Public attitudes towards brown bears (Ursus arctos) in Slovenia

Kaczensky, Petra; Blažič, Mateja; Gossow, Hartmut

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2003.10.015

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“…The conflicts with carnivores are largely explained by the fact that they prey on domestic animals due to the scarcity of wild prey (Russo 2006) but also by the loss of traditional livestock-guarding knowledge in several countries (Fourli 1999;Kaczensky et al 2004). Nonetheless, the level of depredation of livestock by carnivores is generally low, often less than 10 % of their diet (Wilson 2004).…”

Section: Conflicts With Wildlifementioning

confidence: 99%

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Rewilding Abandoned Landscapes in Europe

Navarro¹,

Pereira²

2015

Rewilding European Landscapes

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For millennia, mankind has shaped landscapes, particularly through agriculture. In Europe, the age-old interaction between humans and ecosystems strongly influenced the cultural heritage. Yet European farmland is now being abandoned, especially in remote areas. The loss of the traditional agricultural landscapes and its consequences for biodiversity and ecosystem services is generating concerns in both the scientific community and the public. Here we ask to what extent farmland abandonment can be considered as an opportunity for rewilding ecosystems. We analyze the perceptions of traditional agriculture in Europe and their influence in land management policies. We argue that, contrary to the common perception, traditional agriculture practices were not environmentally friendly and that the standards of living of rural populations were low. We suggest that current policies to maintain extensive farming landscapes underestimate the human labor needed to sustain these landscapes and the recent and future dynamics of the socio-economic drivers behind abandonment. We examine the potential benefits for ecosystems and people from rewilding. We identify species that could benefit from land abandonment and forest regeneration and the ecosystem services that could be provided such as carbon sequestration and recreation. Finally, we discuss the challenges associated with rewilding, including the need to maintain open areas, the fire risks, and the conflicts between people and wildlife. Despite these challenges, we argue that rewilding should be recognized by policy-makers as one of the possible land management options in Europe, particularly on marginal areas.

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Section: Conflicts With Wildlifementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Fear of attacks on people also play a factor in this conflict, but this often can be improved with better information to the public as there is a correlation between the fear of an animal and a lack of knowledge of its behavior (Decker et al 2010;Kaczensky et al 2004). …”

Section: Conflicts With Wildlifementioning

confidence: 99%

Rewilding Abandoned Landscapes in Europe

Navarro¹,

Pereira²

2015

Rewilding European Landscapes

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“…Physical and chemical conditions in areas subjected to road construction are altered (Trombulak and Frissell 2000) as are the hydrologic and geomorphologic attributes of a site (Jones et al 2000). Moreover, vehicle collisions and increased human access to natural areas and reserves contribute to the decline of many species' populations (Benn and Herrero 2002;Kaczensky et al 2004;Eigenbrod et al 2008).…”

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Road effects on habitat richness of the Greek Natura 2000 network

Votsi¹,

Mazaris²,

Kallimanis³

et al. 2012

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The road network has both positive and negative ecological effects, and understanding these helps identify environmentally preferable solutions for transportation policy and planning. We investigated the relationship between road density and habitat type richness of Greek protected areas. We used digital vector maps of 214 sites included in the Greek Natura 2000 network. We calculated road density for the terrestrial part of each site and correlated it with habitat type richness. Average road density of protected areas (0.377 km/ km 2 ) was significantly lower than the national road density of Greece (0.446 km/km 2 ). We identified 32 sites that were not intersected by roads. These roadless sites were located at mountain tops, at islets, or in remote coastal zones. Overall we found no significant correlation between road density and habitat type richness. We suggest that the effect of road networks on habitat type richness is less apparent at landscapes with long history of human presence, because the landscape (and its habitat diversity) has coevolved with human activities over the past millennia. Our analysis provides a step towards quantifying the effect of road density on the diversity of habitats and consequently on species of conservation interest in international networks of protected areas such as the European Natura 2000 network.

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“…Newhouse 1990). For instance, research in the USA (Kellert 1994;Kellert et al 1996;Casey et al 2005) and Europe (Kaczensky et al 2004) found that negative attitudes towards 'dangerous' wildlife or predators often generate behaviours that lead to negative environmental outcomes. This complex mix of negative emotions towards sharks, often enhanced by negative media coverage (Ferguson 2006), could affect shark conservation and management efforts.…”

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From hunters to nature observers: a record of 53 years of diver attitudes towards sharks and rays and marine protected areas

Whatmough

Putten

Chin

2011

Mar. Freshwater Res.

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Abstract. Human values, perceptions, attitudes and interactions with the natural environment have been found to change over time, with social and economic information used to inform management decisions and actions. Content analysis is applied here to a 53-year long collection of the popular dive magazine, SportDiving, to identify recreational divers' experiences with regard to sharks and rays, the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) and marine protected areas (MPAs). This analysis suggests there has been a diversification of diver activities with the emergence of passive-observational activities such as SCUBA diving. Attitudes towards sharks and rays have changed significantly, with recreational divers changing from a group that could be described as adventure-seeking hunters to a group that can be described as nature-appreciating observers, suggesting an increase in conservation awareness. The GBR continues to be a highly regarded dive destination, with divers perceiving positive effects of protection within MPAs. However, declines in the abundance of large fish and sharks and rays were occasionally reported throughout the 53 year period. Collectively, these types of data can show changes in resource-use patterns, perceptions and attitudes and provide information that supplements scientific monitoring data. These data may be valuable where scientific data is scarce, historical records difficult to obtain, and where attitudinal change can significantly affect future resource use.

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Public attitudes towards brown bears (Ursus arctos) in Slovenia

Cited by 122 publications

References 5 publications

Rewilding Abandoned Landscapes in Europe

Rewilding Abandoned Landscapes in Europe

Road effects on habitat richness of the Greek Natura 2000 network

From hunters to nature observers: a record of 53 years of diver attitudes towards sharks and rays and marine protected areas

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