The culture of bird conservation: Australian stakeholder values regarding iconic, flagship and rare birds

Ainsworth, Gillian B.; Fitzsimons, James; Weston, Michael A.; Garnett, Stephen T.

doi:10.1007/s10531-017-1438-1

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“…Environmental, social‐economical, and cultural factors should be considered when applying these systematic conservation algorithms (Delavenne et al., 2012 ; Isotti & Monacelli, 2019 ; Ma et al., 2020 ). Functional distinctiveness, phylogenetic endemism, ecological services, vegetation, and cultural preferences could be weighted as conservation features (Ainsworth et al., 2018 ; Jiang et al., 2020 ; Kosman et al., 2019 ; Ma et al., 2021 ). Given that scarce efforts have been deployed in fish conservation in the Min River, this work will help to develop systematic conservation planning in the following ways: (a) Species distribution data in this work will help with further species distribution modeling, especially for those endemic species whose distribution is hardly found in other literature; (b) the finding that existence of dams is most possibly the driving factor for patterns of biodiversity will help to select important features for prioritization; and (c) the spatial patterns of TD, FD and PD will help with the validation of the effectiveness of systematic conservation planning in practice.…”

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“…Some welldeveloped algorithms including Zonation, Marxan, and commercial computation program Gurobi are conservation decision supporting tools for prioritization (Helm & Justkowiak, 2018;Moilanen, 2005;Watts et al, 2009). Although they differ in underlying algorithms, they have some attributes in common (Delavenne et al, 2012) Functional distinctiveness, phylogenetic endemism, ecological services, vegetation, and cultural preferences could be weighted as conservation features (Ainsworth et al, 2018;Jiang et al, 2020;Kosman et al, 2019;Ma et al, 2021). Given that scarce efforts have been deployed in fish conservation in the Min River, this work will help to develop systematic conservation planning in the following ways: (a)…”

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Fish taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity and their vulnerabilities in the largest river in southeastern China

Deng

Huang

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Ecology and Evolution

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Fish taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity and their vulnerabilities in the largest river in southeastern China

Deng

Huang

et al. 2021

Ecology and Evolution

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“…As a result, the biodiversity of these landscape can further deteriorate, thus exacerbating the "extinction of experience" phenomenon (Pyle, 1993;Soga and Gaston, 2016). Moreover, bird conservation efforts are tied to social values (Ainsworth et al, 2016(Ainsworth et al, , 2018, directing decisionmaking processes toward more valued species. Environmental awareness and citizen-science programs are useful to expand the perception of these species with low or no associated cultural value (Trumbull et al, 2000).…”

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Loss of Cultural and Functional Diversity Associated With Birds Across the Urbanization Gradient in a Tropical City

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Birds provide many ecosystem services to people, including provisioning, regulating and cultural services. People attribute multiple cultural values to ecosystems and biodiversity and the diversity of these cultural values can be considered as cultural diversity. While human-nature interactions occur more frequently in cities and urbanization negatively affects different facets of avian biodiversity, little is known about its consequence for cultural diversity. Here, we assess how the urbanization gradient in Campo Grande, a Brazilian city in the Cerrado biodiversity hotspot, affects functional and cultural diversity associated with birds and if functional and cultural diversity are congruent. We also investigate the relation between urbanization gradient with functional traits and cultural values, weighted by species abundance. We used a dataset based on bird surveyed in 61 landscapes along a gradient of impervious surface cover. To estimate functional and cultural diversity, we used indices that estimate richness and divergence of functional traits and cultural values. We found that urbanization affected functional and cultural richness negatively, while there was no effect on functional and cultural divergence. Functional and cultural richness and functional and cultural divergence were weakly, but significantly correlated. Bird species that nest on trees decreased and those that nest in artificial structures and on the ground increased along the impervious surface gradient. Body size, diet, habitat, mating system, flock behavior, and all cultural values (number of times the species was mentioned by football teams, music or poetry, city flags and anthems, and folklore tales) were not significantly affected by impervious surface. The negative relationship between impervious surface and bird cultural richness may indicate that people living in more urbanized areas experience nature less compared to people in less urbanized areas, which can affect their psychological well-being. In these highly urbanized areas, contact with culturally valued birds and cultural services provided by birds may also diminish. The negative relationship between functional richness and urbanization also indicate that highly urbanized areas may be losing important ecosystems services provided by birds.

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“…Finally, aesthetic, experiential, mastery, spiritual and symbolic attitudes were held by some participants to varying degrees but were infrequently communicated in the context of conserving birds in general. Nevertheless, these attitudes and others are often expressed about iconic, flagship and rare birds (Ainsworth et al 2018) as well as specific threatened bird species (Figure 1, 2; Ainsworth et al 2016aAinsworth et al , 2016b and may be effectively applied in conservation messaging to appeal to different audiences, for example artists, nature-based tourists, birdwatchers, or those seeking spiritual fulfilment.…”

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‘Although I use science, it’s an emotional thing’: conservation practitioners’ use of positive affect to frame messages about threatened birds

Ainsworth

Burns

2020

Australasian Journal of Environmental Management

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Birds are of significant scientific and public interest yet although human interactions with birds are widespread and diverse in nature, relatively few people participate in conservation initiatives. Understanding how conservation practitioners describe conservation issues and whether this resonates with recipients' attitudes could help create more appealing conservation strategies. This study applied a new typology of 12 avifaunal attitudes during 74 qualitative interviews with Australian conservation practitioners from the government, non-government, private, public and scientific sectors to investigate how they frame threatened bird issues. Messages about threatened bird conservation were typically positive and framed according to four major themes: morality, intrinsic value, empathy and loss. A strong link between empathy for wildlife and moral justification for preventing extinctions emerged. We recommend that public messages advocating for threatened bird conservation could be framed in positive ways that arouse emotions. Expressing a broad range of attitudes could appeal at both public interest and policymaker levels and assist with developing more effective frames to capture some of the complex social landscape within which threatened species conservation operates. These findings could apply to wildlife conservation in Australia and elsewhere. Finally, the typology can assist with developing appropriately framed and targeted conservation engagement strategies.

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The culture of bird conservation: Australian stakeholder values regarding iconic, flagship and rare birds

Cited by 15 publications

References 49 publications

Fish taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity and their vulnerabilities in the largest river in southeastern China

Fish taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity and their vulnerabilities in the largest river in southeastern China

Loss of Cultural and Functional Diversity Associated With Birds Across the Urbanization Gradient in a Tropical City

‘Although I use science, it’s an emotional thing’: conservation practitioners’ use of positive affect to frame messages about threatened birds

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