🔥👥🌳 Digital fire technologies and community networks: Cultivating just sociotechnical practices for living with planetary change @planetarypraxis.bsky.soc 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/tZqjwu1

🦇 Balancing risk and reward—Perceptions of bats and their ecological role in Reunion island 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/WWJstj3

🌏️ Spiritual ecologies in transition: Bonbibi traditions in the Sundarbans once sustained ecological restraint & social cohesion. New study finds market pressures, religious reform & state governance are reconfiguring these moral frameworks 📖 buff.ly/3Fa2BKt

🌏️ Relational structure of illegal wildlife hunting in China: A nationwide hunter–prey network analysis "This network analysis reveals key leverage points for disrupting poaching at a systemic level" 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/BoGtqIn

🐘 China’s recovering elephants create a coexistence paradox: conservation success can increase local burdens. In 796 interviews, tolerance depended less on material loss than on fear, trust, and wildlife interest, showing that coexistence needs more than compensation 📖 buff.ly/F2yd5zf

🌿Biocultural Restoration brings back both nature and cultural diversity to degraded lands. Centred on Indigenous peoples and local communities, it challenges technocratic restoration models. 📖 On the need for biocultural approaches to restoration ➡️ buff.ly/CVXvklo

👥 Relevant, robust and accessible data about people's relationships with nature is needed for environmental governance. A lack of coordination is limiting contributions from social surveys to this evidence base. Six actions can help. 📖 Read here! ➡️ buff.ly/Kll3ucV

🌏️ Restoring nature isn’t enough—we must rethink restoration itself. New study shows how Māori are framed in restoration: sometimes as rightful leaders, other times as wronged victims. These narratives shape what restoration futures become possible. 📖 buff.ly/OIlWzZr

🌿Systemic bio-inequity links poverty to biodiversity and induces a conservation paradox "By gaining the attention of colonists, biodiversity is also related to the neocolonial structures maintaining modern poverty..." 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/EYZymuq

🦅 Noongar Elders share how culturally significant predators, Waalitj (eagle) & Twert (dingo), are spiritual guides and ecosystem protectors. Principles of reciprocity, humility and care offer an alternative to control-based conservation, one rooted in belonging, not dominance. 📖 buff.ly/w4Rugx3

🦉 Negative beliefs about owls shape how people treat them in Nigeria. New research shows that perception strongly predicts conservation support, highlighting the need for culturally grounded strategies for coexistence 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/RjZfwgp

🌱 New paper from @uclcber.bsky.social, lead by @abbiesachapman.bsky.social and @tnewbold31.bsky.social identifies trade-off risks between vertebrate biodiversity and crop production in three African countries. @josephtobias.bsky.social / @profejzrobinson.bsky.social 📖Read more ➡️ buff.ly/M6uCMGH

🚨 A new video is now out on our blog to learn more about the recently published paper - Drivers of change in human-wildlife relationships: Southern Africa as an example 📸 Watch the full video here ➡️ buff.ly/k8Jbsvl 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/1MuKfno

🚣 Eco-anxiety in Tampa Bay: Prevalence, risk factors and recommendations for environmental practitioners "Embedding mental health into environmental outreach, education & comms programs can boost resilience & conservation action" 📖 Read the full paper ➡️ buff.ly/jEpm4UD

🌉 Bridging the political ideology climate gap through connecting individuals to nature "Feeling connected to nature is linked to stronger climate beliefs across political lines, with the strongest effect among conservatives" 📖 buff.ly/D4YuBoZ

🐝 Keeping track of biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: New roles for farmers and naturalists in pollinator monitoring 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/VcRk15T

🦓 Catalysing conservation: Testing behavioural spillover from wildlife-friendly coffee in a zoo café "People–nature relationships and spillover-informed design can guide behaviour-change strategies for conservation" 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/QK5wvTu

🐄 Why do farmers in the Netherlands start using agroecological practices? Social and economic drivers shape daily practices, but relational values sustain them long-term. 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/OlyZIzS

🐑 Pastoralist views and positions on coexistence with large carnivores. An overview from conflict areas across Europe "Dialogue among stakeholders trigger coalitions and co-creation processes" 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/q9MqTEV

🟢🔵 What turns us off about green and blue spaces in cities? Understanding perceived problems and unpleasant experiences for more just urban planning, design and management 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/bJl0kMe

🚨 Brand new podcast out now! 🌲We discuss 7 key socio-ecological issues for advancing forest restoration in a world in flux with recent authors Mariana Hernandez-Montilla and Katie Devenish. 🎙️Soundcloud ➡️ buff.ly/vMx7xJo 🎙️Spotify ➡️ buff.ly/h2oQq1Y

🌔 Findings from the 2024 Great American Eclipse show that observing animals in nature during a solar eclipse is linked to awe, which may lead to growth in science identity and belonging! 📖 Read more! ➡️ buff.ly/ArFL2V1 @klmulvey.bsky.social

🚨Our June issue is now live! 🌳Including the Special Feature - Trees for Climate change, Biodiversity, and People Our cover image depicts the beautiful Aare river in Bern, Switzerland from this paper ➡️ buff.ly/MkYmgGV 📖Read the full issue➡️ buff.ly/4FRA27I

🧾What can 30,000 folktales tell us about sacred landscapes? Text mining revealed that the word ‘deity’ in Ryukyuan folktales is closely linked to waterside landscape terms, highlighting traditional values of these landscapes 📖 Read the full paper! ➡️ buff.ly/t0hnglz

🐠 new podcast episode for our recently published paper, "Invasive goldfish trigger a regime shift in experimental lake ecosystems of varying trophic state" 📝 read the paper here: buff.ly/GksGNbO 🎙️ listen to the podcast here: buff.ly/jSreNPv

🌎️ New article shows exactly why environmental enforcement is weak in rainforest regions: state capacity, organized crime, and economic activities. It assesses how those obstacles block each stage of enforcing even a strong law. 📖 Read more! ➡️ buff.ly/H9qdggV

🌿Unpacking the task of synthesis when weaving knowledge systems for biodiversity assessments 📖 Full paper ➡️ buff.ly/2ArW2q2 @wvalangui.bsky.social SRC blog piece - buff.ly/nO0TYCe Author's LinkedIn - buff.ly/ObQkyBr / buff.ly/Vxg6DSZ / buff.ly/JQYSp9D

🌷 Meta-analysis of 17 citizen science projects reveals that participant activity is higher in municipalities with lower density and higher proportion of protected areas 📖 Read the full paper here! ➡️ buff.ly/vZ89Vte

🦭Rabid seals, vanishing sharks, faux leopard fur, and My Octopus Teacher. Southern African examples illuminate how fast and deeply human–wildlife relationships can change. It's not just about encounters, but emotion, policy, culture and shifting ecologies 📖 buff.ly/LtArSfs

🌳 Where were all the trees? Computer vision meets landscape history to unlock the potential of historical Ordnance Survey maps 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/0rlFcyb

🐆 "Snow leopards in Bhutan share land with people—conflict risks persist! By mapping both ecological habitat & human acceptance (1,046 households), we ID’d priority zones for coexistence. Holistic planning = better conservation & less conflict" #SnowLeopard 📖 Read more! ➡️ buff.ly/jbRlTpq

Our special feature of People and Nature on the Digital Dimensions of Nature Recovery is coming into being! The special feature emerges from our 2024 conference at the Cheng Kar Shun Digital Hub, Jesus College, Oxford besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1... @peopleandnature.bsky.social

🐀 Examining the multi-disciplinary origins of biophobia towards threatening and non-threatening wildlife in a highly urbanised city in China 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/SiibZLZ

🍖 "The development of extractive industries in highly biodiverse landscapes does not need to come at a cost for nature - lessons from a wild meat study in Gamba, Gabon" 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️

🌾Conservation spreads through networks. "By combining social network analysis, spatial modeling, and clustering, we show how geography and social ties shape conservation information flow—and why demo farmers aren’t always the central influencers" 📖 Read more! ➡️ buff.ly/Ht57EEf

🧑‍💻 How are new technologies and start-ups changing rewilding? This paper introduces the concept of 'technical wildness' to explain the new ways rewilding is pursued in Scotland. 📖 Read the full paper here! ➡️ buff.ly/lDuStpj

📷️"Can digital surveillance help in nature recovery? Yes, there are lots of applications, from tracking migration to finding cryptic species, but also consequences for the way we see nature - and addressing impacts, ethics and political ecology may not be easy" 📖 Read more here! ➡️ buff.ly/veQ19kz

👥 "Emerging environmental researchers need training and mentorship to approach projects that engage stakeholders, rightsholders, and communities in the right way, built on trust and reciprocity" 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/UwHS0Ag

super paper in @peopleandnature.bsky.social by Theo Stanley on recent turns in Scottish #rewilding to integrate markets, technology but also some romanticism. A superbly rich analysis. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Our researchers have been working on a special feature in @peopleandnature.bsky.social, exploring how digital technologies are increasingly shaping nature recovery, conservation, governance, & environmental decision-making. @caitlinhafferty.bsky.social @jonnyjjt.bsky.social @theostanley.bsky.social

🌱 "Despite 190+ studies, we still lack a clear picture of what drives farmers to adopt sustainable farming. Research focuses on adoption alone, overlooking how decisions evolve. We need more complete, real-world evidence to guide policy and investment" 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/YqhegS6

🐏 New paper explores how ICI in northern Kenya is providing a distinct alternative pathway to mainstream conservation approaches which supports communities' own biocultural practices, more-than-human rights, and relationships with nature 📖Read more! ➡️ buff.ly/0JETVTj

🥾💚 "Interviews during a walk in rural Switzerland show how aesthetic experiences are examples of bidirectional relationships with nature, in which aesthetic values can be characterised as relational values" 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️

🚶‍♀️🌳 Combined storytelling and mapping approaches for increasing community engagement with woodland creation and expansion projects 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/s7kknOK

🌍Unearthing the soul of the soil! 📖 Analyzing 1,200 years of Persian poetry reveals how the word "khāk" (soil) evolved from a symbol of humility & creation to national identity. Poetry is a living archive of eco-empathy. #Ecopoetry #SoilScience ➡️

🌺Wilting wildflowers and bummed-out bees: Climate change threatens US state symbols "Could your state flower disappear? New research shows climate change is pushing state symbols out of their home ranges." @LaurierResearch 📖 Read the paper here ➡️ buff.ly/GPOcy23

🌿Linking perceptions of weeds with approaches to weed management "Knowing why land stakeholders manage weeds in a particular way is important as we look to make land management processes more sustainable in future" 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/Pz3LmkA

🦜"The right photo can move hearts AND inspire action. Close-up shots & familiar/natural settings evoke emotions that can increase willingness to act for wildlife." 🌱 @meghaniamh @MTZed @BehaviourWorksA @Deakin 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/1gkv2bN

🌎️ Rural landholders in Costa Rica expressed diverse reasons why they cleared secondary forest, and also diverse reasons why they might allow regrowth to persist 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/SHcMDAC

🪼 Cryptic invaders fly under the radar. New EU-wide survey shows most people misidentify freshwater jellyfish, yet direct encounters drive concern & support for action. Boosting citizen science could transform IAS detection & policy. 📖 Read here! ➡️ buff.ly/A3UJwaa