Pathways between people, wildlife and environmental justice in cities

People and Nature, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 10, 2025

Abstract Wildlife are increasingly recognized as critical to urban ecosystems, but the impacts and benefits of wildlife on people in cities poorly understood. Environmental justice scholarship has concluded that elements environment can create or exacerbate social inequity, human–wildlife interactions have not been considered through this lens. We conducted a literature review wildlife, environmental justice. triangulated between these three bodies identify trends, gaps research needs. identified six pathways which presence absence, management may lead injustice for people. Our shows affect nearly all aspects life people, including economics, participation decision‐making, patterns space, human health, psychological well‐being cultural discourses. Through pathways, disproportionately marginalized vulnerable communities affluent residents. Contemporary intersections planning, histories systemic bias existing injustices cities. Synthesis applications . Though often characterized ‘good’ ‘bad’ based their effects we conclude dichotomy perpetuates wildlife. Instead, argue ‘just city’ fosters healthy populations equitable decision‐making. The lay out here offer road map incorporating into management. Read free Plain Language Summary article Journal blog.

Language: Английский

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Critical Environmental Injustice: A Case Study Approach to Understanding Disproportionate Exposure to Toxic Emissions

Toxics, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12(4), P. 295 - 295

Published: April 17, 2024

Environmental justice research has focused on the distribution of environmental inequalities, such as proximity to landfills, across U.S. and globally. Background: Public health research, specifically, have toxic exposure—encompassing individuals or communities that are disproportionately exposed contaminants harmful potentially them. Yet, little applied critical theory—characterized by idea marginalized need be treated indispensable rather than disposable—to study exposure. To fill this gap, current paper offers a case approach applying theory disproportionate unequal exposure contaminants. Methods: This is Kettleman City, rural, unincorporated community in heart California’s Central Valley (USA). experiences co-location hazards, including residing at intersection two major highways hosting class I hazardous-waste landfill, which one few licensed accept PCBs. PCBs contaminant been linked with several adverse outcomes, cancers low birthweight. Residents may also experience poor air quality from highways. Results: highlights uneven pollution degradation shouldered community, along their social impacts. analysis reveals importance incorporating perspective unpack not only but procedural recognitional inequality. Conclusions: untapped potential catalyze science challenging

Language: Английский

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Parental Hacking—An Alternative Reintroduction Method for the White-Tailed Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)

Diversity, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(2), P. 89 - 89

Published: Jan. 25, 2025

In an age of rewilding and dramatic declines in biodiversity, we are developing a new way to reintroduce raptors: parental hacking. The principle behind it is similar that which informs traditional hacking, where the birds released without contact with adult conspecifics. our method, parents feed their own offspring until end post-fledgling dependency period. Our programme aims white-tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) Upper Rhône Basin France. It started 2022 will continue 2030, release 80 young eagles. We describe method used 2022, followed by improvements made 2023, finally compare two years. eagles were raised aviaries at reintroduction site captive-born Aigles du Léman Park (Haute-Savoie, France). females males as soon they able fly three months, but often ended up on ground due lack flying ability attacks from wild black kites (Milvus migrans) defending territory. Therefore, returned parents’ aviary before being second time five months August 2022. One month after release, one male was already 50 km site, while other stayed close park. months. This came four weeks large training learn how fly, perch, fish. behaviour varied greatly between individuals. Overall, 4 out 10 travelled long distances did not return within month, 6 chose stay (within 20 km) site.

Language: Английский

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Large, rugged and remote: The challenge of wolf–livestock coexistence on federal lands in the American West

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. Read free Plain Language Summary this article Journal blog.

Language: Английский

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Conservation and conviviality in the American West

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.

Language: Английский

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Jaguars in the borderlands: Multinatural conservation for coexistence in the Anthropocene

Frontiers in Conservation Science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 4

Published: Feb. 14, 2023

Conservation in the human-dominated Anthropocene involves negotiations among diverse stakeholders. However, these stakeholder inclusion schemes are often superficial, leading to unsuccessful interventions. Here we apply theory of multinaturalism as an operational starting point for engagement efforts, deepen local involvement and work towards coexistence. Multinaturalism posits that natures multiple can be known many ways, coexist same geographical space. Using northern jaguar population US-Mexico borderlands a case study, investigate, through semi-structured interviews, natural realities (‘natures’) various stakeholders involved borderland conservation. We define nature individual’s or group’s perceptions, knowledge, values, attitudes, actions jaguars. construct each reality this applied thematic analysis, identify which aspects stakeholders’ similar different, particularly across international border. For example, found conservationists activists value apex predator because its presence signifies ecosystem health balance, while some ranchers hold existence jaguar’s power beauty, but resent role predator, due potential conflict with livestock. This information provides greater understanding differences may cause conflicts over wildlife-related decisions, used by conservation actors facilitate collaboration complex transboundary region. interdisciplinary study highlights importance investigating human dimensions completely, treating all forms knowledge about seriously equally. Due unique human-wildlife interactions, situation requires bespoke consideration, landscapes, multinatural approach offers novel path sustainable

Language: Английский

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Wild Urban Injustice: A Critical POET Model to Advance Environmental Justice

Environmental Justice, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 17(2), P. 120 - 127

Published: Feb. 17, 2023

Background: People and wildlife can both be the subjects of environmental injustice. Although their experiences are clearly not same, shared logics oppression often impose harms through environment on vulnerable marginalized people free-living nonhuman animals. Critical justice provides a matrix for analyzing addressing arrangements power across categories difference, whereas human ecology approaches offer frameworks interactions systems in urban contexts. We develop new analytical model—critical population, organization, environment, technology (POET)—to strengthen to studying human–environmental problems by integrating four pillars critical with dimensions POET model. Methods: This article uses case study approach coyotes living areas demonstrate one use model analyze linkages between injustices humans, wildlife, environment. Results: Urbanization as core spatial logic—through twin forces institutional racism speciesism—has perpetrated against color coyotes. Discussion: Identifying is key step toward realization robust multispecies justice. Conclusion: The relationships that produce maintain social historically contemporarily groups, nonhuman.

Language: Английский

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Green gentrification & the luxury effect: uniting isolated ideas towards just cities for people & nature

Ecosystems and People, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 20(1)

Published: Oct. 21, 2024

Language: Английский

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Comparing local ecological knowledge with camera trap data to study mammal occurrence in anthropogenic landscapes of the Garden Route Biosphere Reserve

Conservation Science and Practice, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 6(5)

Published: April 5, 2024

Abstract Accurate information on wildlife occurrence in anthropogenic landscapes is essential to develop effective conservation measures. Monitoring multiple mammal species heterogeneous can be challenging because of the diversity land‐uses and behaviors. Therefore, different monitoring methods are better adapted contexts. We compared data obtained from camera traps with gathered through an online survey document presence mosaic Garden Route Biosphere Reserve South Africa. The detected same 15 as well additional common duiker. Both effectively most large species, whereas results were less consistent for smaller carnivores. Combining two enabled us produce more robust estimates absence confirm reported by respondents. In disturbed areas, respondents good ecological knowledge at while extending spatial coverage study. Bearing mind limitations each method, could complement other if combined. Together, they provide a comprehensive understanding communities landscapes, increasing both number sightings.

Language: Английский

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Managing wolf-livestock conflict on national forests in the Western United States

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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