🐦‍⬛ Hearing loss significantly affects the extent to which people can listen to, and enjoy natural sounds, birdsong in particular. Results highlight the need for greater attention to the relationship between sensory capabilities and the extinction of nature experience ➡️ buff.ly/Wg6vQlf

🗺️ A #meta-analysis showing that poorer societies do not have the economic resources to confront the #EnvironmentalInjustice represented by the #LuxuryEffect. @IreneRegaiolo @arjundevamar @MTALACE @ChevReynolds @Dom__Henry @migrans @DanC_eco ➡️ buff.ly/LseuyOs

🚜 New research unravels nature's values in EU agricultural policy: A critical discourse analysis ➡️ buff.ly/bZX2vvc

🌼 New paper discusses how teens see nature on urban school grounds? Their views range from close-ups of flowers to wide landscape scenes. Teens who value nature less tend to focus on broader scenes, not the details. Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/Z2i3MiP

England's ancient churches offer vital sanctuary for bats🦇 Results from @batconservation.bsky.social's Bats in Churches partnership project are published today in @peopleandnature.bsky.social 🌍🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🌳 New research shows that how people perceive their local treescapes matters more for mental health than objective tree cover. Promoting meaningful engagement with nature—especially trees—could be key to boosting wellbeing. ➡️ buff.ly/uVwrKMy

🌏 Cultural norms like hunting taboos show resilience in Indigenous communities undergoing rapid socio-economic transitions by continuing to regulate wildmeat consumption. The case of the Idu Mishmi of Northeast India ➡️ buff.ly/Xx4luNl

🍄 A new study reveals Italians' willingness to pay for the conservation of wild food in forests. Cultural traditions drive preferences more than personal use: Northerners value berries, while Southerners prioritise herbs. ➡️ buff.ly/dnhT1fx

🏡 An Australia-wide study reveals that 74% of Australians want to spend more time in nature, with time poverty being a key prohibiting factor. Socio-demographic correlates of nature connection ➡️ buff.ly/aKvkzUO

🏙️How popular are 'wild spaces' in #cities and what prevents people from visiting these greenspaces? New study by Brenda Zoderer identifies the most salient barriers to using #wildspaces, providing insight into strategies to reconnect people with #nature ➡️ buff.ly/qMRc4Ea

📣 Join our free online workshop -  Restoring Resilience: Lessons from the Buffelsdraai Reforestation Project in Durban, South Africa.  📆 4 November, 1 pm GMT

🐆 New research - Socio-economic shocks don't just impact human societies, but can also affect large carnivores ➡️ buff.ly/9NLJij4 @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @ranjmurali.bsky.social @tkuemmerle.bsky.social @alfredoromero.bsky.social @arashghoddousi.bsky.social

🌳 New Research - Applying the Cultural Values Model to assess biocultural change in Eastern European wood-pastures #Transylvania ➡️ buff.ly/PsVxzGl

We are excited to announce the winners of the 2025 BES Awards, honouring 11 distinguished ecologists whose contributions have greatly benefited the scientific community and the Society as a whole.  Huge congratulations to all the winners 👏

🌿New Research - Resilience isn’t about belonging to a “perfect” community. Communities shift, fracture and change. True resilience comes from awareness, flexibility & care - learning to move with life’s flux while staying grounded in body, mind & relation ➡️https://buff.ly/YIDfsWm

🦈 On remote Ascension Island, shark-human interactions, including attacks, have triggered fear, trauma & lifestyle changes. This study shows marine human-wildlife conflict is shaped by deeper social issues & needs new approaches to shark conservation. ➡️ buff.ly/kLj5xRZ

🌱 New research in a Biosphere Reserve weaves diverse knowledge systems to co-generate a multifunctional index for Rangeland assessment.➡️ buff.ly/EU3fHv2

🛫 This new paper proposes that criminal law should consider scientific evidence about the causes and effects of environmental harm, and politicians should listen to green criminologists about which currently legal activities should become crimes ➡️ buff.ly/n9ZTNmN

🌲What makes people happy in Finnish forests? #ForestHappiness grows from deep human-forest bonds, practical engagements and regular exposure—yet damage to yet damage to natural-like forests, like clearcuts and pollution, can sap that joy➡️https://buff.ly/LiUgPF3

🦒Biologists are often drawn to charismatic species but they do not always have the opportunity to study them. This study reveals some fierce competition in certain academic fields, and illustrates unequal social distribution of research opportunities➡️https://buff.ly/kjYUIBg

🎣 Australian game fishers are motivated to participate in research on billfish. Better communication and engagement is needed to harness opportunities for citizen science research, including by using new technologies & cross-organisation collaboration➡️https://buff.ly/JdAE4gc

🧘‍♀️ How can nature + contemplation help with eco-distress? Interviews and co-design with practitioners reveal four pathways: building presence, facing difficult feelings, expanding self/connection, and strengthening shared values and commitments to action➡️https://buff.ly/lVgdgFx

🚵 Massive Sporting Events recently exploded in most developed countries but their impacts on biodiversity remains largely unknown. To learn the behavioural consequences of trail running and cycling events for Alpine ibex in French mountains. Read now! ➡️ buff.ly/KkfR9ef

🌱New Research: Carbon and corms: Introduced ungulates and saltwater intrusion variably impact coastal floodplain ecosystem services in the Laynhapuy Indigenous Protected Area, northern Australia ➡️ buff.ly/XUMG9Jl

📹 In collaborative wildlife conservation, Indigenous Peoples and Western science partners increasingly balance principles of open data with Indigenous Data Sovereignty. Potential tension is explored and nine recommendations to advance resolution provided➡️https://buff.ly/TOJHc4s

🥭New study finds that children’s diet quality peaked mid-distance from protected areas in Myanmar and Cambodia. Vitamin A-rich fruit consumption peaked mid-distance from PAs only in Indigenous population areas➡️https://buff.ly/hmFIZot

📣Join our free online workshop! We go behind-the-scenes with project managers from the Buffelsdraai Reforestation Project in South Africa, who share their experience with large-scale tree planting, invasive species control, fire management and biodiversity monitoring🌿 Sign-up here👇 buff.ly/5UdUSaM

🐦‍⬛ The proportion of New Zealand businesses named after birds has increased over the past 70 years. In the same time the representation of native birds within those businesses has risen to more than 50%. This new study explored this➡️ buff.ly/VV5LJxg

🥾This study uses a Before-After-Control-Impact design to measure the mental wellbeing benefits of a walking-in-nature program and their duration. It found that the significant benefit lasts up to three months post activity @AChauvenet @GU_Sciences ➡️https://buff.ly/kueULIw

🏞️ The study analyses social-ecological fit of LIFE projects in Natura 2000 forest habitats using network analysis. Findings show ecological fit but fragmented partnerships. There is the need for stronger social processes. ➡️https://buff.ly/HB9mfDG

🍖 Women occupy key roles in wildmeat use but their contributions are often overlooked. Our new study maps their presence & influence, highlighting why gender matters for sustainable management ➡️ buff.ly/3ilw76r

🌺 Resilience of Indigenous healthcare systems: Ethnobotanical approaches among the Baka, southeastern Cameroon ➡️ buff.ly/0OB1Vbm

🦌 New Research: Beyond message framing: Participant characteristics predict social acceptability of increased deer culling in Scotland ➡️ buff.ly/KazaxTM

Our latest podcast series 'Included in Nature with Clare Rishbeth' explores the barriers to nature inclusion for various communities and the ways in which we can overcome them 🌱 This discussion is based on four reports deposited in Applied Ecology Resources 📚 Listen here 👇 buff.ly/7BpYW1c

🧑‍🌾 Growing trees on farms: Navigating the goals and values of farmers ➡️ buff.ly/VU0nzKK

👂How multisensory nature exposure affects well-being: Visual and auditory influences on affect ➡️ buff.ly/CNJkUUN

🦌 Can a livestream of moose crossing a river foster nature connection? Our study of Sweden’s Den Stora Älgvandringen finds that Slow TV offers immersive, restorative, and emotionally resonant experiences — even through screens. Read the full paper here➡️ buff.ly/NOG8rKv

🪸 A social license to operate theory for lethal control of crown-of-thorns starfish on the Great Barrier Reef ➡️ buff.ly/Wcm06mN New study by Cairns Institute at James Cook University proposed social license theory for #COTS control on the #GBR

Snares➰are one type of non-selective trap used for hunting. In 🇧🇷, their use is under-reported, widespread and has harmful consequences for mammals. To reduce this, this paper led by Karen Mustin makes a series of specific recommendations🐆🦊🐺🐗 ➰🌳 ➡️ buff.ly/pQww53f

🌳Year-long investigation highlights how unsustainable wildlife use threatens equitable access to wildlife of households living in the periphery a Central Africa biodiversity hotspot, posing a threat to food security and biodiversity conservation. Read the full paper here➡️ buff.ly/dVMZDZV

🐺 What are drivers of farmers’ intention to implement livestock protection measures in the face of recolonising carnivores? A survey among German livestock owners suggests that the social environment is key—and that financial support can also be an effective motivation. ➡️ buff.ly/QEa6Obw

➕Genetic diversity is part of biodiversity. It is both possible and beneficial to incorporate genetic diversity in biodiversity assessments for nature-positive. O’Brien and colleagues outline the role genetics should play and why in this new article ➡️https://buff.ly/pubhr4p

🦁🐟Nationwide study lionfish consumption in Belize finds opportunities to develop the lionfish market if outreach and marketing correct beliefs that lionfish is unsafe to eat or handle and emphasize the benefits of purchasing it. Read more➡️https://buff.ly/dDAuI0U

🚞Will biodiversity actions yield healthy places? A systematic review of human health outcomes associated with biodiversity-focused urban greening➡️https://buff.ly/mFhu7j3 This study asks whether actions to support biodiversity in cities also provides benefits for human health.

🏞️ In a multi-method review, authors find that the scientific literature on salmon misses the mark on some of the most important values for social-ecological systems, and particularly when considering values to Tribes and First Nations. Read more ➡️ buff.ly/sL7Vii1

💧 From muddy marvels to hidden landscapes: Diverse visitor experiences in Tasmanian wetlands and their implications for enhancing human–nature connections ➡️ buff.ly/UUN5IMm #WetlandConservation needs public appreciation, but how do people experience wetlands?

🚨 New paper! What’s the role of different social-ecological filters in building livelihood resilience of small-scale farmers in a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) in Chile ➡️ buff.ly/S8kbTXT Video summary ➡️ buff.ly/SHlyX8k

⚙️ Leverage points for scaling nature-based adaptation to climate change ➡️ buff.ly/5OjLIOk Our research shows rapid progress needs simultaneous action on deep (values, culture) and shallow (policy, finance) leverage points. A systemic view is essential!

🔥 Why do we burn? Examining arguments underpinning the use of prescribed burning to manage wildfire risk ➡️https://buff.ly/uwh6eYm How should we manage wildfire risk? How much can risk be effectively reduced without impacting biodiversity?

🍃Traditional knowledge promotes the protection of large old trees: A case from China's richest biocultural diversity area ➡️https://buff.ly/6fKtRpD