Environmentalism in the crosshairs: Perspectives on migratory bird hunting and poaching conflicts in Italy

Barca, Benjamin; Lindon, Adrien; Root‐Bernstein, Meredith

doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2016.03.001

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“…The emergent knowledge is their hunting strategy, but this integrates an understanding of the species they are hunting and its environment and an interpretation of tracks and signs (e.g. Barca, Lindon, & Root‐Bernstein, 2016; Forssman & Root‐Bernstein, 2018). Hunters might primarily express this knowledge in the form of commentaries on hunting tactics and strategies, which incorporate their own values, decisions and capacities.…”

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Informing decision‐making with Indigenous and local knowledge and science

Wheeler

Root‐Bernstein

2020

Journal of Applied Ecology

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An important reason to find methods for working with Indigenous and local knowledge is pursuit of the best information to inform decision-making. Ecological science, like all science relying on a strict epistemological method and aiming to produce general and universal knowledge, has not had the time or opportunity to sufficiently detail the operations of nature across spatial scales. Filling these knowledge gaps can provide key opportunities either to confirm existing models, generate new hypotheses, or even make new discoveries.

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Section: Approaches To Knowledge Gathering For Decision‐making: Modesmentioning

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Informing decision‐making with Indigenous and local knowledge and science

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Root‐Bernstein

2020

Journal of Applied Ecology

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“…First, the emphasis is placed on affect or values within a framework of motivation, rather than, e.g., rational deliberation of possible actions or outcomes, or choices made in response to temporary self-interest (e.g. de Young 1993;Ballantyne et al 2011;Fischer et al 2013;Barca et al 2016). Motivation, as a concept, implies some kind of underlying long-term structuring of the pursuit of needs and desires as the basis for action.…”

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“…by poaching, the problem is usually assumed to be a misalignment between those individuals' values and the values informing the policy (e.g. Fischer et al 2013;Barca et al 2016). One type of solution is to involve a broader range of stakeholders in the formulation of policy so that it will better reflect societal values.…”

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Tacit working models of human behavioural change I: Implementation of conservation projects

Root‐Bernstein

2020

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The ''human dimension'' of conservation is increasingly recognised as critical for success. Most conservation research involving people is based not on explicit ''theories of change'', but tacit local knowledge or folk theories guiding programme design.In this study, I propose a schematization of the local socioecological knowledge and folk theories about the ''human dimension'' of conservation into tacit working models, comprised of individual factors and systemic factors influencing human behaviour in conservation contexts. These are called the Persuasion, Normative, Involvement and Uniformity tacit working models. I review a set of conservation interventions and programmes, in order to assess which of the implicit working models inform their design. I argue that in order to better understand how a project may arrive at different outcomes, the underlying assumptions about human behaviour and the implicit ''theory of change'' that went into programme design need to be made explicit. This schema does not evaluate different approaches to conservation, but it can help point out the underlying assumptions that structure interventions and that may be more or less suited to particular situations. This can allow researchers to recognise their own assumptions and test them explicitly, leading to the formulation of more reflective and explicit theories, and improving the quality of both discourse and practice in conservation.

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“…For instance, juvenile mortality of up to 50% is thought to occur during the "Sahara crossing" (Strandberg et al 2009). Furthermore, this species has been subject to more than 30 years poaching in regions of the Mediterranean (Barca et al 2016). As the species is exhibiting clear negative population trends in the study area (Figure 9e, f ), it is not possible to determine the minimum viable population threshold for this site.…”

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Systematic Raptor Monitoring as conservation tool: 12 year results in the light of landscape changes in Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli National Park

Poirazidis¹

2017

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Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli National Park forms part of the Natura 2000 network in a region of Greece and represents one of the most diverse landscapes for raptors (birds of prey) breeding in Europe. It is adjacent to Bulgaria and Turkey and is a renowned biodiversity hotspot. WWF Greece established a Systematic Raptor Monitoring scheme in this area in 2001.This study summarises the results of the first 12 years of monitoring in the National Park. Overall, 25 to 27 raptor species were recorded by pooling data, of which20 species reproduced in the National Park. Raptors with continuous presence in the National Park exhibited stable, species-specific inter-annual variation. An average of 348±15.4 raptor territories were distributed throughout the National Park for all species. The Common buzzard (Buteo buteo) and the Shorttoed eagle (Circaetus gallicus) were the most common species year-round, followed by the Lesser-spotted eagle (Clanga pomarina) and Booted eagle (Aquila pennata). The Long-legged buzzard (Buteo rufinus), Honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus) and Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) exhibited a noticeable drop in population numbers over the study period. A significant new entry was the re-appearance of the Whitetailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), which was recorded breeding again in the region after a 21-year absence. Species trends, along with their ecological traits, are discussed with respect to landscape changes in Dadia NP and minimum viable population and territory thresholds are proposed to outline essential conservation issues. Although a multi-year balance of the total number of occupied territories for all species was recorded, the number of common species increased compared to specialist species which had smaller, de- RESEARCH ARTICLE Launched to accelerate biodiversity conservation A peer-reviewed open-access journalKonstantinos Poirazidis / Nature Conservation 22: 17-50 (2017) 18 clining populations. The abandoning of traditional livestock farming, which induces an increase in closedcanopy forest coverage, might have led to the decline of the Lesser-spotted eagle, Long-legged buzzard and Honey buzzard numbers. Additional pressure is added from specialist forest dwelling raptors which are favoured by this change in habitat. The results of this study are expected to provide useful insights to facilitate conservation and management decisions about raptors and their habitat in this region.

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Environmentalism in the crosshairs: Perspectives on migratory bird hunting and poaching conflicts in Italy

Cited by 15 publications

References 48 publications

Informing decision‐making with Indigenous and local knowledge and science

Informing decision‐making with Indigenous and local knowledge and science

Tacit working models of human behavioural change I: Implementation of conservation projects

Systematic Raptor Monitoring as conservation tool: 12 year results in the light of landscape changes in Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli National Park

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