European Journal of Wildlife Research,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
71(1)
Published: Dec. 18, 2024
Abstract
Across
Europe,
wolves
are
recolonizing
former
habitats,
but
frictions
between
and
people
remain
a
challenge.
Better
understanding
of
attitudes
towards
existing
management
practices
is
essential
to
devise
wolf
that
better
considers
societal
aspects.
In
this
study,
we
focus
on
case
study
in
the
Italian
Alps,
where
conducted
quantitative
survey
investigate
management.
We
used
multiple
regression
analysis
determine
which
factors
such
as
emotions
knowledge
or
belonging
particular
stakeholder
group
explained
variations
found
almost
half
our
respondents
felt
scared
about
presence
wolves,
who
had
less
factually
correct
were
more
afraid
than
factual
knowledge.
Farmers
reported
significantly
higher
ratings
anger,
fear,
frustration
general
population.
anger
fascination
significant
predictors
for
management,
knowledge,
education
level
connectedness
nature
not.
Our
findings
support
further
engagement
take
seriously
address
range
stakeholders
impact
public
co-existence
cultural
landscapes
Alps.
Environment and Planning E Nature and Space,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 2, 2025
The
Veluwe
is
considered
as
one
of
the
most
important
nature
areas
in
Netherlands.
Its
public
appeal
part
derives
from
presence
large
ungulates,
such
red
deer
and
wild
boar.
These
populations
boar
are
caught
up
management
practices
spaces
control
that
have
emerged
history
an
elite
hunting
reserve,
including
material
imaginations
culture.
Historically,
these
boars
were
to
be
animals,
but
now
they
killed
under
name
wildlife
management.
Yet,
histories
this
space
persist
through
certain
landscapes,
particular
animal
species
breeds,
discourses
symbolic
meanings,
resulting
production
biopolitical
subjects
objects.
In
article,
we
draw
on
ethnography
landscapes
historical
archival
research
trace
genealogy
ways
which
forms
bio-,
necro-,
sovereign
power
inscribed
into
landscape
how
continue
play
a
role
lives
deaths
animals
today.
case
contributes
growing
understanding
conservation
many
places
has
practices.
People and Nature,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Aug. 28, 2024
Abstract
The
expansion
of
grey
wolves
(
Canis
lupus
)
across
the
western
United
States,
including
on
public
lands
used
for
extensive
livestock
grazing,
requires
tools
and
techniques
reducing
wolf–livestock
conflict
supporting
coexistence.
We
examined
approaches
forested
managed
by
U.S.
Forest
Service,
which
we
characterize
as
large,
rugged
remote
(LRR)
landscapes.
Research
spatial
aspects
where
are
deployed
their
effectiveness
geographic
settings
is
scant.
selected
six
national
forests
located
in
states
managers
seek
to
mitigate
ongoing
conducted
semistructured
qualitative
interviews
with
stakeholders
n
=
69)
discuss
mitigation
perceptions
different
techniques.
developed
a
three‐part
typology
categorizing
reduction:
husbandry,
non‐lethal
deterrents
targeted
lethal
removal
wolves.
Across
these
categories,
interviewees
noted
that
many
challenging
scale
up
context
Service
grazing
allotments
LRR
perceived
our
informants
be
most
effective
mitigating
landscapes
include:
human
presence
(mobile
range
riders);
flexibility
management;
husbandry
practices
minimize
vulnerability;
(used
combination
techniques).
Social,
economic
political
factors
also
influence
ability
producers
implement
desired
forest
context.
For
example,
costs
implementation
landscapes,
policies
associated
federal
lands,
can
limit
options.
Policy
implications
.
Geography
matters!
Efforts
address
more
likely
if
they
designed
fit
local
Effectiveness
may
increase
efforts
go
beyond
technical
approaches,
considering
social,
institutional
embedded.
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free
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Language
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this
article
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blog.
Elementa Science of the Anthropocene,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
12(1)
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
The
emerging
field
of
convivial
conservation
(CC)
draws
on
the
tradition
political
ecology
(PE)
to
present
a
“radical”
alternative
contemporary
environmentalisms,
speaking
challenges
in
Anthropocene
as
well
global
ascent
reactionary
populism.
Building
previous
work
arguing
for
ongoing
value
dialogue
between
PE
and
American
West,
I
here
develop
conversation
CC
another
radical
intervention,
collaborative
West’s
so-called
“radical
center”
(RC).
Using
nexus
wolf–livestock
conflict
public
lands
grazing,
first
trace
genealogical
history
western
environmental
politics
before
turning
critical
corrective
shortcomings
RC.
Scholarship
commons
commoning
provides
an
analytical
bridge
toolkit
linking
empirics
place
with
aspirational
aims
conviviality,
naming
navigating
on-the-ground
obstacles
efforts
region.
This
turn
highlights
deeply
rooted
tensions
capitalist
economy
questions
non/belonging
settler
colonialism—necessary
regional
engagements
building
from
polarized
antagonism
toward
coexistence
conviviality.
Society & Natural Resources,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
36(10), P. 1238 - 1256
Published: May 10, 2023
Given
the
widespread
failure
of
anthropocentric
approaches
to
wildlife
conservation,
questions
conviviality
have
become
increasingly
important
for
conservation
efforts.
We
propose
that
political-ecological
conceptualizations
other-than-human
perspectives
offer
promising
avenues
fostering
more
just
and
sustainable
human-wildlife
interactions.
To
explore
these
issues,
we
investigate
wolf
in
northeastern
Finland,
focusing
on
contested
coexistence
humans
wolves.
Our
study
draws
data
obtained
through
interviews
participant
observation
with
local
residents,
behavior
researchers,
analysis
policy
documents.
findings
highlight
fundamental
roles
power
responsibility
coexistence,
as
well
importance
attending
wolves'
intrinsic
patterns
behavior.
argue
value
distinguishing
between
human
agency
actions,
attributing
intentional
wolves
can
obscure
aspects
responsibility,
political
decision-making,
dynamics
at
intersections
other-than-humans.
Progress in Environmental Geography,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
2(4), P. 225 - 239
Published: Oct. 3, 2023
The
material
condition
of
the
earth's
atmosphere
exerts
a
significant
influence
on
how
humans
live
and
die.
Therefore,
understanding
why
atmospheric
processes
unevenly
impact
communities,
because
changing
air,
provides
an
opportunity
to
address
current
future
climate
risks
through
interdisciplinary
perspectives.
Using
critical
physical
geography
as
framework,
this
review
perspective
geographers
may
interact
more
closely
with
human
in
addressing
social-environmental
issues
related
state
climate,
other
earth
systems.
Climatic
variability
change
disproportionately
populations
already
disadvantaged
within
capitalist
social
formation.
labor
policy,
flooding,
wildfires,
incarceration
materially
grounded
examples
where
inequities
are
experienced
by
everyday
people,
we
demonstrate
taking
approach
air
might
highlight
disciplinary
synergies
build
stronger
cross-geography
relationships.
These
interconnectedness
systems,
both
environmental
social,
these
connections
co-produce
populations.
