Acceptability factors for wildlife approach in park and protected area settings

Freeman, Stephanie; Taff, B. Derrick; Miller, Zachary D.; Benfield, Jacob A.; Newman, Peter

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112276

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“…Despite these limitations, this research provides many meaningful lessons for practitioners. Much of the previous research on proximity-related conflicts between wildlife viewers and wildlife has relied on visual-based normative methods (Cerri et al, 2019; Freeman et al, 2021; Miller & Freimund, 2018), which allows for an understanding of the visitor experience by presenting study participants with various resource or social conditions represented in a visual medium such as photographs, videos, or virtual reality and asking them to rate the acceptability of those visual representations (Gibson et al, 2014; Manning & Freimund, 2004). The present study overcomes certain limitations of this approach, as the transect exercise provided a measurement of behavior under experimental conditions, in situ, with park visitors.…”

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The Impact of Message Framing on Wildlife Approach During Ungulate Viewing Experiences in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Freeman

Taff

Lawhon³

et al. 2023

Journal of Interpretation Research

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Every year, millions of people visit parks and protected areas to view wildlife. Conflict between people and ungulates is prominent, and many incidents occur when people approach ungulates at proximities less than the National Park Service regulation of 25 yards. The purpose of this study was to test how wildlife viewing communication messages impact park visitors’ approach behavior. A survey and walking exercise were conducted with life-sized ungulate cutouts on a 100-yard transect in Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks to test the influence of three message frames (i.e., current NPS messaging, resource protection messaging, and a visitor experience message) on visitors’ approach behaviors. Park visitors overestimated proximity when given current park messaging. Additionally, the resource protection- and the visitor experience-framed messages led to more conservative wildlife approach compared to current park messaging. These results have practical applications for influencing visitors’ behaviors and reducing human-wildlife conflict through education and interpretation.

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The Impact of Message Framing on Wildlife Approach During Ungulate Viewing Experiences in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Freeman

Taff

Lawhon³

et al. 2023

Journal of Interpretation Research

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“…They often achieve benefits like vegetation restoration [65] and wildlife conservation [66]. However, some projects can strain regional water supplies [67], disturb animal behavior and breeding [68], and increase wildlife mortality [69].…”

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Community forestry dominates the recent land greening amid climate change in Nepal

Gao,

Wang,

Hao

et al. 2023

Environ. Res. Lett.

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The Himalaya Plateau including Nepal is ‘greening up’ that has important implications to ecosystem services such as water supply, carbon sequestration, and local livelihoods. Understanding the combined causes behind greening is critical for effective policy makings in forest management and climate change adaptation towards achieving sustainable development goals. This national scale study comprehensively examined the natural and anthropogenic drivers of the long-term trend of vegetation dynamics across Nepal by correlation analysis and multiple linear regression analysis. We integrated multiple sources of data including global satellite-based leaf area index (LAI), climate data, landcover data, and forest land management information. Our study reveals a remarkable annual mean LAI increase of 22% (0.009 m2 m−2 yr−1) (p < 0.05) from 1982 to 2020, with an acceleration in the rate of increase to 0.016 m2 m−2 yr−1 (p < 0.05) after 2004. The community forestry (CF) program, forest area changes, and soil moisture availability accounted for 40%, 12%, and 10% of LAI temporal variability, respectively. Our analysis found soil moisture and forest area changes to be the primary drivers of the greening trend before 2004, while CF and forest expansion were the dominant factors thereafter. Additionally, interannual vegetation dynamics were significantly influenced by winter precipitation, incoming solar radiation, and pre-monsoon soil moisture. The projections based on four Earth System Models from Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 suggest that Nepal’s greening trend is expected to continue at a rate of 0.009 m2 m−2 yr−1 (p < 0.05) throughout the 21st century. We conclude that forest management program (CF) amid climate change that alters water and energy conditions have enhanced land greening, posing both opportunities and risks to ecosystem services in Nepal. This study provides much needed national-level information for developing forest management policies and designing Nature-based Solutions to respond to climate change and increasing demands for ecosystem services in Nepal.

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Farmers’ adaptive behaviors towards wildlife incidents regarding national park management: The role of informal institutions

Yu,

Shi,

Ren

et al. 2024

Journal of Rural Studies

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Acceptability factors for wildlife approach in park and protected area settings

Cited by 6 publications

References 55 publications

The Impact of Message Framing on Wildlife Approach During Ungulate Viewing Experiences in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

The Impact of Message Framing on Wildlife Approach During Ungulate Viewing Experiences in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Community forestry dominates the recent land greening amid climate change in Nepal

Farmers’ adaptive behaviors towards wildlife incidents regarding national park management: The role of informal institutions

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