Birds as tourism flagship species: a case study of tropical islands

Veríssimo, Diogo; Fraser, Iain; Groombridge, Jim J.; Bristol, Rachel; MacMillan, Douglas C.

doi:10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00282.x

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“…Conservationists already use flagship species to promote conservation actions (e.g. Krauss 2005; Smith and Sutton 2008;Veríssimo et al 2009;Barua et al 2010;Barua et al 2011;Veríssimo et al 2011;Root-Bernstein and Armesto 2013), and though anthropomorphic traits such as forward facing eyes are often key in flagship selection (Smith et al 2012), little attention has been given to the role of anthropomorphized flagships. Commercial marketers have long established that anthropomorphism can be an effective way to connect people to products and services.…”

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Anthropomorphized species as tools for conservation: utility beyond prosocial, intelligent and suffering species

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Anthropomorphism has recently emerged in the literature as a useful tool for conservation. Within the current conservation literature, description of the development of anthropomorphisms and the range of species that can be anthropomorphized overlooks established and emerging evidence from anthropological and other social science studies of human-animal relationships. This research shows that people anthropomorphize a very broad range of species, including plants. We discuss how people construct anthropomorphic meanings around species, through a diversity of mechanisms and with both positive and negative effects. We then review the many gradations and forms of anthropomorphism, and some related conceptions in non-Western cultures, which have different types of utility for conservation. Finally we discuss cases where animals are anthropomorphized but with negative outcomes for human-animal interactions and conservation. Limiting the use of anthropomorphism in conservation to prosocial, intelligent, suffering animals risks suggesting that other species are not worthy of conservation because they are not like humans in the ''right'' ways. It would also mean overlooking the application of a powerful tool to the promotion of low-profile species with high biological conservation value. We emphasize that negative outcomes and conflicts with ecosystem-level conservation actions are also possible and need to be carefully managed. Use of anthropomorphism in 123Biodivers Conserv (2013( ) 22:1577( -1589( DOI 10.1007 conservation must take into account how people engage with species and attribute value to their characteristics.

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“…Although landscape valuation studies typically only consider plant communities, wildlife-viewing experiences can add movement, surprise, or contemplative opportunities to the esthetic appreciation of landscapes (Rolston 1987;Montag et al 2005;Gobster 2008). People also generally prefer large, colorful, and pretty animal species (Veríssimo et al 2009), which are more likely to gain public attention and therefore to be protected, along with their habitats (e.g., Brambilla et al 2013). Although a causal link between conservation values and conservation actions can be difficult to establish (Crites et al 1994;Veríssimo 2013), values nonetheless must underlie any consistent, voluntary conservation behavior.…”

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Phoenix flagships: Conservation values and guanaco reintroduction in an anthropogenic landscape

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2014

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Multiple forms of valuation contribute to public acceptance of conservation projects. Here, we consider how esthetic, intrinsic, and utilitarian values contribute to public attitudes toward a proposed reintroduction of guanaco (Lama guanicoe) in a silvopastoral system of central Chile. The nexus among landscape perceptions and valuations, support for reintroductions, and management of anthropogenic habitats is of increasing interest due to the proliferation of conservation approaches combining some or all of these elements, including rewilding and reconciliation ecology, for example. We assessed attitudes and values through an online questionnaire for residents of Santiago, Chile, using multiple methods including photo-montages and Likert scale assessments of value-based statements. We also combined the questionnaire approach with key informant interviews. We find strong support for the reintroduction of guanacos into the Chilean silvopastoral system ('espinal') in terms of esthetic and intrinsic values but less in terms of utilitarian values. Respondents preferred a scenario of espinal with guanacos and expressed interest in visiting it, as well as support for the reintroduction project on the basis that guanacos are native to central Chile. We suggest that reintroduced guanacos could serve as a 'phoenix flagship species' for espinal conservation, that is, a flagship species that has gone regionally extinct and is known but not associated with the region in the cultural memory. We consider how the lack of local cultural identity can both help and weaken phoenix flagships, which we expect to become more common.

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“…The feature of charisma, actually necessary for a flagship species is responsible for it restrictions as bioindicators because, some essential areas for biodiversity conservation may be deficient in charismatic megafauna. Receptively, however, current research suggests that the flagship perception may be more flexible and responsive to a diversity of social, cultural, scientific and political dimensions [12] that might extend beyond the traditional model.…”

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Paramount Roles of Wild Birds as Bioindicators of Contamination

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2017

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This review aims to give all-inclusive précis of key roles of wild birds as bioindicators of contamination using theoretical and empirical evidence provided in different literature and its influence on conservation. Over the years wild birds have been used as bioindicators of contamination globally. Are wild birds suitable for measuring heavy metal pollution? Bioindicators are species used to appraise the health conditions of the environment and they are capable of determining the environmental integrity if their functions and populations are put into consideration. Birds are good indicators because they are very easy to detect and their presence is easy to observe in any environment or if the habitat does not fulfill the ecological requirements, as they are equipped with the ability of flight so that they will leave the environment. Apart from that, in classification individual species are easy to identify with their wide distribution. Heavy metals are essential elements for organisms but may be toxic with high level, affecting productive function and behavioural features and equally heavy metals can easily be accumulated and biomagnified through food or food web. Therefore, using birds as bioindicators is a function of properties of interest and resources available for ecological evaluation which promotes conservation of bird species for impending generation.

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Birds as tourism flagship species: a case study of tropical islands

Cited by 124 publications

References 35 publications

Anthropomorphized species as tools for conservation: utility beyond prosocial, intelligent and suffering species

Anthropomorphized species as tools for conservation: utility beyond prosocial, intelligent and suffering species

Phoenix flagships: Conservation values and guanaco reintroduction in an anthropogenic landscape

Paramount Roles of Wild Birds as Bioindicators of Contamination

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