-
Fears and Fences: Social and Material Barriers to Plains Bison on the Canadian Prairies Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-29 Forrest Hisey, Melissa Heppner, Andrea Olive
Plains Bison once had the largest population and range of any terrestrial herbivore in North America. Bison now occupy less than 2% of their historic range, mostly behind fences of state-run and pr...
-
“Here” Versus “There”: Authoritarian Populism, Environment, and Scapegoat Ecology Among Loggers of Northwestern Russia Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-28 Liudmila Listrovaya
This case study contributes to the research on the environmental beliefs of extractive industry workers in an illiberal populist regime. This research is based on semi-structured interviews with lo...
-
Negotiating Authority in Facilitation Practice – A Conceptual Framework to Describe Facilitators’ Use of Power in Collaborative Governance Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-27 Martin Westin, Emily Montgomerie
The purpose of this paper is to develop a conceptual framework to describe facilitators’ use of power in facilitation practice. Facilitators are mainly, in theory as well as in practice, described ...
-
Contested agricultural landscapes: From an individual to a common issue for stingless beekeepers a case from Veracruz, México Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-26 Estrella Chévez, Luciana Porter-Bolland, Daniel A. Revollo-Fernández, Eduardo García-Frapolli
Land use change (LUC) alters habitat quality and the provision of ecosystem services that affect economic activities, such as beekeeping. For beekeeping, landscapes reveal individual decisions that...
-
Disputes of Adverse Possession on Forestland and the Determinants of Case Outcomes Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-19 Hui Wang, Changyou Sun
The doctrine of adverse possession presents a risk to forestland ownership because timber management is infrequent. In this study, the extent of adverse possession claims on forestland in the Unite...
-
Stakeholder Views of Science and Technologies for Phosphorus Sustainability: A Comparative Analysis of Three Case Studies in Phosphorus Recovery in the U.S. Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-13 Ashton W. Merck, J. A. Deaver, L. Crane, E. S. Morrison, D. F. Call, T. H. Boyer, A. Marshall, K. Grieger
Phosphorus (P) is an essential element for sustaining human life, but its current management is unsustainable. Scientists are currently developing novel scientific and technological innovations to ...
-
Solastalgia as Disruption of Biocultural Identity. The Mount Amiata Geothermal Conflict Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-07-28 Giacomo Lampredi
Some residents of Mount Amiata in Tuscany, Italy, are experiencing emotional distress and solastalgia due to changes in their beloved land. Mount Amiata is witnessing protests by citizens’ associat...
-
A Systematic Review of Environmental Volunteer Motivations Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-07-24 Charlotte P. Sextus, Karen F. Hytten, Paul Perry
In many countries, volunteers make an important contribution to protecting and restoring natural ecosystems through participating in activities such as planting, weeding and species monitoring. How...
-
City Limits: Urban Nature Rules and the Role of Civic Engagement in Minneapolis—St. Paul Metro Area, USA Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-07-22 Meghan R. Klasic, Kristen C. Nelson, Forrest Fleischman, Claire Lister
Formal rules define urban governance, yet in democratic systems like the United States, institutions governing public input shape decision-making. Governance literature needs more breadth on how ci...
-
A Qualitative Assessment of Interrelated Impacts of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on the Timber Supply Chain in the Southern United States Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-07-21 Sonia R. Bruck, Stephanie Chizmar, Rajan Parajuli, Gregory E. Frey, Austin Lamica, Erin O. Sills
The southern United States (U.S.) produces approximately 60% of the Nation’s timber products, almost entirely from private forests. This work explores the perspectives of stakeholders with regards ...
-
Using Personal Norms to Understand Deer Hunters’ Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Prevention Behaviors: The “Right” Thing to Do Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-06-26 Deanna D. Kreinheder, Richard C. Stedman, T. Bruce Lauber
To protect wild deer populations (and their beneficiaries) from the negative consequences of chronic wasting disease (CWD), it is crucial to engage deer hunters in disease prevention. Early qualita...
-
Understanding the Hidden Costs and Benefits of Living With Grizzly Bears in Montana Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Sara Lamar, Morey Burnham, Alexander L. Metcalf, Sarah A. Ebel, Darci M. Graves, Allegra Sundstrom
Wildlife sometimes impose unmitigated costs and provide unevenly distributed benefits that exacerbate conflict among people or between wildlife and groups of people. Although previous research has ...
-
Unlikely Alliances in Action: Balancing Alignment and Autonomy in Rural-Urban Water Conflicts Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-06-21 Sophia Borgias, Kate Berry, Dalten Fox
Environmentalists, ranchers, and Indigenous nations are increasingly coming together on environmental issues in what have been called “unlikely alliances,” offering important insights into the role...
-
Correction Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-06-19
Published in Society & Natural Resources: An International Journal (Vol. 37, No. 7, 2024)
-
Land for Whom? Diversity, Land Trusts, and Farmers and Gardeners from Marginalized Backgrounds in New England, U.S. Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-06-18 Julie C. Keller, Blake Harrison, Corey Lang
Land trusts in the U.S. play an important role in preventing the loss of farmland to development. Farmers seeking affordable land may benefit from these conservation efforts. Yet the distribution o...
-
“Community Forests” in the United States – How Do we Know One When we See One? Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-06-13 Gregory E. Frey, Reem Hajjar, Susan Charnley, Kathleen McGinley, John Schelhas, Nathan A. Tarr, Lauren McCaskill, Frederick W. Cubbage
Community forests (CFs) involve communities in decision-making about, management of and access to forests, and have potential to benefit both communities and forests. However, they lack a single de...
-
Engaged Network Tools to Close Collaborative Gaps: Uses, Limitations, and Design Principles Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-06-06 Harrison Fried, Matthew Hamilton, Ramiro Berardo, Kimberly Ordonez, Rohit Basu
In this paper, we explore how community-engaged network tools can help to overcome fragmentation in environmental governance systems. We created a network tool that offers personalized partnership ...
-
Uncovering the Role and Labor of Volunteer Leaders within a Community-Led Urban Tree Planting Initiative Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-05-24 Elizabeth Riedman, Hamil Pearsall, Lara A. Roman, Tim Ifill, Mindy Maslin, Dana Dentice, Jehane Samaha, Asha-Lé Davis
Urban forestry programs across North America rely on volunteers to lead urban forest stewardship activities and encourage participation in tree planting and general maintenance. We examined the lea...
-
“In my Own Land, I Am Treated like a Foreigner”: Mining-Induced Challenges and Psychological Distress Among Farmers in Ghanaian Mining Communities Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-05-21 Francis Annor, Sampson Annor, Inusah Abdul-Nasiru
This study explored mining-induced challenges, experiences of psychological distress, and coping strategies among farmers in mining communities in Ghana. Using a qualitative research approach, in-d...
-
Navigating Urban-Agricultural Watershed Management Conflicts: A View from Watershed Coordinators Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-05-20 Landon Yoder, Sarah Church, Kamebry Wagner
Water quality impairment from fertilizer runoff remains a major source of urban-agricultural conflicts when it leads to serious health risks. In this paper, we analyze the role of watershed organiz...
-
A Perception-Based Assessment of Buffer Zone Programs’ Contribution to Integrated Conservation and Development: Evidence from Protected Areas in Nepal Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Neelam C. Poudyal, Thakur Silwal, Sweta Dixit, Ananta R. Bhandari, Ram Chandra Kandel, Shiva Raj Bhatta, Ganesh Pant
Protected areas (PA) often adopt buffer zone program to share PA benefit with local people and improve community support for conservation. However, the effectiveness of such policies is still unkno...
-
Disrupting the Patrón: Indigenous Land Rights and the Fight for Environmental Justice in Paraguay’s Chaco Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 Gabriel Camară
Published in Society & Natural Resources: An International Journal (Vol. 37, No. 7, 2024)
-
Sustaining the Public’s Positive Feelings towards Ungulates at the Local Level Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Maria Johansson, Sabrina Dressel, Annelie Sjölander-Lindqvist, Camilla Sandström
In Europe, spatial distributions and densities of ungulates have been increasing, triggering both negative and positive feelings. Ecosystem-based and collaborative approaches to wildlife management...
-
Customary Authorities and Environmental Governance in Africa: A Systematic Review Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Jakob Schwaiger, Zaira M. Tas Kronenburg, Andre Auch, Thijs Bosker, David Ehrhardt
In this systematic review of 68 English-language articles we explore the roles of customary authorities in environmental governance in sub-Saharan Africa. We identify four roles that customary auth...
-
The Robustness of Common-Pool Resource Governance in the Gulf of Mottama Ramsar Wetland, Myanmar under Pre- and Post-Political Crisis Conditions Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Eaindra Theint Theint Thu, Carl Middleton
This study examines the role of communities, local institutions, conservation organizations and government agencies in the governance of large-scale common-pool resources (CPR) at the Gulf of Motta...
-
Communicating Expectations: Informing Strategic Communications by Conservation Level Segmentation and Impression Management Preferences Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Jared A. Messick, Christopher Serenari, Elena C. Rubino
In the United States, collaboration between landowners and endangered species conservation (ESC) organizations is required to accomplish conservation goals. However, collective action for ESC is st...
-
Effects of Trust, Public Engagement, Conflict, and Social Networks on Satisfaction with Ecological Restoration Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Theresa M. Floyd, Elizabeth Covelli Metcalf, Jakki J. Mohr, Peter Metcalf, Ragan M. Callaway
River restoration is one of the most common, expensive, and environmentally influential forms of restoration, but has little post-restoration assessment of social success. In this study, we use soc...
-
The Link Between Social-Ecological Network Fit and Outcomes: A Rare Empirical Assessment of a Prominent Hypothesis Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Martin Nicola Huber, Mario Angst, Manuel Fischer
It is often claimed that the structure of networks influences outcomes in environmental governance. For example, network motifs of social-ecological fit have been linked to positive environmental o...
-
Impact of Stone Quarrying on Sustainable Livelihoods and Environment in Selected Communities in Ghana: implications for the Sustainable Development Goals Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Justice Mensah, John Oti Amoah
Stone is a useful natural resource, but its extraction has sustainability implications for the environment and livelihoods. This study examined the impacts of stone quarrying activities on sustaina...
-
What Is at Stake? The Ontological Dimension of Environmental Conflicts Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Riccarda Flemmer, Verena Gresz, Jonas Hein
Published in Society & Natural Resources: An International Journal (Vol. 37, No. 5, 2024)
-
Using Focus Groups for Knowledge Sharing: Tracking Emerging Pandemic Impacts on USFS Wildland Fire Operations Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 David Flores, Rebekah L. Fox, Jody Jahn, Craig Conley, Satoris S. Howes, Joel O. Iverson, Steven J. Venette, Emily R. Haire, Cathelijne R. Stoof
In early 2020 the US Forest Service (USFS) recognized the need to gather real-time information from its wildland fire management personnel about their challenges and adaptations during the unfoldin...
-
Perceptions, Knowledge, and Invasion Extent of Lantana camara on Household Yards in Rural Communities in Limpopo Province, South Africa Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Edward S. Mhlongo, Sheunesu Ruwanza, Tatenda Dalu
Studies on human perceptions of Lantana camara invasion are needed to inform management. This study used a two-pronged approach to assess perceptions, knowledge, and uses of L. camara in rural comm...
-
The Impact of Social Norms on Intended Individual and Collective Civic Actions Related to Wolf Reintroduction Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Mireille N. Gonzalez, Richard E. W. Berl, Tara L. Teel, Rebecca Niemiec
Biodiversity conservation requires individual and collective civic actions that impact broader systems and structures. Though research shows individual conservation-related behaviors are often driv...
-
Horizon Scanning: A Process for Identifying Emerging Signals of Change Shaping the Future of Natural Resources Management Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 David N. Bengston, Tuomas Mauno, Teppo Hujala
Horizon scanning is a process to generate foresight – insight into how the future could unfold. Horizon scanning involves systematically searching a wide range of information sources for early sign...
-
Correction Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-27
Published in Society & Natural Resources: An International Journal (Vol. 37, No. 5, 2024)
-
Misalignment Between Citizen Science Project Leaders and Their Organizations Increases the Challenges They Face Achieving Project Outcomes Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Danielle E. Lin Hunter, Callan A. Knebel, Gregory J. Newman, Meena M. Balgopal
Citizen science values include increasing natural resource management, enabling large-scale research, promoting education and scientific literacy, addressing environmental injustice, mitigating cli...
-
Coproductive Capacities Support Implementation of Ecuador’s Sangay-Podocarpus Connectivity Corridor Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Gabriel Oppler, Jennifer Marie Thomsen
Despite increasing expertise and resources for planning ecological corridors, initiatives face implementation challenges in integrating science and governance. The coproductive capacities framework...
-
Gentrification Beliefs and Attitudes Towards Park and Recreation Agency Actions Intended to Support People Experiencing Homelessness Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Nick Pitas, Lauren Mullenbach, Ben Hickerson
After declining from historically high levels following the Great Recession, homelessness in the United States is again on the rise due to an increase in the prevalence of unsheltered homelessness,...
-
Reforesting the Earth: The Human Drivers of Forest Conservation, Restoration, and Expansion Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 John Schelhas
Published in Society & Natural Resources: An International Journal (Vol. 37, No. 6, 2024)
-
Negotiated Agreements and Sámi Reindeer Herding in Sweden: Evaluating Outcomes Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Rasmus Kløcker Larsen, Jannie Staffansson, Inger-Ann Omma, Ciaran O’Faircheallaigh
In the European north, there is a growing trend for Sámi reindeer herding communities to enter negotiated agreements with developers on projects that aim to exploit land and natural resources. This...
-
Accurately Characterizing Climate Change Scenario Planning in the U.S. National Park Service: Comment on Murphy et al. 2023 Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Joel H. Reynolds, Brian W. Miller, Gregor W. Schuurman, Wylie A. Carr, Amy J. Symstad, John E. Gross, Amber N. Runyon
We more accurately locate the boundary between current practice and research priorities regarding climate change scenario planning in U.S. federal land management agencies by supplementing the char...
-
Southeast Alaskans Want Food Sovereignty and Reimagined Rural Futures Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Hailey Wilmer, Abigail R. Kaminski, Kendra Wendel, Nicole Grewe, Tracy Hruska, Lee K. Cerveny, J. Ryan Bellmore, Chanda L. Meek, Kellen Nelson
United States federal lands are managed for multiple conservation, social, and commercial goals shaped by the visions of diverse interest groups. The rural economic and food-security needs of local...
-
Correction Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-21
Published in Society & Natural Resources: An International Journal (Vol. 37, No. 6, 2024)
-
Market Economy and Norms of Grassland Utilization in Mongolia Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Shunji Oniki, Kadirbyek Dagys, Myeruyert Yetyekbai
As market economies develop, traditional social norms regarding common pool natural resource utilization can change. This study estimates how social norms of nomadic herders’ communities, trust amo...
-
Misgivings about Environmental Outreach as a Barrier in a Neighborhood Opinion Leader Campaign Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Theresa M. Vander Woude, Bret R. Shaw, Karen S. Oberhauser
We examined socially influential residents’ beliefs about pro-environmental outreach in a Midwestern city, identifying factors influencing willingness to participate in an urban water quality outre...
-
Conservation-Based Estate Planning: Toward a Sustainable Future for Private Lands Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Paul A. Roth, Allyson B. Muth, Alexander L. Metcalf, James C. Finley
Landowners who seek to manage ownership transitions while preserving conservation-related values must engage in the notoriously complex process of estate planning. Most scholarship on conservation-...
-
How Sociopolitical Histories and Lifeways Impact the Formation of ‘Good Governance’ in the Restoration of Anadromous Fish in the Columbia River Basin Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Sarah A. Ebel, Benjamin Ortman
Despite decades of restoration efforts in the U.S. Columbia River Basin (CRB), recovery of anadromous fish remains elusive. Regional stakeholder conflicts about objectives for fish restoration comp...
-
“Evergreen and Charcoal Black”: The Institutional and Organizational Development of the Washington Department of Natural Resources in the Era of Megafires Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Elijah E. Loftis, Matthew S. Carroll, Kara Whitman
In Washington State in the US, the story of the Washington Department of Natural Resources’ (WA DNR) work to manage increased wildfire threat and the resulting internal and external shifts in agenc...
-
The Collective Memory of the Fluvial Environment: The Loss of a Healthy Natural Environment in the City of Toledo (Spain) through Pollution Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Marta Aguilar, Jose M. Bleda, Beatriz Larraz, Raúl Urquiaga
This research recovers the collective memory of elderly people who recall experiences lived alongside the Tagus River in the city of Toledo (Spain). The study develops an individual and collective ...
-
Unveiling Perspectives and Insights: A Survey of Environmental and Natural Resource Sociologists and Social Scientists Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Jessica D. Ulrich-Schad, John Aloysius Zinda, Hua Qin, David Matarrita-Cascante, Jennifer E. Givens, Chuntian Lu
Existing literature on the intersection of environmental sociology (ES) and natural resource sociology (NRS) suggests that a better understanding of the diverse perceptions, experiences, and practi...
-
Correction Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-18
Published in Society & Natural Resources: An International Journal (Vol. 37, No. 6, 2024)
-
Recreation Area Characteristics and Their Impact on Property Values within Florida’s Wekiva River System Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Kotryna Klizentyte, Andres Susaeta, Damian C. Adams, Taylor V. Stein
Water-based recreation areas provide many benefits to society and the ecosystem services they provide are increasingly being considered in land planning and conservation decisions. We examine the v...
-
A Cultural Approach to Politicization of Science: How the Forestry Coalition Challenged the Scientific Consensus in the Finnish News Media Debate on Increased Logging Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Anna Kukkonen, Arttu Malkamäki
Politicization of science is often described as the process of political actors overemphasizing scientific uncertainty to cast doubt on a scientific consensus. We argue that in addition to exploiti...
-
Perception of the Vulnerability of Quilombola Farmers in Alcântara, Eastern Amazonia, Brazil Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Jhonatan Andrés Muñoz Gutiérrez, Ceália Cristine dos Santos, Danielle Celentano, Guillaume Xavier Rousseau, Taline Cristina da Silva
This study addresses the contextual vulnerability of farmers using participatory risk mapping with different stakeholders. Additionally, through logistic regression, it identifies factors that infl...
-
Social and Cultural Values and Representation Justice: Implications for Water Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Mae A. Davenport, Bonnie L. Keeler, Sarah Roth, Amelia Kreiter, Amit Pradhananga, Emily Green, Jaren Peplinski
Water management involves the provision of water uses and benefits for people and communities, with direct environmental justice implications. Beyond water supply for physiological survival, people...
-
Perceptions of Missouri Landowners With Land Trust Conservation Easements: Motivations, Challenges and Suggestions Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Sarah Brown, Sonja A. Wilhelm Stanis, Robin Rotman, Jacob Worsham
Conservation easements are a legal tool to preserve and manage private lands. Understanding the factors that influence private landowners to place their land under a conservation easement provides ...
-
What Determines the Adoption of Agroforestry Practices in Farmlands and Public Lands? A Case Study from the Terai Region in Nepal Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Prabin Bhusal, Kavi Raj Awasthi, Matthew Low, Naresh Shrestha, Asmit Neupane, Naya Sharma Paudel, Bir Bahadur Khanal Chhetri, Rajan Parajuli
While agroforestry has been well acknowledged for its influential role and benefits in integrated resource management in the global south, its adoption in forest-rich countries with existing commun...
-
Spatial Analysis of Attitudes Toward Timber Rattlesnakes (Crotalus Horridus) Where Encounters Occur Within an Exurban Landscape Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Abigail R. Dunn, Anita T. Morzillo, Lindsay S. Keener-Eck Larson, Rebecca A. Christoffel
Most human-wildlife conflict research has focused on large species, with less attention to smaller, less-charismatic species. Our objective was to evaluate landscape-level spatial relationships amo...
-
A Critical Biocultural Identity Framework Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Christina T. Cavaliere, Julia R. Branstrator
Extractive capitalism threatens biocultural diversity through the erosion of identity in the Anthropocene. The coastal community of Ketchikan, Alaska, while remote, contends with overtourism and ec...
-
Socio-Political and Ecological Dimensions of Municipal Wildlife Management Society & Natural Resources (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Émilie Edelblutte, John P. Casellas Connors, Sara E. Cavallo, Anne G. Short Gianotti
In urban and suburban areas, the complex socio-environmental landscapes and diverging interests of stakeholders make wildlife management difficult. We analyze how municipalities in Massachusetts ma...