Managing Wolves is Managing Narratives: Views of Wolves and Nature Shape People’s Proposals for Navigating Human-Wolf Relations

Jürgens, Uta Maria; Grinko, Margarita; Szameitat, Annelie; Hieber, Lena; Fischbach, Robert; Hunziker, Marcel

doi:10.1007/s10745-022-00366-w

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“…Especially the return of the grey wolf (Canis lupus) has led to controversy (Breyne et al, 2021;Dressel et al, 2015), and in Germany (Berghöfer et al, 2022;Jürgens et al, 2023;Gewolb, 2001; Figure 2), particularly in the 'post-traumatic' eastern Germany, rigorous wolf protection can be seen as an additional explanatory factor for emerging social dislocation (Pates & Leser, 2021).…”

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“…In addition to the sprawl of solar parks, a second landscape‐level issue has caused a stir in the last decade: the return and spread of long‐absent large carnivores in Central Europe and elsewhere. Especially the return of the grey wolf ( Canis lupus ) has led to controversy (Breyne et al, 2021; Dressel et al, 2015), and in Germany (Berghöfer et al, 2022; Jürgens et al, 2023; Gewolb, 2001; Figure 2), particularly in the ‘post‐traumatic’ eastern Germany, rigorous wolf protection can be seen as an additional explanatory factor for emerging social dislocation (Pates & Leser, 2021). Parts of the former East German population developed feelings of disenfranchisement and detachment, especially in the face of their career experiences during the economic transformation (Pates & Leser, 2021).…”

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Solar parks as livestock enclosures can become key to linking energy, biodiversity and society

Zaplata

2023

People and Nature

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The expansion of renewable energy generation sites in the landscape is controversial, as is repopulation by large predators, particularly wolves. Both range extensions are recent phenomena, and both lead to harsh incompatibilities that arise from exclusions. Regarding solar parks, the problems would be solvable by a paradigm shift, namely towards inclusions. The required changes sound trivial: First, it would be more multifunctional to make use of the valuable plant growth in solar parks. Second, it would be more sustainable to rely on grazing rather than mowing for solar park maintenance. Grazing livestock would need to be protected from wolves by strong fencing. If these changes become the reality, this could locally remove large predators like the wolf from the line of fire of social resistance. In addition, implementation would bring benefits across sectors by bringing together previously divergent and hardened utilization concepts, which would ultimately have positive impacts for renewable energy generation, biodiversity and society. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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Solar parks as livestock enclosures can become key to linking energy, biodiversity and society

Zaplata

2023

People and Nature

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Where is the wolf? A multi‐method comparison of social values and perceptions in a Swiss park

Cracco,

Michel,

Komossa

et al. 2024

Wildlife Biology

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This article presents our recent experience studying public perceptions, discourses, and social values in Park Beverin, a Regional Nature Park in Switzerland. We applied four social research methods (news media analysis, survey with micro‐narratives, go‐along interviews, and focus groups), and delved into the subject of wolf Canis lupus adapting a triangulation protocol and systematic process from the health sciences. We observed the recurring perceptions of ‘wolf' throughout three of the four methods; however, depictions, values, prominence, and presence varied by method. Social values of the wolf were mostly silent when compared to other topics, and ‘wolf amplification' and ‘wolf fatigue' point to the need to rethink the social aspects in wolf management, conservation, and policy. The findings also show the need for diverse research methods for revealing social values and perceptions on sensitive topics that otherwise the use of one method may be masking or amplifying.

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Did we achieve what we aimed for? Assessing the outcomes of a human–carnivore conflict mitigation and coexistence project in Europe

Grossmann,

Patkó

2024

Wildlife Biology

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Monitoring and evaluation practices, demanded by nature conservation project donors, often focus on practical outputs, leaving the assessment of intended short and medium‐term outcomes and long‐term impacts challenging. This study employs a merger of the conflict intervention triangle model (CITM) and its three dimensions relationship, substance, and process, together with the logical framework approach (LFA) within the context of a human–wildlife conflict and coexistence (HWCC) project (LIFE EuroLargeCarnivores) in order to assess project correlated outcomes on stakeholder level over time.Two stakeholder surveys were conducted across 14 project partner countries, capturing baseline perceptions in 2018 and assessing changes in 2021. To assess the actual influence of the project with its focus on conflict mitigation, we applied an ex post counterfactual analysis. Results indicate positive developments in all dimensions of the CITM. The influence of the project is demonstrated by statistically significant differences in response behavior between participants and non‐participants of project interventions. The overall outcome regarding beliefs in satisfactory future management of increasing large carnivore populations, is more intricate. Significant differences are observed among three selected main stakeholder categories over the project's timeframe. While nature conservationists maintain high confidence levels, confidence of hunters and livestock raisers declined. However, results for participants of project interventions depict a significantly lower decline in confidence compared to non‐participants. Based on our findings, we provide insights how to efficiently evaluate outcomes of HWCC projects, offering recommendations for wildlife conservation practitioners. We conclude that HWCC projects are important also and especially in times of unfavorable frame conditions. Rigorous evaluation methods are essential to ensure efficient use of resources in order to maximize the outcomes of HWCC projects. The study highlights the need for long‐term evaluation to assess broader impacts at country, regional, and sector levels.

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Managing Wolves is Managing Narratives: Views of Wolves and Nature Shape People’s Proposals for Navigating Human-Wolf Relations

Cited by 8 publications

References 81 publications

Solar parks as livestock enclosures can become key to linking energy, biodiversity and society

Solar parks as livestock enclosures can become key to linking energy, biodiversity and society

Where is the wolf? A multi‐method comparison of social values and perceptions in a Swiss park

Did we achieve what we aimed for? Assessing the outcomes of a human–carnivore conflict mitigation and coexistence project in Europe

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