Recreation Equity: Is the Forest Service Serving Its Diverse Publics?

Flores, David; Falco, Gennaro; Roberts, Nina S.; Valenzuela, Francisco P. Iii.

doi:10.1093/jofore/fvx016

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“…Prior studies exploring outdoor recreation on forest lands have highlighted disparities in national forest visitation associated with traditionally marginalized groups [1,4,5,[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. In lieu of inequities abating, as might have been expected in an increasingly diverse state following Gordon's hypothesis [37], we observed marked patterns of continuing inequities.…”

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Equity in Access to Outdoor Recreation—Informing a Sustainable Future

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Despite an increasingly ethnically and racially diverse population in the United States (U.S.), growing evidence indicates that minorities are underrepresented in national forest visitation. Many reasons for continuing underrepresentation have been examined, involving research reaching back multiple decades. In the current study, a random sample of residents (n = 1977) from four large metropolitan statistical areas in California was involved in a telephone survey about forest visitation. Analysis revealed a continuing pattern of inequities in lifetime visitation to a national forest, as well as recency of visitation. Constraints to national forest visitation show similarities among groups. Lack of time was the most often mentioned constraint, with resource-related constraints more frequently cited by minority respondents. In contrast to prior studies, a lack of information or concerns about discrimination were not cited by survey respondents, though the open-ended approach to top constraints may underpin some of this variation from prior research. The primary information source for outdoor recreation used most frequently and most trusted was the Internet, followed closely by social networks (family and friends). In the presentation of U.S. outdoor recreation information, natural resource management agencies, use groups, and opportunity providers would benefit from incorporating culturally relevant messaging and images to affirm the message of inclusion and welcome.

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“…gender, sexuality, economics) shape ecosystem dynamics, biodiversity, and human livelihoods ( Schell et al, 2020a ). We call upon the conservation science community to address deep inequities and exclusion embedded in conservation education, institutions, history, and policies ( Ali et al, 2020 ; Finney, 2014 ; Flores et al, 2018 ; Gatheru, 2020 ; Jones and Solomon, 2019 ; Kern et al, 2015 ; Schell et al, 2020b ; Taylor, 2016 , Taylor, 2015 ).…”

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Mentorship, equity, and research productivity: lessons from a pandemic

Nocco

McGill

MacKenzie

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Biological Conservation

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The coronavirus pandemic is more fully exposing ubiquitous economic and social inequities that pervade conservation science. In this time of prolonged stress on members of the research community, primary investigators or project leaders (PLs) have a unique opportunity to adapt their programs to jointly create more equitable and productive research environments for their teams. Institutional guidance for PLs pursuing field and laboratory work centers on the physical safety of individuals while in the lab or field, but largely ignores the vast differences in how team members may be experiencing the pandemic. Strains on mental, physical, and emotional health; racial trauma; familial responsibilities; and compulsory productivity resources, such as high-speed internet, quiet work spaces, and support are unequally distributed across team members. The goal of this paper is to summarize the shifting dynamics of leadership and mentorship during the coronavirus pandemic and highlight opportunities for increasing equity in conservation research at the scale of the project team. Here, we (1) describe how the pandemic differentially manifests inequity on project teams, particularly for groups that have been structurally excluded from conservation science, (2) consider equitable career advancement during the coronavirus pandemic, and (3) offer suggestions for PLs to provide mentorship that prioritizes equity and wellbeing during and beyond the pandemic. We aim to support PLs who have power and flexibility in how they manage research, teaching, mentoring, consulting, outreach, and extension activities so that individual team members' needs are met with compassion and attention to equity.

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“…Analysis of equality and fairness in the provision of opportunities for recreation in different regions (Flores et al 2018) has allowed to identify unused recreational resources and to recommend their direction not only on a territorial but also on social criteria. Public lands should be used on the principles of social and environmental justice, which in turn has a positive impact on indicators of economic efficiency in the recreation and tourism sectors.…”

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Input-output analysis of recreational assets within the inclusive sustainable development in Ukraine

Shevchenko¹,

Petrushenko²,

Burkynskyi³

et al. 2021

JESI

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This paper aims to develop approaches to accounting for recreational assets in the input-output model based on the analysis of the dynamics of their structure, as well as the structure of intermediate consumption of recreational services, on the example of intersectoral balance of Ukraine during 2012-2018. Based on forecasting the dynamics of indicators such as gross value added, consumption of fixed capital, net operated surplus, etc., optimistic and pessimistic scenarios for the development of recreation (arts, sports, entertainment and leisure) in Ukraine are identified, taking into account the factors of natural asset and the coronavirus pandemic. In particular, the net export indicator is expected to increase due to the restriction of international tourist arrivals and the formation of the domestic market of recreational services on the basis of inclusive sustainable development. Herewith, recreational and tourist enterprises have the following guidelines: security, quality, comfort, effectiveness of asset use. The expediency of state support is seen in the redistribution of the share of accounted natural assets between agriculture, forestry, fisheries and recreation, as well as in changing the structure of assets and intermediate consumption by reducing the share of public administration and increasing the share of other sectors, especially healthcare. The proposed organizational and economic measures complement the Strategy for the development of tourism and resorts for the period up to 2026 in Ukraine.

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Recreation Equity: Is the Forest Service Serving Its Diverse Publics?

Cited by 30 publications

References 19 publications

Equity in Access to Outdoor Recreation—Informing a Sustainable Future

Equity in Access to Outdoor Recreation—Informing a Sustainable Future

Mentorship, equity, and research productivity: lessons from a pandemic

Input-output analysis of recreational assets within the inclusive sustainable development in Ukraine

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