Medium‐term evolution in French national newspaper coverage of the interrelations between biodiversity and agriculture

Delclaux, Julie; Fleury, Philippe

doi:10.1111/csp2.140

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“…Media outlets must play a role as educators as part of their essential functions [ 19 ], though they must be treated with caution when considered for public education about wildlife [ 23 ]. Delclaux and Fleury [ 70 ] stressed the need for newspapers to aid with communication between special interest groups and, thereby, promote public dialogue and enhance understanding.…”

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Wildlife and Newspaper Reporting in Iran: A Data Analysis Approach

Amiraslani

Dragovich

2021

Animals

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Human response to wildlife management is widespread, encompassing both human–wildlife conflicts and wildlife conservation, in different places and at different times. As people become increasingly aware of the importance of wildlife to biological and environmental sustainability, newspapers can be important sources of information, especially in developing countries, such as Iran. Three major Iranian daily newspapers were analysed for news items related to wildlife. Over the 7-year study period, 434 articles presented environmental news, of which 61 items referred to wildlife. Each wildlife item was recorded in terms of message, contributor, spatiality, and allocated space. Structure query language (SQL) was used to analyse relationships between the 915 fields/entries. Wildlife items were characterised by public awareness (51%), columnist contributions (46%), and local spatiality (43%). Most items (82%) were allocated space of less than half a page. Of the categorised topics, those of combined endangered land (30%) and marine (5%) species exceeded items on global conservation (24%). Results highlighted the minimal number and small space devoted to wildlife news items and their concentrations (67%) in one of the three sampled newspapers. Although nature has historically been important in Iranian culture, current attitudes to wildlife, as reflected in newspaper coverage, do not seem to mirror these traditional perspectives. Given the widespread distribution of newspapers and their roles (i.e., as sources of information and opinion influencers), global wildlife conservation issues would benefit from much greater coverage in the daily press.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Wildlife and Newspaper Reporting in Iran: A Data Analysis Approach

Amiraslani

Dragovich

2021

Animals

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“…For example, eco-centric narratives (Kopnina et al, 2018;Piccolo et al, 2018) have neglected agriculture in favour of "pristine" and "wildness" (Sanford, 2011), whereas ecological crisis narratives (Ceballos et al, 2015;Ceballos & Ehrlich, 2018) have framed farmers as part of the problem (Delclaux & Fleury, 2021). Furthermore, religious and spiritual beliefs on nature (Negi, 2005) are not necessarily predominant in conventional western farmers' discoursesbut are more commonly described in organic or alternative farming practices (Kelemen et al, 2013)-.…”

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“…In addition, biodiversity itself still lacks a communicative agenda: coverage in the mass media is driven by other environmental issues (like Climate Change) and specific political events (e.g. Río +20 Conference or United Nations' Conferences of the Parties) (Delclaux & Fleury, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

Deliverable D4.1 Overall communication strategy, including an outline of the SHOWCASE narrative

Velado‐Alonso¹,

Bartomeus²,

Keini³

et al. 2023

Preprint

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Communication and dissemination are key elements to maximise SHOWCASE project impact and ensure long‐term effects. For that, an effective communication strategy is essential to convey the principles and best practices to integrate biodiversity in farm management to favour farmers’ livelihoods while promoting conservation in agricultural landscapes. Current discourses around biodiversity, nature conservation and farming are contradictory with each other and not always engaging for SHOWCASE stakeholders. Thus, an inspirational narrative has been developed in the first months of the project by WP4 “Communicating the benefits of agrobiodiversity through multistakeholder knowledge exchange”, task 4.1. SHOWCASE narrative explains in an effective manner 1) why people care about biodiversity; 2) what we can do, and; 3) how we can do it better.

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“…Furthermore, predation on pet species and killing of large numbers of livestock (e.g. up to 33 sheep in a single reported event; Figure 5A) can contribute to negative emotions towards wolves not only among livestock owners but also the wider public (Arbieu et al, 2019;Randler et al, 2020;Rode et al, 2021), particularly if sensationalized by the media (Chandelier et al, 2018;Delclaux and Fleury, 2020). As these negative attitudes may limit societal support for wolf conservation, minimizing the frequency and extent of livestock predation is crucial.…”

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Patterns of livestock loss associated with a recolonizing wolf population in Germany

Kiffner¹,

Uthes²,

Ostermann‐Miyashita³

et al. 2022

Front. Conserv. Sci.

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Predation on livestock presents a daunting challenge for human–carnivore coexistence in agricultural landscapes. In Germany, the recolonization of wolves is ongoing and its consequences are insufficiently understood. Knowledge about which livestock species are susceptible to wolf predation, which farm types are predisposed to attacks by wolves, and when predation on livestock occurs is valuable for mitigating stakeholder conflicts. To this end, we analyzed 14 years of monitoring data and assessed the livestock prey spectrum, identified correlates between predation on livestock, farm type and livestock category, and described temporal patterns of livestock loss caused by a recolonizing wolf population in the state of Brandenburg (Germany). Among a total of 1387 recorded cases, 42% were unequivocally attributed to wolves (SCALP criteria C1 and C2) and 12% of cases were not caused by wolves. The number of head of livestock killed during a single wolf attack was mediated by farm type and livestock species; losses per event were greater in full-time farms vs. other farm types and greater in sheep, farmed deer and other livestock species, compared to cattle. While sheep were the most commonly killed livestock species, the increase in wolf territories over the investigation period was associated with a widening of the domestic prey species spectrum. Count regression models provided evidence for the increasing frequency of predation events over the 14-year period, along with an exponential increase in wolf territories. Predation on livestock occurred throughout the year, yet seasonality of events was evident and differed across livestock categories. Predation on sheep peaked in the fall, coinciding with the post-weaning period of wolf offspring. Predation on cattle peaked in the spring, coinciding with the cattle calving period. These results call for renewed investment in the implementation of prevention methods for all susceptible domestic species, particularly during times of elevated predation risk.

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Medium‐term evolution in French national newspaper coverage of the interrelations between biodiversity and agriculture

Cited by 4 publications

References 39 publications

Wildlife and Newspaper Reporting in Iran: A Data Analysis Approach

Wildlife and Newspaper Reporting in Iran: A Data Analysis Approach

Deliverable D4.1 Overall communication strategy, including an outline of the SHOWCASE narrative

Patterns of livestock loss associated with a recolonizing wolf population in Germany

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