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- Ericsson, Göran, 1966-, et al.
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Rural-urban heterogeneity in attitudes towards large carnivores in Sweden, 1974-2014
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Ingår i: Large carnivore conservation and management. - Oxon : Routledge. - 9781138039995 - 9781315175454 ; , s. 190-205
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The green revolution of the 1960s shaped current approaches to large carnivore conservation and paved the way for the successful conservation policy occurring today. Several legislative changes were introduced, and functionally extinct species went from being actively harvested to being fully protected. These changes went largely unnoticed until recently in most societies in Europe, since these countries had been largely devoid of wolves, bears, lynx and wolverines. The situation in Sweden was no exception. Members of the public had no first-hand experience of large carnivores, and the species first needed to become abundant before people could interact with them sufficiently. Large carnivores are now back, and this is accompanied by symbolic constructions that fuel strong and opposing demands for policy and management. Large carnivore conservation and management takes place in a highly contested political arena, and this is likely to continue unless better insights are gained about values at stake, what these values symbolise in terms of policy preferences and how these can be met. In this chapter, we will track large carnivore numbers and attitude trends and we will discuss implications in terms of governance challenges and new roles to be facilitated.
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- Johansson, Örjan
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Science, society, and snow leopards: Bridging the divides through collaborations and best practice convergence
- 2018
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Ingår i: Large Carnivore Conservation and Management : Human Dimensions. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018. | Series: Earthscan studies in natural resource management : Routledge. - 9781138039995 ; , s. 252-268
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Multiple societal priorities often lead to power struggles, and the resultant ideological and land use conflicts create gaps that undermine conservation efforts globally. We suggest that for effective large carnivore conservation, these societal gaps must be bridged through respectful collaborations between conservationists, scientists, local communities, governments, and industry. We also suggest that as scientists, we will achieve little in conservation, which is increasingly a socio-political pursuit. But if we can engage respectfully with other sections of society and the government, together we still have a chance to secure the future of the planet’s surviving large carnivores and their habitats. Using snow leopards (Panthera uncia) of High Asia as our flagship and focal taxon, we show that it is possible to bring together diverse interests and stakeholders for conservation, and to work effectively and ethically with local communities who are most affected by large carnivores and their conservation. The approach we outline could also help expand the planet’s protected area coverage well beyond what the Aichi targets aim for.
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- Sjölander Lindqvist, Annelie, 1970, et al.
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Between politics and management: Governing large carnivores in Fennoscandia
- 2018
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Ingår i: Large Carnivore Conservation and Management: Human Dimensions, Edited by Tasos Hovardas. - London : Routledge. - 9781138039995 - 9781315175454
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Environmental collaborative governance or decentralization are increasingly promoted as useful means to manage conflicting goals and to balance different interests with regard to large carnivores. In Finland, Norway, and Sweden, new approaches to large carnivore governance and management have emerged since 2000, each including some elements of collaborative governance or decentralization of authority. In all three cases, the processes are assumed, or at least hoped to, result in the sharing of information and knowledge, joint agreements, dialogues, and conflict mitigation measures. When comparing the different modes of governance applied in the three countries, it becomes apparent that there is no panacea, quick fix, or blueprint for a single type of governance mode that has the capacity to accommodate multiple objectives and activities. While the countries have tried to successively adjust their governance systems to handle identified weaknesses, considerable efforts could still be undertaken to share experiences and best practices between the countries. This includes aspects such as the design of institutions and the setup of participatory processes for planning and management.
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- Sjölander-Lindqvist, Annelie, 1970-, et al.
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Research amidst the contentious issue of wolf presence : exploration of reference frames and social, cultural, and political dimensions
- 2018
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Ingår i: Large carnivore conservation and management. - Oxon : Routledge. - 9781138039995 - 9781315175454 ; , s. 19-36
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In the case of the Scandinavian wolf, the species is both considered an impediment to rural livelihoods and survival, and valued as an inextricable part of the fauna. Understanding the social, cultural and political roots of this polarization, which involve uncertainty regarding future prospects for species recovery and human – wildlife coexistence, conflicting environmental goals and values, and disputes over the burdens and benefits of conservation initiatives, requires a research approach that can contribute to a renewed and broadened understanding of the contemporary aspects of contested policy and management. We argue that any research into such contentious and politicized situations requires a comprehensive and exhaustive research design capable of addressing both individual and collective dimensions, including emotive human responses, issues of social and political trust, conflicting values and norms, clashing knowledge claims, and politicized arenas of interaction. At the same time, studying politicized phenomena may be challenging for the researcher who must create a trustful conversational space and balance the entanglements arising from the socio-cultural and political embeddedness of the connections between individuals, groups, organizations, and institutions. To illustrate this, we highlight the usefulness of different theoretical and methodological perspectives in the exploration of the different frames held by actors at different levels.
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