze bushmeat preferences & consumption in northern Ghana using household surveys; species consumed & factors shaping preferences and protein intake #Bushmeat #Conservation ➡️ buff.ly/CCGmDNY
- 🌼 Why plant flowers for pollinators? Exploring what motivates fruit growers to take up a key pro-pollinator behaviour "We found that farmers' positive attitudes and their own perceived ability successfully predict their intention to plant flowers" 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/Lyfj8c9
- 🌿 "We found that biodiversity influences health via six pathways, including spirituality and livelihoods, in Accra, Ghana. Our adapted framework offers a context-sensitive model to inform inclusive policy in rapidly urbanising regions" 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/auGWzmm
- 🏙️ New research - Impact of biophysical characteristics of urban rivers on public perceptions of water-related ecosystem services 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/RmPBVyF
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- 🪵Nature-based solutions acceptance in managing coastal flood risks depends on local factors, such as existing schemes and past events. Building trust and engaging communities is essential for community acceptance. 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/dTIHgG5
- 🐾 "Good news for Hyena! 9/10 Namibian conservancy members don’t intend to kill them, even if they attack cattle. But people inside conservancies (90%) are more likely to intend to report #humanwildlifeconflicts than communal farmers outside (78%) - governance context matters!" ➡️ buff.ly/95P4Meo
- 📜 "Nature descriptions in folksongs, myths, and legends can help in understanding ecological histories of tropical savannas" 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/AhnI4Se
- 🧗♀️ "Climbing affects fragile cliff ecosystems: vegetation on holds can decline and recovery is slow, while climbing shoes release microplastics. Smart management (e.g., zoning) helps balance recreation with nature conservation" 📖 Read the full paper ➡️ buff.ly/LFqyub7
- 🌱 New Research - "Rewilding is a nature-led strategy for ecosystem recovery. In our study we explored how academics, practitioners and young people view “rewilding” and how we can incorporate rewilding into current and future policy" 📖Read the paper ➡️ buff.ly/jydmejI
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- 🌳 "Protected areas shape human-nature connections in diverse ways. Our study identifies five key narratives—learning, care, regional heritage, multifunctional production & collaborations—offering insights to strengthen conservation strategies" 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/HntSxCk
- 🌟🆕 At the BES, we believe cost should not be a barrier to publishing. We have outlined how you can use resources like funding, waivers and agreements – including our own BES waivers – that cover the fees for processing and publishing your research. 📖 Find out more here ➡️ buff.ly/irQPJaP
- 🦌 Broad support for lethal control of wild deer among subscribers of nature organisations in England and Wales 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/HwfTgjo
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- 🗻Understanding preferences for nature's contributions to people between and within social actors sheds insights for inclusive conservation 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/l24b8V7
- 🏘️ Mow or no? This study of the 'Making Space for Nature' project details different pathways to effective stewardship of our urban green spaces; balancing the needs of diverse people and wildlife into the future 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/OlE5817
